Agricultural Tenancy Land

Wouldnt touch it with a bargepole. I know of people locally who bought a house with several acres and couldnt get the tenant farmer off.
 
Well, as most have stated, it all depends. A tenant is allowed to use the land for their own purposes, the landlord can't just come along and put their own animals there. It depends massively on exactly what sort of tenancy agreement it is.

The tenant may well agree to accept a cash payment to vacate and give up the tenancy, but that would surely be the vendor to do? Some people may be happy to have a tenant who looks after the land, trims the hedges, etc.
 
GaryTheDonkey said:
We are looking to purchase a property with land to keep horses on and we really like the look of a house that has just come on the market, perfect location etc. however, the land is subject to a ‘protected agricultural tenancy’ (currently grazed by sheep). Does anyone know whether it would be possible to get out of the tenancy agreement, and how difficult it would be to do so? Would we then struggle to get planning permission for stables etc? Obviously I would need to talk to a solicitor/land agent but I’m trying to work out if it’s worth even going to view the property in the first place. TIA!
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If they have a 1986 tenancy your chance of getting it back is ‘bugger all’ they get 2 generations of inheritance and if they don’t want to give it up it is almost impossible to make them do so and if you can it will involve an expensive legal battle. The best option is to speak to the farmer involved and test out the water but if they don’t want to give it up they won’t have to
 
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We looked at one in Yorkshire that had lovely land with two tenancies - one could maybe be ended in 12 months the other had to wait until the death of the current tenants son (who was about 40 y/o). You couldn't get to the the fields on the more normal tenancy without going through these ones. It certainly explained why it was so cheap. Why the agent didn't really bother explaining this before we looked was beyond me. as if anyone looking at property with land would be OK waiting 50-60 years to use it !!!!
 
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