Planning and Financing Your Smallholding

The potential of the land associated with your chosen smallholding will vary greatly with area, but however good it is there will always be room for improvement. If the pasture has been badly neglected a complete programme of drainage, ploughing and re-seeding may be in order. Often, however, this does not need to be done [...]

If you are looking for a property which is in need of considerable work you may find that it is eligible for certain grants towards this. The grant system at present is divided into three types: the Intermediate, the repair and the improvement. All three are based on the value of the property. The intermediate [...]