There are gates for access into the enclosure. If anyone visits they should be careful to keep their dogs on a lead. They should aos be aware that the ponies can bite.
A Lewes Town Council spokesperson said the ponies are checked daily by the grazier with more frequent checks during hot weather. They have constant access to fresh water and can access natural shade from hedges and shrubs.
The grazier says the ponies are acclimatised to living in open fields and are used to chalk downland like Beachy Head and Seven Sisters.
There is also independent specialist advice from Priors Farm equine vets who have been to Landport Bottom to visit the ponies and are very pleased with them and their environment.
The vets reassured the council that 'as breeds native to the British Isles, these ponies are adapted to cope well with most of the weather conditions we face here in the UK and are already able to seek shade as well as wind and rain protection from the natural hedgerows at the field perimeters should they choose it.'