AUCTION POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE - Update to follow once new auction date set
AUCTION POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE - Update to follow once new auction date set
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The land will be purchased by the community for the community.
A solisitor will setup a Community Land Trust (CLT) and a Community Interest Company (CIC). The CLT will own the land, the CIC will help to direct how the land is used.
A Community Land Trust (CLT) is an organisation that owns land for the benefit of a community.
The CLT will have up to four nominated trustees that will manage the funds and make decisions on behalf of the CLT.
A Community Interest Company (CIC) is a UK legal company structure designed for businesses that exist to benefit the community.
Members of the CIC will be able to advise the Trust on how the land is used.
The land isn’t currently in the Vale of Glamorgan Local Development Plan (LDP). However, this does not mean it would not be considered for development in the future.
The only way to safeguard the land against development is if the community has ownership.
Our aim is to ensure that the land is kept exactly as is it today.
The aim is to retain the tenancy with the existing farmers. They have done a great job at maintaining the land for the last 55 years and we don't plan to change anything.
Should the existing tenant leave we will look for a similar agreement with another local farmer. This both supports the local farmers and keeps our maintenance costs down.
There are opportunities for environmental lease agreements with agencies such as the Rivers Trust or National Resources Wales although we won’t be exploring those options unless we cannot source a suitable agricultrual tenant.
No - All money donated will go into the Community Land Trust (CLT) to purchase the land and fund any future maintenance.
This information isn’t contained within the legal pack although we are following up with the sellers’ solicitors to find out more information.
We aim to reduce the maintenance costs by retaining the existing relationship with the existing farmer. They have done a great job at maintaining the land so far and we want to keep it that way.
As an indicative cost, we expect that insurances, maintenance and professional fees will be in the region of £1000-1500 per year. We'd like to cover these costs by leasing the land to a farmer.
Any remaining funds will be retained by the Community Land Trust (CLT), this will be used for: ongoing maintenance and professional costs.
It’s difficult to have a definitive answer at this stage as it depends on the sale price for the land. However, we expect that there will be approximately £15,000 on top of the final price, this is to cover:
We will do our best to raise as much money ahead of the auction end date (23rd February 2026) and win the auction on the day,.
If we aren’t successful, all money donated will be refunded, please bear with us this may take 5-10 days following the auction depending on how you donated.
Please see the Donations and Sponsorship section of this website for more information.
We appreciate that not everyone wants to share their personal details. Therefore, we will do our very best to ensure any donation details remain anonymous.
If donating via GoFundMe, you can choose to donate anonymously or publicly when sending your donation. Direct donations will remain anonymous.
Due to the nature of auctions, we don't want any other interested parties to know how much money we've secured. Therefore, the value of donations and sponsorship outside of GoFundMe will not be disclosed until after the auction date - we hope you can appreciate why this is important.
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