Management Strategy
9. Constraining Factors
9.1 It was noted in the first review of the previous Management Strategy that the rate of progress in the restructuring of the Estate was, inter alia, restricted by:-
(a) The availability of vacant holdings arising from the terminations of tenancies.
(b) The general lack of tenants either moving within the Estate or progressing beyond it, and that such movement was often frustrated, for example, by tenants developing the County farm as the base for a much larger farming "empire", and therefore being more inclined to 'stay put'.
(c) Any unsympathetic and unrealistic management policies which inhibit tenant movement or discourage performance.
9.2 Whilst these factors do still pertain, to some extent, it is hoped that the revised Estate Plan, producing, as it will, the creation of more larger progression farms, will help towards further relieving these constraints upon the continued restructuring of the Estate. At the same time, tenants must be made aware that the particular 'right move' for themselves personally may only come along once in a while and that they need to respond to that opportunity and to give it their 'best shot'.
9.3 Added to this will be some diminution in the number of progression opportunities as a result of farms being sold off in accordance with the Estate Plan.
9.4 The statutory introduction of fixed-term tenancies has meant that the Authority will have to make decisions as to whether or not to grant further tenancies to individual tenants who have already completed the length of tenancy which is permitted by Estate policy, for example tenants who have been 10 years on the same starter holding. Difficult decisions will undoubtedly need to be taken to maintain the momentum of the Restructuring Strategy.
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