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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: JEP on September 01, 2020, 01:27:55 pm
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Hi all
How much would people say to pay rent wise for a filed. It is 2 acre field all fenced and good access and is next door to us. I would be using this for grazing which I know has always been used for until last year where they made hay off it. Its in Cheshire.
I would be looking at renting it for a full year what should I offer them rent wise to use it.
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Actually [member=23296]JEP[/member] I don't have a clue, but what are they asking OR have you asked them yet ?
Rental might depend on the use you have in mind and whether watering is included. Also, if it's next door, owner may well hike rental a bit for the convenience factor.
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I don't know about Cheshire, but in Cumbria, small but useful pockets of grazing with good fences, access, and a water supply would be around £100 per acre for a 6 months annual license, maybe up to half as much again for 11 months. If I remember correctly, most grazing licenses require a period, even if only 2 weeks, each year when the livestock are off; something to do with not establishing a tenancy.
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One day off is enough to prevent permanent status. Rentals are usually for the season which can be up to 364 days.
A long time ago, in the 1990s we got £84 an acre for the season - 20 acres raked in £1680, the farmer gave us £1700. Their cattle ran riot one stormy night and tore out all the internal fences and made 3 fields into one. They gave us the option of two rolls of chicken wire or nothing. Not a lot we could do about it as we didn't have anything in writing
You can get agreements online ths=ese days - https://www.netlawman.co.uk/d/grazing-agreement?gclid=CjwKCAjwqML6BRAHEiwAdquMnVznKam8j2ACbMsmREIBTpYkrREF3NXCqb6AfCn8Lmac3Wab05fjIxoCEdAQAvD_BwE (https://www.netlawman.co.uk/d/grazing-agreement?gclid=CjwKCAjwqML6BRAHEiwAdquMnVznKam8j2ACbMsmREIBTpYkrREF3NXCqb6AfCn8Lmac3Wab05fjIxoCEdAQAvD_BwE)