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Probably a stupid question, but we have fields near to us that has been sold for building land. This land has always had sheep and a couple of horses on. We were told that you could not build on land that had been grazed by sheep for a couple of years after they have been taken off the land. Is this correct?

buster12345 Mon 14/04/08 17:44

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spudqueen
Mon 14/04/08
21:11

I have heard this about cows. I don't actually know if either is right though, it does have a sort of urban (country?!) myth feel about it!

fredpuli47
Mon 21/04/08
13:05

This has to be an urban myth about a rural matter.The idea may be from land being 'sick'. Certainly if land is used for grazing horses for years and years it may be 'horse sick'. That only means that it is not as good for converting into gardens than it would otherwise be. But whether the land was for cows, horses or sheep there's no law that says it can't be built on straight away. And even 'horse sick' land makes a better garden than the rubble strewn, scalped , topsoil free, terrain that may be left by developers of a housing estate !.

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