Mapping the benefits

Lettie Moore at the Worcester office of Fisher German LLP replies: Fisher German utilise mapping systems to keep the details of clients farms, estates, sites and land parcels up to date and accurate. We have created and managed plans to suit smallholders through to large scale rural estate and landowners over the years; these plans can be used for a wide range of services:

Land Identification and Management: maps detailing field numbers and names are produced for landowners and land managers to help communicate detail to third parties.

Cropping and Shoot Plans: we produce plans to show current and future rotations. These show restrictions, three crop rules and EFA requirements. They are also used to coordinate cultivations, spray plans and hedgerow cutting plans. Shoot drives, pens and peg locations are plotted for shoot preparations year round.

BPS and Grants: clients use our systems to have margins, field corners and other features plotted for BPS purposes. These can then be communicated to Natural England and RPA.

Woodland Management: we produce plans ranging from basic outlines of compartment to details of species, felling licences and management schemes. Plans have also proved useful for prioritising roadside trees and Health and Safety obligations.

Marketing and Sales: we regularly produce location plans for lettings, sales and marketing development sites as well as land registry compliant plans, ranging from single parcels to large farms, with details of reservations, easements and overage.

Rights of Way: we regularly plot rights of way to allow accurate inspection, identification of discrepancies and serving of Section 31 (6) notices. This has helped prevent trespass, adverse possession and prescriptive rights claims. Telecoms and the location of utilities services are also plotted.

Tenancies: multiple tenancies have been plotted on single plans detailing boundaries and access. Individual plans are then easily produced for tenancy agreements and memorandums.

Planning: location, site and block plans have been created to support the planning work we do, ranging from permitted development to full planning applications.

Satellite imagery: we regularly utilise satellite imagery to identify boundaries discrepancies.

Contact Lettie Moore on 01905 459435, email Lettie.Moore@fishergeran.co.uk for more information.