Land

The East of England Young Planners’ Committee is hosting this year’s Young Planners’ Conference 2024 in Cambridge on 11-12 October 2024.

This year's theme ‘Connecting Town and Country’ aims to explore this complex dynamic and intersection of balancing such growth versus resources, which will be addressed through our speaker panels, breakout sessions and study tours centring on the following: 

Join the Lothians women in agriculture group and your local consultant Mary-Jane Lawrie, at Carfrae Farm Shop to hear about the proposed changes to farm subsidies, and what you will have to do in order claim your Basic Payment Scheme from next year.

For our first FAS Morayshire & Aberdeenshire Women in Agriculture meeting of the year we will visit the Stephen family at Barra Castle, Oldmeldrum.

With lots of changes and uncertainty there is an opportunity to focus on driving your business forward, so put on your business cap as we will be joined by South of Scotland Enterprise. Come along and hear from Lucy Filby, Head of Net Zero Transition for Agriculture.

Two years ago the Farm Advisory Service launched the Farm Wildlife Walks initiative, an attempt to promote grass-roots conversations around nature conservation and the positive impacts of nature-friendly farming practices in combating the biodiversity crisis.

The Scottish Land Commission is hosting a public meeting in Thurso, designed to encourage local residents to have their say on issues affecting land ownership and use in the area. Taking place on Monday 2 September at 7.00pm at the Pentland Hotel, the free event is open to anyone with an interest in the way land is owned and used across the community.