Goldcrest Land & Forestry Group | Chartered Land & Forestry Agents
Publications & Research
An archive of research publications and reports on the topic of forestry, valuations, land use, natural capital, carbon and other related news.
20 February 2024
• Jon Lambert
• 3 mins
Jon Lambert, partner of GOLDCREST Land & Forestry Group, has voiced concerns about separating credits from the carbon-sequestering trees that generated them and called for corporations, investors and individuals to buy – and take responsibility for – the land asset itself. Advocating keeping the land, trees and credits together in one package, he said he had become increasingly concerned about the concept of separating carbon credits from land and the trees growing on it.
20 October 2023
• Jock Galbraith
• < 1 min
A secluded reservoir and woodland which has planning permission approved to build an off-grid waterside cabin has hit the market for offers over £129,000. The Den of Ogil reservoir and woods which spans 34.15 acres lies 1.5 miles south of Glengoil in Angus. The historically important site was formed in 1880 by the construction of two embankment dams and was previously used to supply the public in Forfar and the surrounding area with water.
14 August 2023
• Jon Lambert
• 2 mins
A substantial block (193.27Ha / 477.57 acres) of mixed woodland in North Staffordshire has been launched to the market. Close to Cannock Chase, Maer Hills is described as being of a type rarely offered to the private market in the English Midlands. “The majority of woodlands of this size in the Midlands are under public ownership, it is rare for a forest of this size, quality, composition and character to be offered to the private market.”
26 July 2023
• Jon Lambert
• 2 mins
GOLDCREST Land & Forestry Group is delighted to present an opportunity for nature enthusiasts and development investors with the marketing of Ffos Las Woodland - a 89.99-hectare (222.37-acre) young native woodland nestled in the picturesque landscapes of South Wales. The property neighbours Ffos Racecourse and gives an investor an opportunity for long term development. The property is marketed for sale at a guide price of £700,000.
12 March 2023
• Jon Lambert
• 2 mins
A 2,200-hectare Argyll forest overlooking Loch Fyne has come to the market for offers over £29million. The sale of Glen Shira Forest offers a rare opportunity to purchase a high yielding, sizable commercial conifer forest with a mixed age structure at a time when the market is hungry for stock.
23 November 2022
• Fenning Welstead
• 3 mins
Commercial forestry values have escalated by at least 15% in the past year, according to an industry report launched in Edinburgh today (Nov23). Increasing demand for timber assets driven by net zero ambitions contributed to rising prices in a market characterised by fewer, smaller, but higher value sales in 2022 as Scotland “spearheaded the charge for economic forestry” with an 84% share of UK commercial forestry sales.
31 October 2022
• Fenning Welstead
• < 1 min
The annual UK Forest Market Report (FMR) produced in partnership with Tilhill, provides an in-depth study of the UK commercial forestry and woodland investment market, from the perspective of both buyers and sellers. It has been produced since 1998 and is considered to be the most comprehensive publicly available record of forestry transactions in the UK. Please join us for the event held on the 22nd and 23rd of November 2022.
1 October 2022
• Fenning Welstead
• < 1 min
An exceptional £6.5m Northumberland forest has come to the market and those interested can either buy it or lease it. Longheugh Forest is a well located commercial forest that extends to 189ha between Otterburn and Hexham.
The professional team at GOLDCREST Land & Forestry Group are all members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and recognised as Registered Valuers with one member a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters.