Penrith Farmers and Kidd’s PLC are pleased to announce the appointment of the new Carlisle Estate Agency Manager, Tessa Milner.Tessa lives in Greysout...
What Goes Up - Goes Up Further
Lesley from our Whitehaven team looks to a genius to make some sense of a property market, the like of which we haven’t seen since the 1980s. What Isa...
Adoption of Lake District National Park Local Plan
On 19th May 2021 the Lake District National Park Authority adopted the Lake District National Park Local Plan 2020-2035 following the Examination in P...
Agricultural Support Changes - What Does It Mean For You?
As featured in the Farmers Guardian, Jo Edwards warns of the end to direct paymentsWhere has the time gone – no sooner did the New Year start, we find...
Future of Remote Planning Committee Meetings
Government Ministers have written to local authorities to explain that temporary powers permitting remote meetings in the Coronavirus Act 2020 will no...
Further Measures Announced to Enable Businesses to Operate Safely and Support Economic Recovery
On 25 March 2021, the Secretary of State laid a Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament which emphasised local planning authorities should continu...
Important Update - Supporting Housing Delivery and Public Service Infrastructure
On the 31 March 2021, Robert Jenrick MP announced that following a national consultation exercise, the Government plan to go ahead and introduce new l...
Something old, something new...
Admiral Nelson is revered for winning the naval battle of Trafalgar more than 200 years ago but he is also famous for disobeying his orders! He once ...
Property Market Update
We know there’s a property boom when adverse events that might otherwise have knocked the market off course fail to do so. Whilst we entered into Lock...
Our Guide to Occupancy Clauses
In this week's blog, Kayleigh will provide her insight into occupancy clauses. The existence of a occupancy clause, either local occupancy or agricult...
How to Secure Planning Approval for Residential Development of Agricultural Land
The planning system in England and Wales is supposed to be ‘plan led.’ That means there is a legal requirement for every council in England and Wales ...
Budget Update - 3 March 2021
Today, Chancellor Rishi Sunak MP announced his Budget which includes a range of schemes and measures to support the economic recovery and stimulate gr...
Stamp Duty Holiday Extended
Properties up to £500,000 will benefit with stamp duty holiday being extended until 30th June and then from 1st July until end of September stamp duty...
Stamp Duty Holiday Extended
Properties up to £500,000 will benefit with stamp duty holiday being extended until 30th June and then from 1st July until end of September stamp duty...
Our Guide to the Planning Requirements for Short-Term Holiday Letting Accommodation
In this blog, Kayleigh Lancaster (Planning Specialist) provides her advice on whether planning permission could be required for the use of existing ho...