Stamp Duty Land Tax: Key Changes Coming in April 2025

Stamp Duty Land Tax: Key Changes Coming in April 2025

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is set to change significantly from 1 April 2025, bringing higher tax costs for many residential property transactions. If you’re planning to buy or sell property, it’s essential to understand how these changes could affect you. From April...
Hope Value and the Changes to Compulsory Purchase

Hope Value and the Changes to Compulsory Purchase

If you’re a landowner, you may have heard the term hope value when discussing compulsory purchase. But what does it mean, and why does it matter? In simple terms, hope value refers to the potential future worth of land if it were to be developed. When land is...
Next-Gen Farming: Legal Perspectives

Next-Gen Farming: Legal Perspectives

Are you a landowner or tenant with an Agricultural Holdings Act (AHA) tenancy? If so, it’s crucial to understand the changes to succession rules that came into effect on September 1, 2024 in England. These changes, brought about by the Agriculture Act 2020,...
Preventing right of way claims over your land

Preventing right of way claims over your land

People in England have the right to roam on open access land, including mountains, moors,heaths, downs, common land, and some land around the King Charles III England Coast Path.Additionally, privately owned land may be subject to public access due to the existence of...