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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.
Latest Professional Advice
  Briefing Note PO01/12 Localism Act 2011 - Assets of Community Value
This briefing note provides a basic introduction to the Assets of Community Value (ACV) provisions introduced by the Localism Act 2011. This briefing note does not take account of, as yet, unpublished draft regulations which the Government expects to...
[Professional Advice/Guidance notes] - [17 January 2012]
GN31-11 Permitted Development Rights - Clarification of the Prior Notification/Approval Procedure
A Court of Appeal decision (December 2010) is useful in clarifying and interpreting the prior notification/approval and decision-making process. This guidance note sets out the relevant elements of the decision which relates to those members wishing...
[Professional Advice/Guidance notes] - [14 December 2011]
 CLA62 - The food chain and adding value to your business
This advisory handbook examines a number of important inter-linking areas in the food chain.
[Food] - [December, 2011]
GN30-11 Localism Act 2011 - Forthcoming changes to Planning Enforcement Regime - Time limits for enforcing deliberately concealed breaches of planning control
The Localism Act has finished its passage through Parliament and will achieve Royal Assent before the end of 2011. The Act contains some changes to the Planning Enforcement regime. This guidance note deals with one clause in particular because members...
[Professional Advice/Guidance notes] - [17 November 2011]
GN28-11 Increase in Rent Threshold for Assured Tenancies in Wales
The rent threshold for Assured and Assured Shorthold Tenancies is soon to be increased in Wales to £100,000 per annum, as it was in England last year. The main implications are set out in this Guidance Note.
[Professional Advice/Guidance notes] - [11 November 2011]
GN27-11 Solar Feed In Tariff: New Review: 31 October 2011 proposals
The Feed In Tariff, which supports small scale renewable electricity generation (described in more detail in CLA GN26-11) has become a victim of its own success, in the face of fixed Government budget limits. On 31 October 2011 Government moved to...
[Professional Advice/Guidance notes] - [8 November 2011]
 CLA61 - Business tools: SWOT analysis
Various business tools can be used to help rural businesses plan and develop. The most common tool is the SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats).
[Business] - [November, 2011]
GN26-11 October 2011 Feed in Tariffs: support for small and medium scale renewable electricity
The CLA was instrumental in delivering the Feed In Tariff, which provides support for small and medium scale renewable electricity. This Guidance Note describes the scheme, talks about what works for CLA members and offers links to further guidance.
[Professional Advice/Guidance notes] - [21 October 2011]
 Agri-environment schemes
Members can find up-to-date information below on agri-environment schemes, including Entry and Organic Entry Level Stewardship (ELS/OELS), Uplands Entry Level Stewardship (Uplands ELS) and Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) schemes. Grants are available for...
[Professional Advice/Agri-environment schemes] - [18 October 2011]
 Single Payment Scheme
Log-on to the member only pages, to access the CLA’s regular Single Payment Scheme (SPS) updates.
Topics include:
• RPA implements new checks for ‘dual use’ on land being claimed by different applicants for different schemes -...
[Professional Advice/Single Payment Scheme] - [13 October 2011]
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