Bio-Fuel
Latest figures from the world bank reported recently in the national press suggest the price of food has risen by 75% since the 'demand for 'environmentally friendly' plant-based biofuel has led to a slump in global food production and has sent grocery bills soaring. read more
Agricultural Land demand from horses riders
With these figures on the rise year on year it is no surprise that agricultural land is inhot demand to become equestian land. read more
Land Usage
The UK has approximately 60 million acres of land in total and 70% (approximately) of this land is owned by 1% of the population.read more
Demand for Farmland
If we perceive that farmland in UK is good value for money, demand will naturally rise.read more
Land Values
The price of residential land for sale has risen eight-fold over the last 20 years.read more
Land makes over £8,000 an acre
Agricultural land in parts of the north west is becoming increasingly difficult to value as interest from non-farming purchasers continues to fire demand.read more
Selling agricultural land to release capital
The demand for land from land investors, house builders and horse owners wanting a paddock means that farmers considering selling land to release capital have little trouble finding buyers. read more
Why our countryside is turning blue
All over Britain, a scattering of arable fields are turning a delicate and unfamiliar shade of blue. read more
Wind Farming for Land Owners
Proven Energy Ltd, the Scottish company who have installed over 700 wind turbine systems have launched their "Windcrofting" initiative. They are asking farmers to register their interest in having a mini wind farm installed on their farm. read more
Green Belt under threat from housing plan
GREEN Belt land in south west Hertfordshire is under threat from residential development, after a Government report revealed thousands more new homes must be built in the area by 2021. read more
Green belt land 'can be built on'
The future of 55 acres of green belt land in Bath has been decided. read more
Build a million green belt homes, urges think tank
Farm and green belt land should be used to create a million new homes and a hundred thousand hectares of fresh woodland, according to a report that today proposes a radical shake-up in land use. read more
Building on Green Belt rises by 60pc
Labour has presided over a 60 per cent increase in house building on Green Belt land, new figures showed yesterday... read more
Build a million green belt homes, urges think tank
Farm and green belt land should be used to create a million new homes and a hundred thousand hectares of fresh woodland, according to a report that today proposes a radical shake-up in land use. read more
Farmers keen to buy land
Farmers were more active in the land market during 2004, according to new figures from Savills... read more
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Prescott set to allow more greenbelt homes
guardian.co.uk, 15th July, 2005
More greenfield sites look set be earmarked for housing under controversial plans to be outlined next week by the deputy prime minister, John Prescott.
Under the proposal, expected in a consultation paper, planning authorities would be forced to release more land for housing in areas where house prices are high.
The idea was put forward last year by the economist Kate Barker in her review of housing supply for the Treasury.
She said extra land should be released for new homes in areas where house prices rise above agreed thresholds. The idea has alarmed planners and countryside campaigners, but the government is believed to support it as a way of achieving a "step change" in the number of new homes built in the south-east of England.
Speaking at a Town and Country Planning Association conference this Wednesday, Mr Prescott said: "Too often in the past, the planning system has failed to respond to changing demand for homes in different places. We want plans to take better account of housing markets and need and reflect the needs and circumstances of different areas."
Kelvin MacDonald, director of policy at the Royal Town Planning Institute, said planning could not be reduced to simple mechanisms.
"It totally misunderstands the role of the planning," he said, "planning demands community involvement and community support. It has got to address a number of competing issues, it is not a sausage machine."
Mr MacDonald said he supports the drive for more housing, but he added that the planning system could not be relegated to a single issue.
He also pointed out that restrictions in land supply was only one reason for rising house prices.
The Campaign to Protect Rural England is also concerned by the scheme. Kate Gordon, its national planning officer, said: "It would be a huge mistake to use market triggers as the overriding rationale for deciding where, when and how much housing development should take place."
She claimed this "market-led approach" would be put more rural areas at risk, undermine efforts to recycle vacant urban land, and exacerbate regional disparities.
