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Smallholder with 100 rescue animals ordered off her land by council

2024-09-27 78 Dailymotion

A smallholder with 100 rescue animals has been ordered off her land by a council - despite the previous owner winning the right to stay. <br /><br />Tracey Milton moved to the five acre plot in the Scottish Borders from her home county of Somerset around 14 months ago.<br /><br />She purchased the land from a previous owner who lived in a static caravan on site - and raises chickens, alpacas, geese, pigs, Shetland ponies and a parrot.<br /><br />The previous owner had been denied permission to live on the land in 2004 but successfully appealed and won.<br /><br />When purchasing the property from them Tracey came to an agreement with a neighbouring landowner to supply electricity and water.<br /><br />During the sale she was never informed that she may not be able to live on site near Selkirk.<br /><br />But after living in her own static caravan on the property for four months, Scottish Borders Council enforcement officers arrived to order Tracey to leave.<br /><br />Now Tracey says she will fight to remain on the land to look after her over 100 rescued animals.

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