A farmer has rejected a £275million offer for his land from housing developers wanting to build a new town.
Robert Worsley said he would be ‘doing a massive disfavour’ to the community where he has lived all his life if he ‘took the money and ran’.
The 48-year-old father of two has run 550-acre farm for the last 15 years.
He was approached by agents for housebuilder Mayfield more than two years ago.
Other landowners on adjoining sites in Twineham, near Haywards Heath, West Sussex, are also believed to have been offered large sums.
The multi-million pound potential offer is 100 times the farm’s current value, even though it covers only one-seventh of the proposed 10,000-home development. Full story...
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Robert Worsley said he would be ‘doing a massive disfavour’ to the community where he has lived all his life if he ‘took the money and ran’.
The 48-year-old father of two has run 550-acre farm for the last 15 years.
He was approached by agents for housebuilder Mayfield more than two years ago.
Other landowners on adjoining sites in Twineham, near Haywards Heath, West Sussex, are also believed to have been offered large sums.
The multi-million pound potential offer is 100 times the farm’s current value, even though it covers only one-seventh of the proposed 10,000-home development. Full story...
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