About US
Selby Rural helps to navigate the moving goalposts, the ever increasing red tape and the emerging opportunities encountered by farmers and landowners.
Based from a farm office in Cheshire, Selby Rural offers an authentic and yet fresh approach to land, business, and property management.
Regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and members of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers, Selby Rural’s areas of expertise include negotiating compensation; managing tenancies; providing valuations; negotiating planning applications; and managing grants and funding.
About US
Selby Rural helps to navigate the moving goalposts, the ever increasing red tape and the emerging opportunities encountered by farmers and landowners.
Based from a farm office in Cheshire, Selby Rural offers an authentic and yet fresh approach to land, business, and property management.
Regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and members of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers, Selby Rural’s areas of expertise include negotiating compensation; managing tenancies; providing valuations; negotiating planning applications; and managing grants and funding.
Our Vision
Our sense of fulfilment comes from helping to support the future of Great British farmers.
To keep farming, and rural livelihoods, sustainable.
With this, we look forward to a future of green and prosperous lands. A landscape of flourishing livelihoods.
WE’VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A DECADE +
We are credited for our professional knowledge but respected for our farming routes. We’ve spent a lifetime in agriculture and over 20 years working in the professional sector. This is what makes our strategic and practical advice and support so sought after.
WE DO THE RIGHT THING IN THE RIGHT WAY
Before we do anything, we listen to the needs of our clients. We then work with the passion and determination echoed by our clients to navigate challenges, explore opportunities, and get results. Results that mean more highs, and less lows.
WE ARE PROFESSIONAL, PERSONAL AND PROACTIVE
We are here to offer a professional service, but we’re also here to be a valued support partner to your business. We stand by every one of our clients now, but most importantly, for the long term.
Meet the team
Meet the team
Tom Selby MRICS FAAV
Founder & Rural Chartered Surveyor
Tom Selby founded Selby Rural with a mission to protect the future of Great British farmers and rural livelihoods. Tom started out with an ambition to make a difference. To enable farmers to change, evolve and grow, with confidence.
Today, Selby Rural is here to work alongside farmers and landowners not just today but for the long term, dedicated to the farming industry and agricultural sector.
Married to a local dairy farmer, Mary, and parent to two mini-farmers and an enthusiastic black Labrador, you can occasionally find Tom in the parlour milking their herd of pedigree Holstein cows.
Carys Studley MRICS FAAV
Rural Chartered Surveyor
Carys is a Rural Chartered Surveyor and Agricultural Valuer who joined Selby Rural in September 2024, bringing a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of the rural sector.
Rooted in the farming community and married to a local dairy farmer, Carys shares our values and is passionate about building strong, trusting relationships with clients.
She has experience across both private practice and estate management, having previously worked for a national landowner, and brings a broad skill set combined with meticulous attention to detail. Carys is known for her ability to understand not only her clients’ needs but also the complexities and requirements of the policies and regulations that shape the work we do.
Outside of work, Carys enjoys spending time with her family and three young children and can often be found playing her weekly (and rather competitive!) netball match!
Louise Allen
Farm Business Consultant
Louise joined the team in Autumn 2023. After graduating from Haper Adams in 2013 Louise has continued to work in the agricultural industry. Over the last 10 years Louise has developed her own dairy, beef, and sheep farm alongside her husband and two young children. During this period as an agricultural consultant, Louise developed her passion for supporting farm businesses.
Louise has joined Selby Rural to help farmers gain an understanding of what grants and subsidies are available to them and support them throughout the whole process of applying for the new farming incentives available.
Sharron Woodward
Secretary
Sharron joined the team as a secretary in Summer 2023 on a part-time basis. Sharron brings a wealth of administrative experience to Selby Rural, undertaking the day-to-day management of the office.
She has two children, both boys, belongs to a Molly dance team, a djembe drumming group, enjoys walking, cycling and swimming.
“My sense of fulfilment comes from helping to secure the future of great British farmers.”
Tom Selby
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