Council owned farms - Find a freedom of information request

1.How many farms does the council own? 

2. How many farms have the council sold off in the last 10 years? 

3.What is the average age of your council farm tenants? 

4. How many AHA council tenancies do you have left in your portfolio? 

5. What is the average length of your FBTs? 

6. How much you invested in your council tenant farms in the last 10 years? If possible, please specify examples of things you have invested in. 

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1. The Council owns 152 agricultural holdings, some of these are very small tenancies of less than five acres.

2. The size of the estate has reduced from 19,056 acres to 16,422 acres over the last ten years.

It is not possible to answer in terms of “How many farms”, as many sales will have been small individual areas of land, dwellings, or yards.

3. 62

4. 54 AHAs

5. 10.57 years

6. The annual spend on repairs and maintenance is as set out below:

2013-14 - £320,710

2014-15 - £220,282

2015-16 - £305,003

2016-17 - £293,331

2017-18 - £299,500

2018-19 - £271,663

2019-20 - £343,357

2020-21 - £279,278

2021-22 - £349,207

2022-23 - £350,944

Annually the Council commit c£300k for capital projects such as new Grain stores, road repairs and drainage.

This has been in place for in excess of 10 years.