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The CLA gives members access to free, independent and impartial advice on a wide range of issues from its own professional advisory team. This includes lawyers, tax specialists, planning and rural economy experts and surveyors, some of them based in the regions with specialist local knowledge.

This invaluable bank of knowledge is only a phone call, or e-mail, away.

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This document is only available to logged in members. GN17-10 Welfare of Animals during TransportGN17-10 Welfare of Animals during Transport
This guidance note explains the changes to the regulations regarding the welfare of animals during transport, and provides guidance to members as to whether they need to take any steps to comply with the changes.
[Professional Advice/Guidance notes] - [2 September 2010]

This document is only available to logged in members. GN15-10 Commencement of Development and GN15-10 Commencement of Development and "Material Operations"
This guidance note provides an explanation of what constitutes commencement of development by reference to the definition of "material operations".
[Professional Advice/Guidance notes] - [25 August 2010]

This document is only available to logged in members. GN16-10 Extensions to the Time Limits for Implementing Existing Planning Permissions and Applications for Non-Material AmendmentsGN16-10 Extensions to the Time Limits for Implementing Existing Planning Permissions and Applications for Non-Material Amendments
This guidance note sets out a summary of new provisions for extending time limits for implementing all eligible existing planning permissions; and applying for non-material amendments to existing planning permissions
[Professional Advice/Guidance notes] - [25 August 2010]

This document is only available to logged in members. GN14-10 Planning Related Fees - Government Circular 04/2008 (England) - UpdatedGN14-10 Planning Related Fees - Government Circular 04/2008 (England) - Updated
This is an updated Guidance Note to reflect changes to category 9B - other operations maximum fee reduction
[Professional Advice/Guidance notes] - [9 August 2010]

CLA55 - Hydropower as an enterprise
Hydropower is of real interest to riparian owners and the rural economy as it not only uses a natural resource to deliver energy, and is supported by Government regulation in the form of the Feed-in Tariff (payable from April 2010) and the Renewables...
[Renewable Energy] - [August, 2004]

This document is only available to logged in members. GN13-10 Increase in Rent Threshold for Assured TenanciesGN13-10 Increase in Rent Threshold for Assured Tenancies
Legislation has been introduced that amends the Housing Act 1988 by raising the annual rental threshold for assured tenancies from £25,000 to £100,000. It is a short piece of legislation that will have a far reaching effect on the private...
[Professional Advice/Guidance notes] - [14 July 2010]

This document is only available to logged in members. Single Payment SchemeSingle Payment Scheme
Remember claim deadlines have already been passed - you will be fined if your form has not been returned. SP5s can now only be amended by paying a penalty (Posted: 16 June 2010) The CLA, with others, has reluctantly concluded that the RPA is in deep...
[Professional Advice/Single Payment Scheme] - [7 July 2010]

This document is only available to logged in members. GN12-10 Material Planning ConsiderationsGN12-10 Material Planning Considerations
This guidance note sets out information on the matters that are material (relevant) to planning decisions and those that are not. It is intended that this guidance note will assist CLA members' understanding of how planning applications are determined. ...
[Professional Advice/Guidance notes] - [15 June 2010]

This document is only available to logged in members. GN11-10 Planning Guidance on CaravansGN11-10 Planning Guidance on Caravans
This guidance note gives an update on Planning Guidance on Caravans, which supersedes GN16-04.
[Professional Advice/Guidance notes] - [15 June 2010]

This document is only available to logged in members. PO2-10 Community Infrastructure Levy RegulationsPO2-10 Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations
This Briefing Note sets out the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations
[Professional Advice/Guidance notes] - [10 June 2010]

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The Advisory Services are made available to members on the basis that members' rights to compensation and the liability (if any) of CLA and its officers and/or its staff advisers, are restricted in the following ways. In the event of any advice given by any CLA staff adviser being given negligently or otherwise being incorrect no liability whatsoever is accepted by the CLA or its officers or by its staff advisers concerned

(a) towards any person who is not the current CLA member to whom the advice was directly given,

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Any person making use of the Advisory Services accepts such restrictions. Members should refer to appropriate professional advisers in private practice before taking any particular course of action potentially or actually involving any substantial amounts of money.

Please note that whilst the advisers are able to advise on a wide range of subjects relating to land ownership, they cannot act in place of a member's own solicitor, accountant, surveyor and tax specialist by, for example, drafting documents or corresponding on their behalf and may be precluded, by the rules of their own professions, from advising one CLA member against another CLA member in the case of conflict.

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