Rural Estate
The Gloucestershire County Farms Estate plays a strategically important role in sustaining rural communities by providing gateway opportunities into agriculture and ancillary businesses. It is a significant contributor to profitable agricultural production, environmental sustainability, and climate change management within the County, with sound environmental practices, food security, innovation, and technology at its core. The estate aims to provide diverse, well-equipped farm and business opportunities, which facilitate tenants to establish and develop sustainable, dynamic businesses, which deliver a holistic approach to economic, socio-economic, and environmental development whilst promoting increased public understanding of agriculture and the countryside.
Rural Estate Strategic Estate Plan 2016-2030
The Strategic Estates Plan sets out the council’s on-going commitment to retaining the rural estate whilst rationalising it to generate capital receipts and consolidate lettings to improve farming sustainability over the long term.
The 2016 Strategic Estate Plan was approved by Cabinet on 20th April 2016.