New grant funding from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development has been introduced by way of 3 different grants; Business Development, Food Processing and Rural Tourism Infrastructure. Farmers could be eligible for a Growth Programme...

Sheldon Bosley Knight Rural Department are delighted to announce the launch of our new specialist department “SBK Equestrian”, which further strengthens our existing equestrian services. SBK Equestrians combine local property expertise with first...

Four new Countryside Stewardship (CS) offers have been introduced for farmers and land managers in order to boost biodiversity and help protect and enhance farmland and the countryside. The improvements that have been made make it much simpler fo...

The SBK Planning Team were successful in gaining planning permission under Class Q of the Permitted Development Order for the conversion of a small agricultural building on the Walton Estate to a dwelling. This project required our comprehensive ...

The Countryside Productivity Small Grant Scheme provides funding for farmers to purchase equipment and improve productivity on their farm. It involves a simple single stage online application, and once applications close, an email will be sent to...

It has become something of a 21st Century phenomenon – massive increases in house values over previous decades, combined with the ever-changing pressures of personal and family circumstances, mean that many homeowners in the 50+ age bracket are s...

The 2018 sporting season is getting underway and at SBK we are looking forward to supporting a number of rural and equestrian events in our local area. The British Eventing season kicks off in March and we will be sponsoring, attending (and even ...

With engineering contracts awarded and the first spade due to hit the ground towards the end of 2018, High Speed 2 have announced a new grant scheme to promote the planting of 7 million trees to coincide with Phase One of the proposed works. Fund...

Here at SBK, our Planning and Architectural team are on the front line dealing with a variety of planning works, large and small. Here’s a snapshot of what’s going on at the moment: Planning Application Fee Increases and Permission in Principle T...

  Farmers and landowners who are affected by a utility scheme are entitled to make a claim for compensation. However, it is important to get an Agent involved as early as possible so that all elements of the claim and any accommodation works...

The recent announcement from Natural England relating to a simplified Countryside Stewardship scheme due to open in the New Year is good news for farmers. Natural England have recognised that the particularly onerous and burdening application pro...

Welcome to the first of our regular updates, this one focusing on our Shipston branch, designed to give you an insight into the daily life of SBK, local events, property market updates and all things which may be of interest to anyone buying or s...