Olly Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 HiI understand from our neighbour (who is a planning enforement officer) that these sorts of restrictions are only enforcable for 10 years. H It does depend on the deeds. These aren't planning conditions, they are part of the transfer of title to the property; they could have a time limit on them, but if no limit is stated in the document setting them up, then they usually run indefinitely. If you think about it, the same deeds often have things like rights of access over shared driveways or footpaths - you wouldn't want those to expire after 10 years! Part of the problem is that these restrictions often refer to 'livestock'. Define 'livestock'! I reckon you're right Hen Huggers - there are other things to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffa Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I checked with the council, spoke to a very nice lady for an hour, who also had chickens. Her only concerns were the welfare of the chickens and if the neighbours were happy, then she/the council had no objections. Checked my deeds, the house is approx 60 years old, but no mention of any animals, quite boring really. Think we were looking and expecting some problems/objections but havent found any yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oatley Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I live on an estate - houses are not excessively close togather, but lets just say if my neigbours up to three or four houses away have a barking dog - I can hear it. So recently we had "real" eggs for Easter - by that I mean we hatched chicks. Typically we ended up with two males who are now crowing and one is servicing the girls (with the result of more babies due this weekend!). So as they are making noise now - I sent the children round to my lovely neighbour two doors away with some eggs and instructions to apologise about the roosters, and the neighbour said he hadn't a problem with them!! They were quieter than all the dogs around and the noise was quite pleasant and never woke him up as it wasn't that loud. So - I don't know - maybe bantam cockerels are quieter? but my neighbours are so far very happy about them. We had a visit from my counciller about a planning application, and she met my girls and boys and they even crowed when she was there - she said nothing about them at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
