NEW figures show that Wales has lost around 5,000 acres of county council tenanted land over the last decade.
Of the total tenancies currently offered, 61 per cent account for holdings of smaller than 50 acres, according to figures included in the ‘Annual Report on Local Authority Smallholdings in Wales’.
The report covers the period April 1, 2019, to March 31, 2020, and is produced by the Welsh Government based on statistical information provided by Wales’ 22 unitary authorities.
As of March 31, 2020, the total area of land held by local authorities in Wales for smallholding purposes was just over 38,776 acres, of which about 32,371 acres were let as smallholdings with a house and/or buildings.