Latest Case Studies

Multi Installation Solar PV

A Cornish Estate had a thriving business park and it had already installed 50kW of solar PV which was plugged into the main commercial tenant.

Business Review

A farming family asked us to carry out a farming review and, following that, a review on the diversification enterprise that had been carried out five years previously.

Looking at Uses for Redundant Farm Buildings

Disused 30 year old farm buildings, not suitable for modern agricultural practices, in need of being put to other uses otherwise they would fall into disrepair and become a potential liability.

Development on an In-Hand Farming System

The farm was the in-hand farming operation on a family estate of about 2,500 acres with paid management and staffing.

Contract Farming Agreement

The farmer decided that he would like to go into partial retirement and to put the land under a Contract Farming Agreement (CFA).

Evaluating Potential of Farm on Farmers Retirement

The tenant was close to retirement and could provide no successor and the Estate’s land agents were negotiating the exit of the tenant but were unsure of what to do with the land, buildings and farmhouse once he had retired.

Expansion of Leisure Fishery Facilities

The owners of an existing leisure fishery wanted to provide additional facilities to service the needs of their current customers, attract new ones and improve dwell time.

Anaerobic Digestion

A farming estate in Cornwall had the potential to invest in an anaerobic digestion plant to be fuelled by food waste from a nearby food processor together with vegetable processing waste from their own operation.

Negotiation of New Contract Farming Agreement

A new Contract Farming Agreement needed to be negotiated with a farming company.

Change to Equestrian Use

A farming client was looking to change the use of some buildings to equestrian and operate a DIY livery operation but was unsure how to assess the market for this.

Single Payment and ELS for Land Without Payments

An Estate in the south west operated a successful contract farming arrangement which had been in place for a number of years.

Farm Business Tenancy Rent Tender

A young, enthusiastic, farmer was concerned about his future as it had been indicated that his father’s tenancy would not be passed to him.

Solar PV for a Listed Country House

The client was faced with significant electricity bills on the main residence of a small country estate with no obvious solution to investing in solar PV, given the orientation of the roofs and the sensitivity of a listed property.

Wind

A client in North Devon wished to erect a 500kW turbine to secure the farming future for himself and his family. Potential £1.2 million spend.

PV Solar

A farming estate in the Cotswolds with a substantial commercial grain processing operation was looking at solar photovoltaic as an opportunity to reduce their ongoing electricity costs.