What's New - The Central Association for Agricultural Valuers

Dec 23 2021

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211223 England: DLUHC Guidance on Compulsory Purchase and Compensation

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The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities have issued updated Compulsory purchase and compensation guidance, with a series of 4 booklets:Guide 1 - ProcedureGuide 2 - Compensation to business owners and occupiersGuide 3 - Compensation to agricultural owners and occupiersGuide 4 - Compensation to residential owners and occupiers The guidance includes reference to the need for claimants to seek professional advice, with a link to the CAAV....

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CAAV Note 211223: Wales - Protection from Eviction for Residential Tenancies Further Extended

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This note explains the further extension in the protection from eviction measures for residential tenancies in Wales.

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211223: HMRC Toolkits for Capital versus Revenue Expenditure

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HMRC has issued guidance to help tax agents and advisors correctly identify whether expenditure should be treated as capital, such as an improvement to a fixed asset, or revenue, for example, repair to a property.

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211224 Scotland: Consultation - 'A New Deal for Tenants'

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The Scottish Government has issued a strategic and wide ranging consultation paper to inform several areas of housing policy, with key outputs said to include:a new deal for private rented sector tenants that puts them on amore equal footing with social rented tenants, through the introduction of a new Housing Bill in the second year of this Parliament;establishing a regulator for the private rented sector that will enforce defined standards - through legislation by the end of this...

Dec 22 2021

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CAAV Note 211222: Scotland Land Sales Report

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Scotland’s Rural College, in partnership with Savills, Strutt and Parker and the RICS, has been commissioned by The Scottish Land Commission to prepare a report into rural land sales in Scotland. This note has more detail.

CAAV Christmas Closure

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The CAAV office will close for Christmas at 1 p.m. on Wednesday 22nd December 2021 and re-open on Tuesday 4th January 2022. May we take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy Christmas and best wishes for the New Year.

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CAAV Note 221221: Northern Ireland - Agricultural Policy Consultation

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DAERA has issued Consultation on Future Agriculture Policy Proposals for Northern Ireland with responses requested by 15th February 2022. This note reviews the proposals.

Dec 21 2021

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CAAV Note 211221: Peatland - Peat Restoration Grants & Banning the Sale of Retail Peat

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This note reviews several recent announcements relating to peatland, including grant awards for peatland restoration and a consultation on the proposed ban on the sale of retail peat.

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CAAV Note 211220: UK Australia Trade Deal - DIT Assessment

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The UK–Australia trade deal is now agreed in detail as the first fresh free trade agreement not replacing a previous EU trade agreement. Now published, it is due for review by the Trade and Agricultural Commission and Parliamentary scrutiny with the Commons EFRA Committee already started. The Department for International Trade has published its Impact Assessment of the deal, which this note reviews in more detail....

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CAAV Note 211221: Wales - Future Agricultural Policy Co-Design - Phase 2

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The Welsh Government has invited farmers to participate in a second round of co-design for the proposed Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS). This provides further detail.

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CAAV Note 211221: Covid-19 - Hospitality Sick Pay and Other Support

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With the escalating impact of the more transmissible Omicron variant dampening public activity and predicted to run strongly into the New Year, the Chancellor has announced further support measures for England. This note provides the detail.

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CAAV Note 211221: England - UoP England 2022-23

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The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) (No 2) Order 2021 (SI 1440) has now been put in place to give these figures for assessments for the Commercial Unit test for tenancy succession at dates in the period 23rd February 2022 to 22nd February 2023. This note gives more detail.

Dec 20 2021

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CAAV Note 211206: Implementing Due Diligence on Forest Risk Commodities - Consultation

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Provisions in the Environment Act will make it illegal for businesses operating in the UK to use commodities that are produced in breach of local laws on land ownership and use that prohibit the conversion of forest into agricultural use. Secondary legislation is required to implement the due diligence requirements of the Act, and the Government will also be publishing related guidance. Accordingly, DEFRA is consulting on the nature and aims of the secondary legislation. This note provides...

Dec 17 2021

Jeremy's Blog 17th December 2021: Housing Market

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This article by Jeremy Moody first appeared in the CAAV e-Briefing of 16th December 2021 The housing market is a market for people. A house sale or purchase is the largest transaction many make while a house may be home, with a sense of place as well as a potential financial assurance. A home-owning democracy was a mainstay of 20th century politics but tight supply and loose money have made housing unaffordable for many. The functioning of this market is a key political issue – often also a...

Dec 16 2021

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CAAV Note 211216: England - Farming Investment Fund - Improving Farm Productivity

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Ahead of inviting applications in mid-January 2022, DEFRA has published the manual for the second stream of the Improving Farm Productivity theme of the Farming Transformation Fund. This note contains more detail.

Dec 14 2021

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CAAV Note 211214: Electronic Communications Code - Green v On Tower (Dale Park) Appeal

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This note summarises the Court of Appeal's decision for the "Dale Park" case, which examines the extent of upgrading and sharing rights and whether the terms of the previous agreement should have a bearing on the same.

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CAAV Note 211213: Storm Arwen, Windblown Trees and Power Disruption

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This note looks at the initial assessment of the damage caused by Storm Arwen, as well as considering wider issues of network resilience and future tree planting.

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CAAV Note 211214: England - Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund Opens

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The latest round of England’s Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund has opened on 13th December for applications and closes at midnight on 19th January. This note offers some background detail to the fund.

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CAAV Note 211214: Wales - Cross Compliance 2022

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The Welsh Government has now confirmed that cross compliance rules for the Basic Payment Scheme and other schemes inherited from the EU’s CAP are largely unchanged form 2021.

Dec 13 2021

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211213 Scotland: Relinquishment and Assignation of Tenancies Webinar

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The Farm Advisory Service produced a webinar on relinquishment and assignations, with experts including the Tenant Farming Commissioner, Bob McIntosh. The recorded webinar can be viewed via this link.