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Land Management / Re: Draining Flat Land

« Last post by Kiran on March 29, 2025, 03:24:54 am »

French drain sounds good. How deep and wide do you think would be needed?
Thanks

It depends on how much water you are looking to move and over what distance. At the bottom of one of our fields which has a gentle slope, the ground rises up before the edge of the field and ultimately the ditch that runs along the bottom. I should re profile the ground, but I have temporarily put 6m long feench drains to clear the water passed the raised area, they were dug with a 1ft bucket on the excavator and are 12-18" deep filled with clean stone and a perforated pipe.

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Equipment / Re: Flail mowers

« Last post by Kiran on March 29, 2025, 03:17:07 am »

I just purchase a new, to me, zero turn mower with a 62" deck. The guy I bought it from used to use it to maintain a perimeter around his hay field amongst other things. He gave me a demo on grass that must have been 10-12" high and it did it with ease. If you can find one this should be cheaper than a quad and flail combo

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Sheep / Re: Feeding sheep too much?

« Last post by Fleecewife on March 29, 2025, 12:14:33 am »

Mmm an interesting debate.  I'm saying nothing as we have now stopped lambing probably for good and anyway kept primitives which didn't get scanned and all got the same small amount of feed prelambing and all lambed on their own in the field without much by way of problems, producing singles or twins.
But it's good to see healthy, polite and relevant debate here 

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Introduce yourself / Re: 1 acre agricultural land.

« Last post by Fleecewife on March 29, 2025, 12:03:16 am »

Hi guys,  I'm wondering if you can help me. I own a 1 acre plot of agricultural land do I need planning permission to put up a 2m fence around my land this would just be on the outside of an existing tree-line also would I need planning for 1.2m stock fencing to make pens for my livestock and lastly I have a horsebox I use for tool, hay and straw storage would I need planning for that . Many thanks.

Different rules apply to different parts of the UK, Matt, but generally you don't need planning permission to erect a stock fence unless you are changing access to a road - the verges 'belong' to the council apparently, so if you want to cut through a verge or block it, you need to inform the Roads dept.
The best thing, as bywaters says, is to apply for a Holding Number.  Once you have that you can contact your local planning department to see just what you can and can't do.  I think it unlikely you need PP for a horsebox if you mean a vehicular horse transport wheeled trailer.  If you mean a static horse shelter then you may need PP, although in general on agricultural land you can put up buildings up to 4 metres in height.  It's always best to start off on the right foot with the planning department, just in case you need them on your side later on.

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Introduce yourself / Re: 1 acre agricultural land.

« Last post by Fleecewife on March 28, 2025, 11:53:54 pm »

And are you in England or further north ?

Jings, would that be Scotland "further north"? Denmark? Iceland?

I think you'll find Denmark is east of the important part of the UK Rosemary 

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Introduce yourself / Re: 1 acre agricultural land.

« Last post by Bywaters on March 28, 2025, 02:09:14 pm »

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Jings, would that be Scotland "further north"? Denmark? Iceland?
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Any of those, as different rules will apply !!

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Introduce yourself / Re: 1 acre agricultural land.

« Last post by Rosemary on March 28, 2025, 11:25:17 am »

And are you in England or further north ?

Jings, would that be Scotland "further north"? Denmark? Iceland?

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Introduce yourself / Re: 1 acre agricultural land.

« Last post by Bywaters on March 27, 2025, 06:36:01 pm »

Do you have a CPH (county parish holding) number ?

That would make life easier

And are you in England or further north ?

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Introduce yourself / 1 acre agricultural land.

« Last post by Matt lowe on March 27, 2025, 02:00:50 pm »

Hi guys,  I'm wondering if you can help me. I own a 1 acre plot of agricultural land do I need planning permission to put up a 2m fence around my land this would just be on the outside of an existing tree-line also would I need planning for 1.2m stock fencing to make pens for my livestock and lastly I have a horsebox I use for tool, hay and straw storage would I need planning for that . Many thanks.

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Sheep / Re: Feeding sheep too much?

« Last post by SallyintNorth on March 27, 2025, 09:01:10 am »

Thanks for drawing our attention to this @Bywayers. 

I'd politely suggest that we all check with our own vets.  Yes, one would be advised to listen to one's own vet - but perhaps less well advised to listen to another person's interpretation of what their vet has told them, particularly when it flies in the face of many generations' worth of experience.