are you allowed to keep...........

[mrsbloggett]

a pony in a garden?

My pony suffers from Insulin Resistance and cannot tolerate any grazing with out becoming footy. I am lucky at the moment as I am on a private livery yard where I can keep her on a very very bare paddock (virtually mud). However the landowner is planning to close the yard to convert the stables into holiday homes (boo!), so pony is likely to be homeless sometime next year. I can't find another yard where I will be allowed to create a dirt paddock and pony is a houdini in a grazing muzzle so that alternitive is not viable.

I'm looking at moving and buying a property with a 'generous' plot of about a quarter of an acre and build an all-weather turn-out area for the pony. Are you allowed to keep a pony in a large garden, as long as their welfare isn't compromised? Is there any rules governing the use of a garden for grazing?

Thanks if you can advise!

 

[Cahill]

i think(not sure) that you can do this.
the only problem you may encounter is if you caused `nuisence` to neighbours,ie muckheap,smell ect.

i think its called enjoyment in the curteledge of your dwelling house.

i have stables in my garden but the muckheap is in my field across the road

 

[lachlanandmarcus]

You're more likely to be caught by the general whinging of neighbours about nuisance than about the building of any stables - the rules mean its actually easier to be able to build them in your garden (key word is 'curtilege of the dwelling' than in a field. The prob really is the muck and the pong.....guess it depends on how big your garden is and how many roses your neighbours want to grow.....NB if you are in conservation area the above doesnt apply and you might have trouble with the stables too......

 

[dun_in]

Legally you probably could so long as you do not interfere with a watercourse which would have the water authority seriously annoyed. As mentioned above environmental health e.g. waste disposal/any noise etc would be the main issue if neighbours complain.

I did know two shetlands kept in the very large garden of a big house in Liverpool years ago that were kept this way, though not as a starvation paddock.

Planning law is changing next year so you may need to get planning consent to resurface the garden, you certainly would for a hard surface in the front garden but I'm not sure about the other planned changes in the law.

However bear in mind that ponies like company and space and so even with good care it may not be happy in these circumstances.

 

[Box_Of_Frogs]

You would need to check your local authority by-laws too. I know that there's by-laws about keeping goats and pigs and chickens so horses might also be involved.

 

[YorkshireLass]

You would also need to check the deeds of the property. Sometimes the keeping of livestock/animals of any description, even chickens is prohibited.

 

[Cop-Pop]

I think you might need to apply for a change of use permit from the local council tho u might get away with it if you have nice neighbours

 

[Honeyb]

Yes I think it would be ok, but like the others say just have to be careful of nuisance factor, and of course make sure there can be no way of escape into next doors rosebed!