Site with planning for 145 houses is sold

While the land market is quiet, in terms of new listings, the conclusion of sales kept auctioneers and solicitors busy, before the mass departure of August.

Farmers, however, will reap what they’ve sown in a second year of bumper crops of grain and grass.

The bouyancy of a good summer has translated into a renewed economy — the much-heralded green shoots are beginning to show.