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CLA Cymru is urging Welsh Government to use its latest review of holiday let taxation to deliver meaningful reform for genuine self-catering businesses, including reducing the 182-day letting threshold to 105 days.
Published on 28 Aug 2026
- Authors
- Steven Crane-Jenkins
- Regions
- Wales
- Strapline
- CLA Cymru is urging Welsh Government to use its latest review of holiday let taxation to deliver meaningful reform for genuine self-catering businesses, including reducing the 182-day letting threshold to 105 days.
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- 182-day rule review: CLA Cymru calls for 105-day threshold and workable exemptions
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If you’re a land manager in England, it’s time to look at LNRSs. Read our practical guide to learn about the opportunities, connect with delivery partners and help build nature recovery into your plans
Published on 8 Oct 2026
- Authors
- Susan Twining
- Campaigns
- Biodiversity Net Gain
- Strapline
- If you’re a land manager in England, it’s time to look at LNRSs. Read our practical guide to learn about the opportunities, connect with delivery partners and help build nature recovery into your plans
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- A landowner's five-step guide to Local Nature Recovery Strategies
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James and Susan Kinsey-Jones are at the vanguard of the Welsh wine revolution. We take a trip to their vineyard for a closer look at their diversification journey from sheep to Solaris grapes Published on 13 Oct 2026
A vintage diversification story: meet the CLA members who transformed their sheep farm into a vineyard
Feature article- Authors
- Jasmin McDermott
- Regions
- Wales
- Strapline
- James and Susan Kinsey-Jones are at the vanguard of the Welsh wine revolution. We take a trip to their vineyard for a closer look at their diversification journey from sheep to Solaris grapes
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- A vintage diversification story: meet the CLA members who transformed their sheep farm into a vineyard
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Published on 14 Oct 2026
- Authors
- Mike Sims
- Title
- APPG Devolution and its impact on rural areas 2026
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Published on 14 Oct 2026
- Authors
- Jonathan Roberts
- Title
- APPG for Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse - Devolution and its impact on rural areas
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In last in a series of articles, Dan Rogers, Partner at Bell Cornwell, looks at how Class Q and Class R, offer routes to bring traditional farm buildings back into use.
Published on 29 Sep 2026
- Authors
- Sarah Wells-Gaston
- Regions
- The South West
- Strapline
- Traditional barns and modern agricultural sheds are increasingly left behind by changing farming practices, yet they often represent one of a landowner's most underused assets.
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- Ad: Redundant Farm Buildings: A Guide to Class Q and Class R
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In her latest blog, our Regional Surveyor Alice Simon welcomes the news of flood funding in Somerset and looks at how catchments can become more flood resilient. Published on 13 Oct 2026
Advisers blog: Building Flood Resilience
News story- Authors
- Sarah Wells-Gaston
- Regions
- The South West
- Strapline
- In her latest blog, our Regional Surveyor Alice Simon looks at how catchments across the south west can become more flood resilient.
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- Advisers blog: Building Flood Resilience
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Are drones right for your farming business? Our practical guide covers the key considerations before using drones to manage your farm or rural enterprise Published on 14 Oct 2026
Agricultural drones in the UK
Feature article- Authors
- Rob Hackney
- Strapline
- Are drones right for your farming business? Our practical guide covers the key considerations before using drones to manage your farm or rural enterprise
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- Agricultural drones in the UK
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CLA Cymru enjoy two jam-packed days at the Anglesey Show and welcomed members, partners and Welsh Government Ministers to their events trailer.
Published on 13 Aug 2026
- Authors
- Steven Crane-Jenkins
- Regions
- Wales
- Strapline
- CLA Cymru enjoyed two jam-packed days at the Anglesey Show and welcomed members, partners and Welsh Government Ministers to their events stand.
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- At the Anglesey Show: Ministerial Engagement and a Memorable and Productive Two Days
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Livestock farmers across Wales are being urged to remain vigilant as the number of bluetongue cases continues to climb and further detections expected while midge activity remains high, during the recent prolonged hot weather.
Published on 27 Aug 2026
- Authors
- Steven Crane-Jenkins
- Regions
- Wales
- Strapline
- Livestock farmers across Wales are being urged to remain vigilant as the number of bluetongue cases continues to climb and further detections expected while midge activity remains high, during the recent prolonged hot weather.
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- Bluetongue warning as cases rise across Wales
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The CLA have responded to a consultation on establishing planning powers for Mayors in England. The consultation proposes to introduce powers to allow Mayors to call in planning applications of a certain kind, establish Mayoral Development Orders and introduce Mayoral Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL).
Published on 14 Oct 2026
- Authors
- Shannon Fuller
- Strapline
- The CLA have responded to a consultation on establishing planning powers for Mayors in England. The consultation proposes to introduce powers to allow Mayors to call in planning applications of a certain kind, establish Mayoral Development Orders and introduce Mayoral Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL).
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- CLA Consultation Response - Planning Powers for Mayors in England
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Published on 26 Aug 2026
- Authors
- Roberta Sacaloff
- Strapline
- Further to the Employment Rights Act 2025, the Government consulted on ending one-sided flexibility and reforming zero hours contracts. We responded to the consultation which was about the use of zero hours contracts, offering workers guaranteed hours of work and paying them for cancelled, moved or curtailed shifts at short notice.
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- CLA Consultation Response to Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts