RDE 359 - Review of agricultural land take to development

Contract summary

Industry

• Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£49,494

Procurement reference

CF-0208900D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

21 December 2023

Closing date

3 December 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

4 December 2023

Contract end date

29 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

The Soils Team within Natural England are seeking to commission a research project to undertake a rapid,
desk-based review to gather evidence on the amount of agricultural land take occurring as a result of
development, including an assessment of the recent loss of high quality agricultural land (i.e. Best and Most
Versatile (BMV) agricultural land), and an analysis of this against previous assessments to indicate whether
and how land take is changing, and reflecting current policy.
The Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) system was developed by MAFF (now part of Defra and the Welsh
Government) in the mid 1960's to map the distribution of agricultural land quality across England and
Wales, to a common standard. This was to characterise agricultural land quality and enable scarce high quality land to be protected from loss to development, through the planning system.

This project was awarded by NE

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Award information

Awarded date

4 December 2023

Contract start date

4 December 2023

Contract end date

29 March 2024

Total value of contract

£49,494

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

RSK ADAS Limited

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About the buyer

Contact name

Defra Group Commercial

Address

17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
UK

Email

dgc.rdeframework@defra.gov.uk