Land use (part 3)

what can increase pressures on land use?

urban competition

what is land near urban areas?

often expensive and comes with competition

what can dictate agricultural land use prices?

land type, farm type, tenancy and region

what factors affect GB farmland market and land use?

• climate change,

• regulation and policy,

• environmental recovery/land use,

• financial incentivisation,

• technological advancements,

• economic,

what do the way laws affect?

land use

what do way laws restrict?

practices such as on SSSI’s

what are 2 statutes?

• wildlife countryside act 1981,

• town and country planning acts,

what does the wildlife and countryside act 1981 do?

restrict certain land practices on protected land

what do the town and country planning acts do?

control use of land for development

how does the number of dairy cows differ now?

there are fewer but they are more productive

in 2024, what was the number of suckler beef like?

they were at record low numbers

how has the number of sheep, cattle and pigs changed from 1984 to 2020?

sheep - decreased from 35 to 32.7 million hd

pigs - decreased from around 13 to 9.6 million hd

cattle - decreased from around 8 to 5.1 million hd

how has the number of fowl changed from 1982 to 2020?

increased from around 120 to 183 million hd