Agreements for Horses to Graze or Use Stable Facilities

These Agreements for Horses to Graze or Use Stable Facilities cater for various situations where horses use land for grazing or are kept in stables. Grazing and stabling agreements are legal contracts between the owner of horses or other livestock (the "owner") and the owner or manager of land or facilities suitable for grazing and stabling (the "provider"). These agreements outline the terms and conditions under which the animals are allowed to graze on the land or be stabled in the facilities. Depending on the circumstances, the landowner and horse owner may need to use a Grazing Licence, a Private Grazing Lease, a Farm Business Tenancy Agreement, a Business Lease or a Livery Agreement which can be downloaded from the links below. The notes on each document page give examples of when it might be appropriate to use the document.

The FBTs are designed for commercial lettings of land primarily for grazing. There are different versions for short (up to two year) terms and longer terms.  They contain detailed provisions regulating what the tenant can and cannot do during the term.   More details about the importance of following the framework set out in The Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 are in Farm Business Tenancy Agreements & Notices and in relation to compensation claims in Agricultural Tenancy Notices Tenant’s Improvements

Care should also be taken that a licence cannot be interpreted as a lease.  If an occupier has exclusive possession of the premises then such an arrangement is a lease whether or not the parties call it a lease or licence.   A court might decide that the licensee is really a tenant who has security of tenure.   If there is any doubt as to whether a proposed arrangement will be a lease or a licence, the safest approach is to grant a lease which excludes the tenant’s right to security of tenure.  

Generally on the grant of a lease the tenant automatically has security of tenure (the right to remain and request a new lease at the end of the lease term) unless the landlord and tenant agree that the lease can be granted without security of tenure.  There is also guidance covering the process which must be followed to exclude security of tenure.  A failure to follow this procedure risks the tenant acquiring security of tenure. Beside the guidance, the mandatory landlord's "health warning" notice and tenant declaration forms which need to be used are available. These forms are essential to evidencing that the landlord has made the tenant aware and that the tenant confirms their awareness of the consequences of excluding security of tenure.  

The documents comply with relevant statutory law including the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 and the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 where required.

The documents are constructed in Word format, and can be customised to meet your requirements. Please click on the links below to access the documents.

For use in England and Wales only

• Licence to use Land for Grazing Animals
• Grazing Lease for Private, Non-Commercial Use
• Grazing Farm Business Tenancy Agreement (Longer Term)
• Grazing Farm Business Tenancy Agreement (Term up to 2 Years)
• Landlord’s Notice to Farm Business Tenant under Section 1(4)
• Farm Business Tenant’s Notice to Landlord under Section 1(4)
• Business Lease for Livery Yard or Horse Riding School
• Guidance on Exclusion of Security of Tenure
• Landlord’s Notice for Exclusion of Security of Tenure
• Simple Declaration by Tenant Regarding Security of Tenure
• Statutory Declaration by Tenant Regarding Security of Tenure
• Livery Agreement between Livery Yard and Horse Owner

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