agriculture & estates
Apart from the fact that a good deal of agricultural and estate property has not been registered at the land registry, and therefore follows the rules of unregistered or settled land conveyancing, transactions involving agricultural or estate property often have special complications or considerations.
The land may be subject to agricultural tenancies, there may be tied cottages, assured shorthold tenancies or business tenancies. What about the sporting or fishing rights? Are there any woodland grant, millennium grant or countryside stewardship schemes in force? You may need advice on selling or leasing quota and the land may be subject to ancient common and/or manorial rights. Denison Till acts for a range of clients, from the tenant farmer through to large estates, such as Castle Howard. The advantage of offering estate property services within a commercial firm is that we can provide you with a team of experts who can help you exploit the estate's potential, for example with merchandising, as the pressure to diversify continues. We have advised on a number of income-generating projects, such as setting up wind farms and caravan parks or doing business over the web. The department lawyers recognise the need to run farms and estates as businesses, without losing sight of the fact that many are homes as well. Commercial objectives have to be balanced against protecting a way of life and local reputation. For more information, telephone David Grice on 01904 611411 or email commercialproperty@denisontill.com |
