can you keep chickens in your garden?

[ckfe]

i might have asked this before but i can't remember the answer.. can you keep chickens in your back garden or is there some kind of rules and regulations about it?

[Alison]

Usually you can but some areas have special rules and tenancies sometimes state no animals etc.

[ckfe]

who do you need to check with?

[Alison]

Not too sure, probably the council would be a good bet although if they're anything like ours then I wouldn't guarantee that they'd know!

[ckfe]

Not too sure, probably the council would be a good bet although if they're anything like ours then I wouldn't guarantee that they'd know!

might have to do some googling

[Alison]

Not sure how we all coped BG (before googling)!

[Bramble-Poultry]

If you own the house then you can do what your want, if you rent the house then there is no legal reason why you cannot keep chickens it is whether it is permitted in your tennancy.

If you are council then you need to file a tennancy variation order to your local council, if you are a private tennant then you must seek permission from your landlord.

If you own the house regardless of what it says in your deeds it is permitted under the Allotments Act 1950 - as long as you stick within the guidlines of the act. This act technically applies to rented properties aswell but only if the landlord gives permission.

[ckfe]

If you own the house then you can do what your want, if you rent the house then there is no legal reason why you cannot keep chickens it is whether it is permitted in your tennancy.

If you are council then you need to file a tennancy variation order to your local council, if you are a private tennant then you must seek permission from your landlord.

If you own the house regardless of what it says in your deeds it is permitted under the Allotments Act 1950 - as long as you stick within the guidlines of the act. This act technically applies to rented properties aswell but only if the landlord gives permission.

oh in that case i can have em cos i own my house

[Bramble-Poultry]

result - thats the easy bit sorted then now the hard bit - you have to decide is what sort!

[tlck9]

Originally Posted by Bramble-Poultry
If you own the house then you can do what your wantIf you own the house regardless of what it says in your deeds it is permitted under the Allotments Act 1950 - as long as you stick within the guidlines of the act. This act technically applies to rented properties aswell but only if the landlord gives permission.


I'm not so sure on the above...I own my own house and my house before. My current house is 3 years old and I have a covenant that does not allow poultry to be kept. My old house built in 1930 also had a similar restriction

the council can, even if the ark/house is removable restrict your chicken house as well, and I needed to contact them about this also

I have recently had to look at this as I had to contact the builder of our current house and gain written permission before I could keep chickens, this meant getting a letter from each neighbour and they would grant a temporay licence, unless any one complained

[ckfe]

I have recently had to look at this as I had to contact the builder of our current house and gain written permission before I could keep chickens, this meant getting a letter from each neighbour and they would grant a temporay licence, unless any one complained

oh well in that case i've got no chance, not with loony mcloon living next door to me... she'll do everything she can to stop me keeping them

[Bramble-Poultry]

Nope - Allotments Act 1950 supperceeds all of this - its just been won in court, as long as you keep chickens in a way that does not cause a nusience then no-one not even a covenent can stop you - read the act. The act states that if you have access to land as your own then you are permitted to grow vegetables and keep rabbits and chickens for food purposes (eggs are food)

Councils are again the same - you must file a variation order but they cannot stop you - we did it in a council house before coming here, the variation order is just so they know you have them - techinically you are suppose to file a variation order is occupants of the house change so new baby, new dog, cat etc - same goes for chickens, its not for permission just for their records!

[TPeers]

If you own you house you should have a copy of the deeds from when you bought it - give it a read.

Some houses have a restrictive clause, usually due to the builder not wanting his estate full of chicken farms from returning servicemen after world war II.

My parents house has a clause that they will not bottle fruit or make jam for comercial purposes!

[TPeers]

Ok, crossed with you Bramble. So would that mean my parents could go comercial (ha ha as if!)

[HeyWayne]

as long as you keep chickens in a way that does not cause a nusience.

Open to interpretation perhaps? What's perfectly acceptible to one may annoy the hell out of someone else...