The Pleasures Of Farmland

Adrian Cannon, rural partner at Tayler & Fletcher, extols the very real rewards of owning farmland

As we move into autumn, one of the best seasons in the Cotswolds, we look at the pleasures of owning farmland.

The colours turn from the golden yellows of wheat and barley to the red brown earths of the Cotswold brash as the ploughs turn the furrow, or the seed drill plants the next crop. But what, we ask, are the pleasures of owning farmland?

There is the ability to own that little part of England that every Englishman wants to possess. So, are there barriers in owning farmland? No, not really – there is regulation, but much of the paperwork can be undertaken by your local agent or farm consultant, and the regulation is there to protect the valuable countryside.