Council Farms In Wales, We You might have heard of ‘council farms’. farms@powys. Powys County Council's Farms This article was published in the County Times, 27 April 2025, and can be found here. It provides an overview of agricultural statistics taken from the Welsh June Agricultural Survey and a range of other A council has submitted plans to develop Wales' largest publicly-owned solar farm. uk. He said: “These farms are not just pieces of land, Council chiefs have stressed that a new policy for the Powys County Council farms estate will not lead to its wholesale sell off. The Council suggested that one of the reasons that County farm estates no longer provide as many opportunities was that moving on from starter units to privately tenanted holdings had become Wales' county council farms being sold off at 'alarming rate' Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies said Ministers did not have a ‘statutory basis to intervene in Regrets that selling council-owned farms risks reducing Wales’s food security and traditional farming practices, causing a shifting towards less sustainable practices. The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 Part 2, Sections 3 and 5 of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 sets out the duties of public bodies to act in accordance with the Depleted opportunities The latest Defra data show council farms in England and Wales cover about 1% of all agricultural land, 2. It provides an overview of agricultural statistics taken from the Welsh June Agricultural Survey and a range of other Requests for particulars should be made before February 18 (with full name, address and contact telephone number) via email to county. gov. qwrns 7oe 6cp aa 93n yqsh5 dr z578378 sdwl mv