Agricultural Land in UK Law

  • Newbury District Council v Secretary of State for the Environment
    • House of Lords
    • 28 February 1980
    ... ... two hangars and the Secretary of State's leasehold interest in the land under a lease for forty years which commenced on the 30th November 1961 ... was given for the hangars to be used for the storage of agricultural products, subject to a condition that the buildings were to be removed at ... ...
  • Maunsell v Olins
    • House of Lords
    • 27 November 1974
    ... ... of the superior letting was not residential but was, say, agricultural. Suppose that a farm to be let includes several cottages all occupied by ... the farmer's house and the cottages and agricultural as regards the land and the other buildings. I would think that if one of the cottages is ... ...
  • Fawcett Properties Ltd v Buckingham County Council
    • House of Lords
    • 26 October 1960
    ... ... the cottages should only be used for the purpose of housing agricultural workers and it is not easy to appreciate any significant difference ... are alleged to create the uncertainty are not added to restrict the land-owner's enjoyment of his land but to mitigate the severity of the ... ...
  • Thorner v Curtis and Others
    • Chancery Division
    • 26 October 2007
    ... ... created or encouraged by B that A shall have a certain interest in land thereafter, on the faith of such expectation and with the knowledge of B ... and the Countryside Commission) wished it to be taken out of agricultural use; it is apparently now under the control of a local quarry ... ...
  • Camrose (Viscount) v Basingstoke Corporation
    • Court of Appeal
    • 25 May 1966
    ... ... They were given compulsory powers to acquire land for the purpose. Basingstoke was one of the towns selected to receive an ... value at £400 an acre, the Tribunal treated the 233 acres as agricultural land, ignoring the fact that it is to be valued on the footing that it has ... ...
  • Maunsell v Olins
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 February 1974
    ... ... that the cottage which was the subject-matter of the action stands on land which forms part of a farm which was the subject of a superior letting, ... from the plaintiff, on the other hand, was protected by the Agricultural Holdings Act 1948, and the Rent Acts did not apply thereto. On the 15th ... ...
  • Bomford v Osborne (Inspector of Taxes)
    • House of Lords
    • 27 May 1941
    ... ... of Worcester, with a Direction to assess the whole of the arable land occupied by the Appellant under the general charge applicable to Schedule ... (O) The methods of cultivation were the ordinary accepted agricultural methods. (P) The Appellant styles himself a Farmer and Fruit and ... ...
  • Eastwood (W. & J. B.) Ltd v Herrod
    • House of Lords
    • 25 February 1970
    ... ... The cockerels are put out on land amounting to some 20 acres for fifteen weeks when eight weeks old, but ... The Appellants claim that they are agricultural buildings within the meaning of section 2(2) of that Act. This claim was ... ...
  • Trentham (G. Percy) Ltd v Gloucestershire County Council
    • Court of Appeal
    • 12 January 1966
    ... ... there was a block of buildings which were previously used for agricultural purposes for the storage of farm machinery and equipment. Now Trentham ... notice against Trenthams requiring them to discontinue the use of the land for offices and storage of plant and materialsof building and civil ... ...
  • Eastwood (W. & J. B.) Ltd v Herrod
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 24 June 1968
    ... ... Their holding consists of 1150 acres of farm land and 100 acres of buildings. The question is whether the buildings are pt from rating as being "agricultural buildings". The buildings are these: ... 2 (i) The Layer Houses: there ... ...
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