Professionalism and Expertise in the
Agricultural and Rural Property Sectors
Acorn Rural Property Consultants is a dynamic and forward thinking firm of Chartered Surveyors and Land Agents specialising in the agricultural and rural property sectors. Over the years we have developed a reputation for professionalism and expertise. Please browse our services for more information.
Our aim is to build long term relationships with our clients and their other professional advisers to ensure that we understand their needs and can help to achieve their objectives. This is reflected in a high level of repeat instructions and personal referrals. Our clients range from large property owning organisations and private estates to family farmers, developers and private individuals.
We have particular expertise in planning and development, including permitted development rights and planning enforcement; agricultural tenancies; dispute resolution; expert witness and arbitration work.
We publish regularly in the farming press and contribute to the work of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and other professional organisations.
We welcome enquiries from clients, prospective clients and their advisers and are always happy to have an initial discussion without any obligation to establish how we may be able to help.
We are regulated by RICS for the provision of surveying services. This means we agree to uphold the RICS Rules of Conduct for Firms and all other applicable mandatory professional practice requirements of RICS and comply with the RICS client money protection scheme.
As an RICS regulated firm we have committed to cooperating with RICS in ensuring compliance with its standards. Mark Sanders is the firm’s nominated RICS Responsible Principal.
Latest News
Regulatory intervention in arbitrations
One of the fundamental principles of arbitrations is that they are confidential between the parties. The general rule is that arbitration awards are not published in the public domain and can only be challenged in
Proposed ban on heather burning
Defra has announced new proposals to ban heather burning on upland peatland today. The proposals are backed by a recently published evidence review undertaken by Natural England and will apply to all upland peat over
BSI nature markets standards
The market for environmental credits for biodiversity net gain (BNG), carbon sequestration and phosphate offsets is often characterised as being similar to an unregulated “Wild West” with calls for it to be properly supervised and