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Splitting a 90 acre field into 45 x 2 acre fields
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<blockquote data-quote="HolzKopf" data-source="post: 7682977" data-attributes="member: 44622"><p>I agree, we should all look at how to earn a realistic return on our investments but I have yet to see land that's closeby to a town that's split into paddocks come to anything other than a mess.</p><p></p><p>The 'Good Life' that the OP mentions is generally a temporary reaction to some work/life dissatisfaction or other, like a lockdown dog, enforced family 'country walks' and now camper van travels. We've all seen what's happened over the last eighteen months and how the early 'rush to the country' is now waning</p><p>Changes to agricultural land are generally permanent and I do accept that we do need to have incredibly strong principles when there are many out there who have 'office-based' salaries who are able and willing to pay top dollar for land when its purpose and existence has little respect from the very Government departments that are now banging the drum on fast food, salt, sugar, sustainability and food miles.</p><p></p><p>I've seen a large field near here plus 20 acres of woodland sold off at auction by a daughter whose elderly parents that used to work it could obviously now do with the money. The land is divided up into say 15 plots, the auction particulars showed computer images of cars, houses and leisure pursuits. The reality has been a running battle between the purchasers and the local authority and there is much unpermitted structures and 'mess' to be frank, still being dealt with. There are internal fences of all shapes and sizes from neat sheep netting to post and rail to flimsy B&Q panels. There's an inflatable pool, garden chairs, garden flowers and leylandii hedges. The verges of the lane that runs parallel were a total muddy mess, now baked hard and internal strife over 'access' has resulted in owners erecting stand-alone internal field gates and keep-out, keep-off and 'trespassers will-be' signage. A couple of them have battery CCTV cameras on poles and trees.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what the answer is in a free country that has bred a couple of generations of folk that feel 'entitled' - but what I do know is when you look up 'agriculture' in the dictionary 'food' is inextricably linked to the definition. And I agree that the need to look at other income streams is necessary for our survival. But we have binned much of our industrial heritage and do need to be careful about our squandering of land. The OP's plan is just a pimple so he can't carry the can for the disease of Government and the many that disrespect farming but it's yet another symptom of it, that's for sure</p><p></p><p>HK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HolzKopf, post: 7682977, member: 44622"] I agree, we should all look at how to earn a realistic return on our investments but I have yet to see land that's closeby to a town that's split into paddocks come to anything other than a mess. The 'Good Life' that the OP mentions is generally a temporary reaction to some work/life dissatisfaction or other, like a lockdown dog, enforced family 'country walks' and now camper van travels. We've all seen what's happened over the last eighteen months and how the early 'rush to the country' is now waning Changes to agricultural land are generally permanent and I do accept that we do need to have incredibly strong principles when there are many out there who have 'office-based' salaries who are able and willing to pay top dollar for land when its purpose and existence has little respect from the very Government departments that are now banging the drum on fast food, salt, sugar, sustainability and food miles. I've seen a large field near here plus 20 acres of woodland sold off at auction by a daughter whose elderly parents that used to work it could obviously now do with the money. The land is divided up into say 15 plots, the auction particulars showed computer images of cars, houses and leisure pursuits. The reality has been a running battle between the purchasers and the local authority and there is much unpermitted structures and 'mess' to be frank, still being dealt with. There are internal fences of all shapes and sizes from neat sheep netting to post and rail to flimsy B&Q panels. There's an inflatable pool, garden chairs, garden flowers and leylandii hedges. The verges of the lane that runs parallel were a total muddy mess, now baked hard and internal strife over 'access' has resulted in owners erecting stand-alone internal field gates and keep-out, keep-off and 'trespassers will-be' signage. A couple of them have battery CCTV cameras on poles and trees. I don't know what the answer is in a free country that has bred a couple of generations of folk that feel 'entitled' - but what I do know is when you look up 'agriculture' in the dictionary 'food' is inextricably linked to the definition. And I agree that the need to look at other income streams is necessary for our survival. But we have binned much of our industrial heritage and do need to be careful about our squandering of land. The OP's plan is just a pimple so he can't carry the can for the disease of Government and the many that disrespect farming but it's yet another symptom of it, that's for sure HK [/QUOTE]
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