‘Ancient manorial rights still important today’: landowners react to MP report
Landowners have responded to a report by MPs into the exercise of manorial rights. The CLA which represents landowners, farmers and rural businesses welcomes the Committee’s acknowledgement of the continued relevance and value of manorial rights to a range of landowners that includes charities and schools, but urged caution over a suggestion that rights should […]
Anger at plans to regulate price landowners can charge telecoms giants for access
The CLA is calling on MPs to vote down proposals that would give the Government power to set the price landowners can charge telecommunication companies for access to their land. The proposals, described by CLA President Henry Robinson as “an assault on the free market”, are scheduled to be debated in Parliament this week. He […]
Landowners need reassurance on fracking access
The CLA has said reports of a potential announcement relaxing access rights for shale gas operators should come as ‘little surprise’. The organisation said the Government has already made clear its commitment to developing the shale gas industry, but landowners need reassurance if access rights for fracking are relaxed. CLA President Henry Robinson said: “The […]
