Renting out a field for dog exercising......

[Becs]

Having just finished indoor lambing alone and realising I’m getting too old/decrepit to carry on much longer, but needing another income to take over, I’m considering renting out a deer-fenced secure field by the hour to local dog walkers. If I graze a few sheep on it in between dogs, in order to keep the grass down, would this still count as agricultural use, therefore not requiring change of use? Thanks in advance.

 

[M-J-G]

It works for horses, so why not dogs

 

[Purli R]

Would you want sheep among all that dog shyte.........................didn"t think so just top it, dont worry about change of use etc JFDI.

 

[PostHarvest]

There was an issue over a local field which had been pony paddocks but was then rented by someone for dog training. Very quickly, the council closed them down citing "change of use" under planning regulations.

 

[jellybean]

Make sure a few sheep dogs get trained in the same field. Agri use.

 

[roscoe erf]

Would you want sheep among all that dog shyte.........................didn"t think so just top it, dont worry about change of use etc JFDI.

topping a field full of dog sh!t eh you can go first

 

[nick...]

There is a place near wymondham that does this,centre paws norfolk.give it a look.seems to be successful
nick...

 

[Nearly]

Having just finished indoor lambing alone and realising I’m getting too old/decrepit to carry on much longer, but needing another income to take over, I’m considering renting out a deer-fenced secure field by the hour to local dog walkers. If I graze a few sheep on it in between dogs, in order to keep the grass down, would this still count as agricultural use, therefore not requiring change of use? Thanks in advance.

2 to dog walkers and a third area to dog agility club / private owners.
Buy a burger van.
Parking would become the biggest issue.

 

[uztrac]

I understand that there is a field outside of Swaffham that is set aside for dogs etc.I think that folk have an annual or monthly permit to excercise their animals against some remuneration for the landowner,seems to work ok as is popular with the doggie types.

 

[Gone Shooting]

Dog poo and sheep a big NO NO - rejections at slaughter.

 

[Pan mixer]

Dog poo - no, don't want that.

Change of use - don't want that - apart from anything else if the dog plan will be making up a large proportion of your profit you will have lost rather a lot of the tax-free inheritance staus.

The noise can be horrid, we had one round here, not a rural noise at all, people shouting at their dogs, dogs yapping and fighting.

 

[Farmer Roy]

I can’t believe people would PAY for dog walking areas ?

don’t you have open spaces, parks etc that cost nothing ?

 

[unlacedgecko]

I can’t believe people would PAY for dog walking areas ?

don’t you have open spaces, parks etc that cost nothing ?

Yes. But your average UK person owner is incapable of training a dog. So the more responsible rent a secure field to allow the dog off lead activity.

The less responsible take it to the country and let it worry sheep.

 

[melted welly]

I can’t believe people would PAY for dog walking areas ?

don’t you have open spaces, parks etc that cost nothing ?

Dog hairdressing is also big business here now.

 

[cowmop]

One about 2 miles from us, always someone milliing about day or night with a out of control collie or oversize black lab gasping for breath.
Not sure how much the pay but it's on the outskirts of a large market town adjacent to a main road so that probably helps with coustomers.

 

[Al R]

There was a thread about this a few months ago and someone knew of a coded system which people were given codes for to go in on their allocated time, they booked the time slot online etc..

Meanwhile a 2 acre field I’ve rented for a few years has just been sold for £50k+, I asked the buyer what he was going to do with it and the reply was let his dogs run free it’s only got 2 strand barb so i measured it for fencing the other day and it’s circa 500m, cost around £2500 Ish I’m guessing to do that so his dogs can be let to roam

 

[Farmer Roy]

£25000 / acre

wow

 

[Farmer Roy]

There was a thread about this a few months ago and someone knew of a coded system which people were given codes for to go in on their allocated time, they booked the time slot online etc..

Meanwhile a 2 acre field I’ve rented for a few years has just been sold for £50k+, I asked the buyer what he was going to do with it and the reply was let his dogs run free it’s only got 2 strand barb so i measured it for fencing the other day and it’s circa 500m, cost around £2500 Ish I’m guessing to do that so his dogs can be let to roam

my 4 bedroom house is on 6.6 acres & I bought it last year for $430,000

 

[Farmer Roy]

There was a thread about this a few months ago and someone knew of a coded system which people were given codes for to go in on their allocated time, they booked the time slot online etc..

Meanwhile a 2 acre field I’ve rented for a few years has just been sold for £50k+, I asked the buyer what he was going to do with it and the reply was let his dogs run free it’s only got 2 strand barb so i measured it for fencing the other day and it’s circa 500m, cost around £2500 Ish I’m guessing to do that so his dogs can be let to roam

if he’s paying 50K for 2 acres, surely 2.5 for fencing is chicken feed ?

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

£25000 / acre

wow

You really are getting SO out of touch with "British culture"

Maybe it's time you returned for a short "refresher"