Contentious issues were dealt with in a non-confrontational manner at a pastoral leaseholders forum held in Carnarvon at the weekend. |
According to the current legislation, neither cooperative farms nor leaseholders can use the land as a guarantee for a loan. |
Voting was limited to officials, property owners, leaseholders and burghers of incorporated towns. |
The council must now notify leaseholders again to tell them that the original discretionary arrangement will be retained after all. |
Are they right in asking us, the owners, to pay these costs, or should the leaseholders be responsible? |
An additional hurdle for existing leaseholders is that they must gain agreement from the freeholder if they wish to convert from leasehold to commonhold. |