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Landlords and tenants urged to take note of annual DEFRA report when setting rent levels for new agreements and at review
Haymaking in Borrowdale, Cumbria. IN any landlord tenant relationship within the farming world, one of the most sensitive issues to deal with is the level of rent payable for the holding, writes George Dunn, CEO of The Tenant Farmers Association. Landlords’ agents often decry the basis of rent reviews under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (AHA) as being out of touch with modernity whilst many farm tenants view the way in which rents under Farm Business Tenancies (FBTs) are reviewed as being out of touch with reality.
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