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Farming Today: 31/05/2024: Beavers and flooding, Bees, Second Homes

31/05/2024: Beavers and flooding, Bees, Second Homes

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House prices in some rural and coastal areas may fall as new planning laws come into force

House price in some rural and coastal areas could fall as new rules about the numbers of homes being turned into holiday lets comes into force.

House prices in the Lake District are likely to fall because of plans to control the number of homes being turned into holiday lets, according to the most senior planning officer at the national park authority. This is already being done in Wales where it has been causing a lot of controversy. 

A ten year study of beavers in Devon shows that they are having a positive impact on flood and drought alleviation – according to researchers at Exeter University who have been following the beavers on the river Otter, some farmers disagree with the findings.

And a grandfather and grandson team of bee keepers rent hives to apple growers in Northern Ireland so the bees can pollinate the crop.   

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