Duchy Brings Estate Management In-House
Duchy Brings Estate Management In-House
The Duchy of Lancaster has brought the management of all Rural Surveys in house with effect from 1st October 2018. As part of this change, the Duchy has restructured its rural estate management teams. Two Regional Surveyors of Lands will lead on the Rural Surveys working out of the Duchy’s London HQ and recently established […]
New Special School To Be Built At Higham Ferrers
The Duchy of Lancaster has agreed to release 2.2 hectares of land for the building of a new free school at Rushden on its historic Higham Ferrers estate. Built by the Department for Education and to be run by Friars Academy Trust, this specially designed secondary school will offer places to 145 students with special […]
Sustainable Soil Strategy
The Duchy of Lancaster recently hosted a workshop on soil management for a number of farm tenants. The event was held at the Allerton Project, a Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust research farm in Loddington. The focus of the workshop was on soil structure, chemistry and biology and it provided an opportunity to share examples […]
Local Tenant News!
Working with teams responsible for the management of its Rural Surveys, the Duchy of Lancaster has today issued a Survey-specific newsletter for tenants living and working on its Cheshire, Lancashire, Southern, Staffordshire and Yorkshire Estates. Designed to keep tenants up to date with Duchy-wide initiatives and strengthen links between farming and residential tenants living on […]
New Rural Surveyor Joins The Team
In 2015 the Duchy of Lancaster realigned its Rural Surveys and brought the management of its Southern Survey in-house under its new Head of Rural, Christopher Sparrow. Three years on, the Survey has expanded by 50 per cent following a series of strategic acquisitions and reviews. This has prompted the need to recruit a new […]