The Poultry Keeper

sasha.p · Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 472 Location: gwent

would sheep eat brambles?i like sheep i worked with them for a while on the college farm helped with the lambing castrating etc wouldn't they get caught on the trees though?

debcat · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:00 pm Post subject:

hope it goes through ok and fast for you Very Happy

sounds like you were meant to get it

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6973 Location: isle of lewis

it's great to be that way, know the feeling and if you're really keen i'm sure it will work ,the goats will love it
suz

sasha.p · Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 472 Location: gwent

another thing i just thought of what if the goats chase people who are walking through?on the walk they could not stop me from having them because the walk runs through there could they?thanks for all the support and comments you have all been great thanks Very Happy

debcat · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:12 pm Post subject:

just think how many ramblers have been chased by cattle Wink

the goats would most likely ignore them or run the other way

sasha.p · Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 472 Location: gwent

lol cheers debs i will have to have a word with my mate Jo about some goats and sheep then I'm pretty sure they still have loads there i worked there for a while before my son was born and know they are short of land it would be great to know we are helping them out too.we was thinking of horses first but there's nothing really for them to graze on as its so overgrown but I'm sure goats would do the trick with the amount of land we have would they bother to damage the trees much ?or would they just eat all the overgrown stuff?

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6973 Location: isle of lewis

brambles and stuff first with that much land they wouldn't tend to eat around the bark on one tree and kill it ,but goats are a law unto themselves which is what makes them so much fun
suz

summayah · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 4289 Location: luton

Hope it all goes well for you sasha.p ~ we await further instalments, please

Ben · Moderator Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 1346

We just tryed to get a house built at work and it was refused. If you keep trying and appeal over and over again they eventually run out of money to say no and give in. Hope this helps abit

Spana · Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2072 Location: North Cornwall

I also wish you well with it. What is it like under foot, dry or boggy. Any streams for water for any animals.

Keep your aim in your mind and work towards it. If you get a knock back reform and go on again. Good luck.

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6973 Location: isle of lewis

yep second what jan said ,on our way to getting this place we had knock back after knock back over years amost gave up any hope of having a smallholding (we didn't get one ended up with a croft instead Wink

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,don't know anything about planning ,
suz

sasha.p · Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 472 Location: gwent

hi again in response to what its like under foot its very clay type soil at the bottom not sure what further up i know about twenty years ago it used to be lush green grass as i have old photos of it like it .its mostly on a hill and smooths of to a level at the bottom there are a few streams too as at the bottom of the hill we have the river usk which it all eventually drains into would this be much of a problem with the goats hoofs ?we thought we may be able to run a pipe from one of the streams down to where ever we decide to have their shelter.every night so far i have been dreaming about what we are going to do with it I'm just so excited I'm going to ring my solicitor in the morning to tell them i want it to go through asap hopefully it will be real quick unlike selling a property there's not a chain i would imagine there are a few searches that will need doing but cant imagine that taking long ,i just wish i could find somebody who could tell me how much we should expect to pay an architect to do the plans etc nobody i have spoken to seem to have any idea any one on here have any figures?

Spana · Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2072 Location: North Cornwall

There are all sorts of plans that cost all sorts of money. Different architects charge different fees and a lot depends on what you are going to build or I should say what you would like to build. The planners throw that out, tell you what changes to make to get it passed, you make them and they throw it out again. Look at the work of different architects until you find one who seems to design in the style you like. You will find they are the most expensive.
Each planning application will be different, and some planning officials better to deal with than others.
On the day we won ours, the chap that had caused us years of worry [he had just been outvoted 15 to 1] said to my husband,
'I never really disliked what you want to do, but what you are going to build will attract people with money and they will be more likely to plant Yuka's in their front gardens. I don't like Yukas ' Confused

We had a land agent and took his advice. Speak to your solicitor first, he will know what to do next.
Good luck

Aussie Chick · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:03 am Post subject:

Not sure about here, but in Oz we would always go to a Draftsman rather than an Architect!

George · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5661 Location: London