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Delinked payments
Defra has updated its guidance on the delinked payments that will replace the current Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) with effect from 2024.

Dissemination of information
As we have previously noted, it is always a pleasure to see information that we have put into the public domain picked

Disguised notices to quit
Hard on the heels of the publication of the Rock Review, which we reported on here, comes an example of the type

End of 4-year rule confirmed
Followers of our articles will be aware that we have been closely observing the passage of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill

Short term holiday lets
After much controversy in tourism hotspots around dwellings being taken out of the permanent housing market for use as short term holiday

Biodiversity net gain and stacking
“Further to our April 2023 article we are taking a closer look at what Defra has published to-date on the topic of

Tax on BNG (and tenanted land)
To coincide with the delivery of the Budget on 15 March 2023, HMT has announced a consultation and call for evidence on

Mandatory BNG confirmed
“DEFRA has recently confirmed that Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) will be mandatory for developments in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

FIPL grant extended
Those of our clients familiar with the FIPL acronym may be interested that the grant funding that has been available though the

Are we missing something?
One of our information sources is the daily Government news posts. Although wholly off our usual topics of interest, our incredulity buttons

Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2023
The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2023 (FETF) is open for applications from yesterday (21 February 2023) until 12 noon on 4

Expert witness wins costs appeal
Ever since the Supreme Court abolished immunity from suit for breach of duty that expert witnesses had enjoyed in relation to their