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Estate & Letting Agents - Planning Consultants April 2020 will see changes introduced to reliefs relating to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on the disposal of your home – potentially resulting in an increased payment of CGT. Usually the sale of you home is expect from CGT as it is classed your Principle Private Residence (PPR), but this will not be the position […]
View PostMany farmers let out land on a Farm Business Tenancy or an older agreement under the various Agricultural Holdings Acts. With a third of agricultural land in England let under various agreements, changes to tenancy legislation has been a long time coming. The aim of the legislation is to encourage structural change in the Agricultural […]
View PostThe Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs together with the Rural Payments Agency have today (9th July 2019) issued the following statement: – £15 million for new equipment to boost farm productivity Second round of funding for the popular Countryside Productivity Small Grants scheme open for applications. The next funding round for the popular […]
View PostG Herbert Banks held a successful summer auction on the 27th June at The Crown & Sandys, Ombersley. The two lots both sold making well over the asking prices with the sales totalling £1,439,000, this being 13.25% over the guides. The properties were smallholdings with a house on each that required improvement, a good range […]
View PostWe have written on this matter in recent times but with the ban having started on the 1st June 2019 I felt it was worth reconfirming the new rules. In simple terms tenants are no longer to be charged for referencing, applications and many other fees that agents have previously charged. We have always charged […]
View PostMORE BAD NEWS FOR LANDLORDS BUT FURTHER SUPPORT FOR TENANTS No doubt you will have now heard about the proposal to scrap the section 21 notice. This notice can be served on a tenant with an Assured Shorthold Tenancy, without having to specify a reason. This is the common two months’ notice that can be […]
View PostThe average selling time of a UK Worcestershire property has increased in the last year, according to new research. This time last year a property would take on average 72 days to sell, in comparison to almost 80 days in the current housing climate. Worcestershire property – Not all doom and gloom However, this […]
View PostRetirement in farming can be a tricky decision at the best of times. There are strong inheritance tax reasons to continue farming which often control decision making and result in generations farming together. Farmer’s Weekly recently did an article covering farmland sale and leaseback deals as an option for retirement. The Farm Business Tenancy […]
View PostElectrical safety testing will soon become mandatory within the private rental sector. As many estate agents and property owners will find, the ever-growing list of rules and legislation for private lettings can often be incredibly time-consuming and costly. With this in mind, the introduction of new legislation can sometimes be seen as a negative move […]
View PostIn any one year the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) receives around 22,000 planning appeals across the country. Of those around 19,000 are dealt with via written representations. The remainder are dealt with via other appeal routes such as hearings or public enquiry. The route depends on the complexity of the case and the need to test […]
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