Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 73750
Farmers: Income
Tabled: 1 September 2025
Answered: 19 September 2025
Question
Dr Luke Evans
Conservative — Hinckley and Bosworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of his policies on the ability of farmers to diversify their income streams to support their farming business.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleAgricultural permitted development rights were amended in April 2024 to expand the range of uses agricultural buildings and land within their curtilage can be used for under a ‘flexible commercial use’, incentivising development by providing certainty and...
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