Seven Staffordshire County Council holdings up for sale
Always sad to see Counties selling off their farms although I can understand to an extent why they do it. We are seeing an ongoing erosion of local authority involvement in direct land ownership and management, which is pity from my perspective. This article tells us.
Five fully-equipped farms and two blocks of bare land have been put on the open market as part of Staffordshire County Council’s plans to sell off part of its estate.
The mixed-use livestock and dairy holdings and land lots are to be sold by informal tender through property consultant Bruton Knowles.
The council announced in February 2019 that 688ha across 16 holdings would be on offer – more than 20% of its total estate.
Affected farmers were given the opportunity to buy their tenanted holdings. To date, three sales have been agreed with tenants and negotiations are continuing.
Proposals for the seven properties launched by Bruton Knowles must be submitted by the end of November 2019.
More information can be found on the Staffordshire Farms website.
A further five farms are due to be sold by the consultant in early 2020.