Management Plans
Designed to guide newcomers through the first years of rural land ownership, be it for conservation, food production or just pure enjoyment, these plans include the basics of what will happen each quarter of the year, as the client moves gradually through a planned development, towards a defined goal.

The cost savings resulting from such a plan can be enormous, particularly in avoiding mistakes and resisting that desire to rush off and make an expensive purchase, just on a whim.

Business Plans
These comprise much of NewLandOwner's work and are frequently linked to a desire to establish a home on what is often, a green field site.

Having through discussion, discovered which enterprises our client will most enjoy, we compile a detailed plan containing the costs and returns for each enterprise, together with the acreage and man hours it will require.

Should the client be seeking to acquire planning consent for living accommodation, then our Business Plan will clearly illustrate how it is possible to generate profits equivalent to an agricultural workers wage. Surprisingly perhaps, it is possible
but not necessarily advisable, to do this from as little as three or four acres (1.2 to 1.6 Ha). Larger areas however give greater freedom to include a range of enterprises, which will be more enjoyable for the client and easier to manage. If new farm buildings are required, then twelve and a half acres (5 Ha) is a critical size, above which planning applications for farm buildings become much easier.

Appraisals of Need
An "Appraisal of Need" spells out the critical reasoning why it is necessary for someone to live on site and should answer all the planner's objections to the application.

Free range hens
are a popular and profitable enterprise for smallholders