WebbPaton are able to hold the hand of any farmer looking to diversify out of agriculture on any land or building. We can provide a total one stop shop from doing the viability assessement, obtaining planning permission, sorting out the Building Regulations, obtaining financial funding, obtaining grants, marketing, checking the tenants credentials, writing the lease and managing in the future.
Over the years WebbPaton have assisted clients into diversifying into the following activities:
- Farm shop
- Holiday lets
- Bed and breakfast
- Office, workshop and storage space units
- Live work units
- Conversion of barns into dwellings
- Grass boarding hills
- Open farms
- Educational farms
- Wind farms
- Anaerobic digester energy production
- Solar energy production
- Biomass combined heat and power units
- Cricket pavillion
The Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme (FFIS)
The Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme (FFIS) will re-open for the second round of applications in April/May this year. The scheme provides capital grants of between £2,500 - £25,000 (based on a maximum of 40% of the item cost) to encourage more efficient use of resources in farming and forestry operations. There is a vast array of over 50 items which are covered by the scheme, including slurry separators, GPS equipment, rainwater harvesting equipment, weigh crates, EID readers, resurfacing parlour floors, cluster flushing systems and electricity efficiency devices. Details on the first round of the scheme can be found at