by Tim Waring | Mar 28, 2019 | Development
Lister Haigh’s reputation for selling interesting development property continues with 3 current instructions near Harrogate, Wetherby and Thirsk, all stimulating keen interest. At Pot Bank, Beckwithshaw near Harrogate, two detached barns with planning to convert...
by Will Foyle | Mar 16, 2019 | Agriculture
Both the Rural Payments Agency and the Catchment Sensitive Farming organisation have this week issued statements to farmers to act now to avoid disappointment and last minute panic. With the BPS, Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Environmental Stewardship (ES) claim...
by Will Foyle | Mar 14, 2019 | Agriculture
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has this week confirmed that as anticipated the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2019 window is now open for applications. As usual claims are to be submitted by Midnight on the 15th May 2019. DEFRA have confirmed that BPS 2019 will rules...
by Tim Waring | Mar 13, 2019 | Residential
This could well be the last estate agency article written in The Property Post before a Brexit “deal” is agreed in principle, begging the question how the market might perform in the future. However, there could be further conjecture should there be “no deal” or...
by Will Foyle | Mar 2, 2019 | Agriculture
The popular Hedgerows and Boundaries Capital Grant Scheme has now opened for applications again this with a Upper Capital Claim Limit of £10,000 for these stand alone agreements. The scheme offers fixed rate grants for drystone wall restoration, hedgerow gapping up,...
by Will Foyle | Mar 2, 2019 | Agriculture
Whilst many are in the midst of lambing, spring drilling and emptying slurry stores, here at Lister Haigh we are starting to gear up for the spring Land & Farm market to kick off and the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) application window for 2019. As spring has...
by Giles Chaplin | Feb 16, 2019 | Agriculture
Every time you turn on the TV or Radio or open the Farmers Guardian, the first thing to hit you is the ‘B’ word! We have become obsessed with whether it will be Hard or Soft, have a backstop or even be delivered at all. It is sounding like commentary on a fast...
by Will Foyle | Feb 2, 2019 | Agriculture
Entitlement trading has now begun for the 2019 claim year- if you need to transfer any entitlements of land out of your business for BPS 2019 you can do this on rural payments website. Please be aware you have until the 15th May to make any transfers, otherwise BPS...
by Tim Waring | Jan 30, 2019 | Residential
It’s said a new year is a New World and I was fortunate that my new year started 13 hours earlier than most as I was literally in the new world with family in Auckland, New Zealand. So did this give me a head start on 2019? Well, clearly not when our friends in...
by Will Foyle | Jan 19, 2019 | Grant Schemes
Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier Agreements Description- alongside the existing Higher Tier Scheme and Mid-Tier Scheme, 2019 continues with the four streamlined offers of Arable, Lowland, Mixed and Upland. A range of 5 year agreements are on offer to include both...
