Watkins Rural

Name: Watkins Rural
Address: Lower Llangunnock, Hereford, HR28LX, GB
Telephone: +447528313013

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A modern land agency providing independent professional advice to rural businesses.

12/04/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Grant Update 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

📆 Lots of up and coming deadlines and schemes to be aware of.

🚜 Last round of the equipment grant as we know it open now, deadline 28th April

🌱 Do not forget Mid Tier Annual Revenue Claims still need to be submitted by 15th May 2026

17/03/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Farming Equipment & Technology Fund 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 opens today.

40-50% Grant funding available under three themes:

🐄 Slurry
🚜 Productivity
🐑 Animal Health & Welfare

🤝 Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like assistance.

26/02/2026

🌟 FOR SALE BY INFORMAL TENDER🌟

🌱 79.12 acres of pasture near Grosmont, Abergavenny, NP7 8HP

📅 Tender Deadline: Friday 10th April 2026, at 12 noon

A fantastic opportunity to acquire a substantial block of pasture close to the village of Grosmont. This well farmed block of ground is split into useful sized enclosures, and benefits from a strong natural water supply.

For further details please see the listing: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/172621025 #/?channel=COM_BUY

☎️If you have any queries, or would like any further information please do not hesitate to contact us.

25/02/2026

⭐️SFI 2026 - What to Expect ⭐️

📅 June 2026 - to open for "small farms" (less than 50ha) and those without an existing ELM agreement (ELM agreements include SFI 23, SFI 24, HLS and CS Mid Tier)

📅 September 2026 - Window 2 to open for all farms.

💷 New agreements will have maximum cap of £100,000 per annum
1️⃣ One SFI 2026 agreement per farm
✏️ No SFI Management Payments
3️⃣ All actions will now have a 3 year duration
🌾Rotational areas cannot be increased in value or area from the first year of your agreement (parcels can still be rotated)
⬇️Actions reduced from 102 to 71
❌ Report writing actions, species rich grass, cattle grazing supplement and winter cover after maize crops have all been removed.

These popular actions have had their payment rates reduced:
☘️CSAM3: Herbal leys from £382/ha to £224/ha
🪿CAHL2: Winter bird food from £853/ha to £648/ha
🌱CNUM3: Legume fallow from £593/ha to £532/ha

If you would like any further information about SFI 2026, please do not hesitate to contact us.

24/02/2026

🔥 Hot off the Press 🔥

Announcements from NFU Conference

🌾 SFI 2026
💧 Capital Grants
🚜 Farming Equipment & Technology Fund

Further information and posts to follow about all these schemes in due course.

If you would like to discuss any grant schemes please do not hesitate to contact us.

29/01/2026

⭐️ FOR SALE ⭐️

Holt Farm, Michaelchurch Escley, Herefordshire, HR2 0PT

🏘️ Four stunning character properties
1️⃣ Farmhouse - 3 bedrooms
2️⃣ Holt Barn - 3 bedrooms
3️⃣ Wain House - 2 bedrooms, fully wheelchair accessible
4️⃣ Holt Stable - 1 bedroom
🌱7.09 acres of agricultural land
🏞️ Beautiful, rural location accessed by private driveway
📚 Close to popular market town of Hay on Wye

A fantastic and completely unique opportunity in the Escley Valley, four delightful character properties, previously operated as a successful holiday accommodation business now fully unencumbered from planning restrictions. This is a true "Escape to the Country" with a ready made business already in place, or a fantastic opportunity for multi-generational living especially with the fully accessible Wain House, the potential is endless!

All of this plus 7.09 acres of agricultural land surrounding the properties giving them the most wonderful private setting.

Further land up to 38 acres available by separate negotiation.

A truly great site, unique prospect and a ready made business ready to go.

Offers in the region of £1,300,000

☎️Do not hesitate to contact us to arrange a viewing

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/171595925 #/?channel=RES_BUY

23/01/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Welsh efficiency grant open 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
📆Deadline: 27th February 2026

09/01/2026

DEFRA has confirmed a new Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer will launch in 2026, aimed at supporting sustainable farming across England. The scheme is being redesigned to be simpler, fairer and more accessible based on recent feedback.

Proposed 2026 SFI dates:
📅 June 2026 – first application window, prioritising smaller farms and those without an existing environmental land management agreement.
📅 September 2026 – second window, open to all farmers.

🔎 What’s still unknown:
💷Specific actions and payment rates;
🌾The formal definition of “small farm”;
📖 Full eligibility criteria and scheme guidance. These will be released before applications open.

We will provide further updates as more information is released. For any queries in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us.

05/01/2026

⭐️ Calling all Herefordshire landowners ⭐

The call for sites deadline has been extended until:
📆 31st January 2026

Herefordshire has a new housing target of roughly 27,260 new homes by 2045 and a new Local Plan is needed to accommodate this additional growth. This is an excellent opportunity to submit any land you own, even if it’s been previously submitted for consideration for inclusion into the new Local Plan.

Submissions can be for any size site and any use including residential 🏘️ commercial 🏭 renewable energy ☀️💨

This is a much more detailed call for sites than previous rounds, and previously allocated sites will need resubmission. Please do not hesitate to contact us for any further information or help submitting your site.

23/12/2025

A very welcome concession just in time for Christmas, further information is available from the NFU here: https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/iht-thresholds/

22/12/2025

We would like to take the opportunity to wish all our clients a Merry Christmas 🎄 & a Happy New Year 🥂

The end of the year also marks the end of our second year of trading, and we thought the first year was busy 🤯

2025 saw:
🏡 More properties onto the market, the successful and speedy completion of The Goods, Craswall.

📕 Plenty of valuations and tax/succession advice.

🤝Huge variety of planning applications including log cabins, ménage’s, dog walking paddocks, slurry lagoons and countless agricultural buildings, and delightful BNG Small sites metrics!

💧🌱 Nearly 50 capital grants applied for in July, and over 20 agreements received and finalised from the previous year’s shut off. Plus SFI agreements 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 BPS applications 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and all sorts of other schemes along the way.

🌾🐄 A massive variety of other work, new clients, government challenges and scheme changes.

So we’re over and out for 2025, and we look forward to doing it all again in 2026 🌟

Ellie

Address

Lower Llangunnock
Hereford
HR28LX

Telephone

+447528313013

Website

http://www.watkinsrural.co.uk/

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