forestry land to buy

[Dan Earp]

Hi, im intrested in buying a small amount of land in leicestershire area, i understand that the grants have stopped , but whats the best way to find out what land is available for sell.who to talk too etc

 

cheers

[Dan Earp]

anyone!

[hazzygawa]

Land agent

[AlexB]

"Woodlands for sale" google it. Then there's savilles, and other large land agents. What grants? There were no grants for purchasing land but there are still grants for woodland management.

[Marko]

A small list of the specialist woodland agents is at the bottom of the page on Woodland Crafts, Traditional Woodland Craft Courses and Woodcraft Training

 

As I and others have found though rather than wait for the perfect woodland to come up for sale, it is sometimes more practical (and quicker) to buy agricultural land and plant your own.

[coppiceer]

I spent years looking in vain for woodland in Leicestershire. Eventually I had the luck, and I mean luck, to buy some agricultural land via a private sale and plant on it. The National Forest company used to maintain a register of land/ woodland for sale within the forest. If you get on the mailing list you will at least see what is on the market. My experience was that the "guide" price was actually the starting price.

 

nationalforest.org | Creating Woodlands

 

Good Luck.

[Dan Earp]

ok thankyou, i was after a little forest/workland, but failing that some land i could plant,fell and replace as time went on.

 

cheers

[rovers90]

You'll have to have deep pockets, woodland aint cheap.

 

John Clegg &amp Co Chartered Surveyors - A dedicated nationwide team handling all aspects of the rural property market

 

Woodlands for sale in the UK including Kent, Surrey, Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, North Wales, South Wales, Mid Wales & Scotland

[coppiceer]

ok thankyou, i was after a little forest/workland, but failing that some land i could plant,fell and replace as time went on.

 

cheers

 

You could contact the National Forest Company and ask them to pass on an enquiry to their existing owners. You could offer to manage some of their woodland in exchange for the produce. A lot of the tender schemes are on farms were the farmer hasn't really got an interest in managing the woodland as a going concern, they simply needed the capital injection to refinance their farming business. A relationship like this might eventually lead to an opportunity to buy.

[Dan Earp]

You could contact the National Forest Company and ask them to pass on an enquiry to their existing owners. You could offer to manage some of their woodland in exchange for the produce. A lot of the tender schemes are on farms were the farmer hasn't really got an interest in managing the woodland as a going concern, they simply needed the capital injection to refinance their farming business. A relationship like this might eventually lead to an opportunity to buy.

 

great idea thanks. have you done this before? or are doing?