Council-owned farm to be sold off (From Western Telegraph)

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Council-owned farm to be sold off

12:32pm Monday 6th February 2012 in News

A council-owned farm at Manorbier will be sold off to generate capital.

Pembrokeshire County Council’s cabinet agreed on Monday (Feb 6th) to dispose of Eastmoor Farm located one mile west of Manorbier.

The farm is currently vacant following the retirement of the tenant farmer. Councillors heard that several of its building are in poor repair require significant investment and there are access issues from the main road.

“This is not about selling off the family silver,” said Council Leader John Davies. “It’s about making it work in an effective way.

“Disposal would release significant sums of capital which we now require.”

The farm is likely to be sold along with an adjoining parcel of privately owned land which would resolve access issues.

Comments(6)

conspiracy says...
12:56pm Mon 6 Feb 12

The council should not be selling off any of our assets, what chance has a young future farmer got in buying a local farm. I am sure they would rather rent a reasonable rented council owned farm, what ever the condition, then refurbish the buildings over the coming years, when they were able to afford it. This is another wrong decision from this Independent controlled council.