How To Set Up A Low-Impact Smallholding

south west | community | event notice Saturday June 13, 2009 15:27 by laurie - Monkton Wyld Court info at monktonwyldcourt dot org monkton wyld court, charmouth, bridport, dorset dt6 6dq 01297560342

An intensive residential course with Simon Fairlie and Jyoti Fernandes

Jyoti and Simon of The Land Is Ours return to Monkton Wyld Court to share insights and information from their years of experience setting up small-holdings, their own and so many others'.

Jyoti and children with Simon (holding scythe) at G12 London 09

Following on the tremendous popularity and rave reviews of their Spring course, Simon and Jyoti return to work directly with people interested in starting their own low-impact land-based projects. Both have been essential features of successful area smallholdings (Fivepenny Farm and Tinkers Bubble, respectively) since their inceptions and are committed to sharing their many years of experience in helping land-based projects gain planning permission through their work with The Land is Ours and Chapter 7.

The course will look at a substantial range of factors: the
possibilities for living on the land in your own self-built eco-home, what kinds of enterprises can go along with managing the land, writing a land management plan and basic business plan, how to find land, how to apply for planning permission, where to find the kit you need and how to muddle through those exhilarating and exhausting first months.

Visit www.tlio.org.uk/index.html for more on planning, land rights, and Simon's and Jyoti's work. For booking information, contact Monkton Wyld Court at 01297 560342 or use the link below.