Still attention to lease file

The annual meeting of the Association of Land Tenants and Own Land Users (BLHB) was held on Thursday 15 March. It was a good opportunity to look back at what has happened and what has been achieved in the past period.

It's been almost 2 years since the BLHB and the NAJK Spelderholt's final proposal rejected. Sicko Heldoorn then mediated and investigated whether tenants and lessees could still be brought to an agreement. However, the positions were too far apart. 

Own proposal
Heldoorn advised the then State Secretary Martijn van Dam to come up with your own proposal. After all, there were enough building blocks. Until now, the Federation Private Land Ownership (FPG) and LTO Nederland have preferred to continue with Spelderholt themselves and try to tie up 'the loose ends'. However, the BLHB is did not accept that invitation, because prior approval had to be given to the fact that there would no longer be any discussion about points of difference formulated by Heldoorn.

The BLHB was mainly concerned with the lease price of flexible lease† It was therefore only possible to continue negotiations on the 'loose ends' with the 'final agreement' as the basis. The board of the BLHB came to the conclusion that it was not possible for us to participate in the follow-up consultation. At least not under the conditions set by the lessors.

Ministry of LNV
With the arrival of a Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) and Minister Carola Schouten, an individual position seemed to be getting closer. However, the BLHB noted in January 2018 that no document about the lease file was announced in the letter to parliament for the annual planning for 2018.

In view of the coherence of the files (such as leasehold, business succession, sustainable soil management, land-based livestock farming and climate), leasehold should be given more priority. Aldrick Gierveld, director-general of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, reported that the lease dossier (albeit delayed by the long cabinet formation) will now receive the attention it deserves. The BLHB will continue to contribute to this.

Peter van der Eijk

Piet van der Eijk was the chairman of the Association of Land Tenants and Own Land Users (BLHB) from 2012 to the beginning of 2019. He also has an arable farm in the Biesbosch polder in the outskirts of the Eiland van Dordrecht.

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