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 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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Battle for Priest Hill Green Belt
icsurreyonline.co.uk, 10th Jan, 2006
THE battle for Priest Hill is about to begin as environmentalists and neighbours oppose a development bid for planning permission to build 90 homes on this Green Belt site in Ewell.
Surrey County Council, the Council for the Preservation of Rural England, Surrey Playing Fields Association and Ewell Village Residents' Association are mounting a campaign against Esher-based Combined Counties Ltd's application to Epsom and Ewell Council.
All are sceptical of the company's insistence that handing over a section of 43.64 hectares to Surrey Wildlife Trust for a nature reserve will protect the rest of Priest Hill from further development.
Surrey county councillor and Epsom and Ewell councillor Nigel Petrie pointed out that the Government are intending to restructure Green Belt planning laws, enabling them to take large sections of these protected open spaces between cities and rural areas for homes.
He said: "Priest Hill, the largest field in the Domesday Book, is one of the most significant areas in the Green Belt round London.
"If any part of this goes for development the rest will go and I am particularly concerned that other acres in our borough - smallholding land adjoining Priest Hill and fronting Reigate Road and land on the other side - could also be developed.
"Trafic arising from the proposed development cannot be adequately accommodated within the surrounding highway infrastructure."
Combined Counties Ltd is so determined to win public approval for its proposals that it staged an exhibition at Bourne Hall.
Public feedback was mixed but those who supported the proposals had the view that some building on the site was inevitable.
The 90 houses are intended to be close to Ewell East railway station, but opponents point to land on the other side of Banstead Road bordering the east of the site.
