It'll be valued purely on agricultural purposes by a land agent, even if planning permission has been outlined unless there are houses there, or started being built. You can, if you don't like one va… (View Post)

The figures Reeves quoted about it only affecting a quarter of farms would be taken from Defra figures on land holdings, which count all parcels of land, even a handful of acres or a field being rent… (View Post)

Not sure what's going to happen with tapering, if it still applies with estates over £2 million. Complex again if the house is jointly owned. Quite a lot of farms will have the business assets - mach… (View Post)

I was quite surprised fuel duty wasn't touched in the budget, but not many farmers vote Labour, whereas many of the red wall voters will drive ICE cars (View Post)

Yes, you could still get good pasture land in much of Scotland for around £1500 per acre in 2002. By 2008, the best blocks were selling for £5-6k/acre plus. The corporations and big businesses would … (View Post)