Planning Control Section 171A(1)

[Pioneer]

• Pioneer 4th March 2019, 16:36:PM
• Hi,

I own a woodland & have a caravan on it to provide me with shelter & facilities. Initially, the planning Dept' wrote to advise I could not have the caravan there, & asked me to remove it & other items for my work there. I wrote to say that I have chickens, & gave reasons for my tools and equipment to be there. I had begun to build a wooden storage shed to secure these &feeds, which they had nothing to say about, though they were aware of it. I’m now told I require permission.

Received a 'Planning Contravention Notice', “The use of the land for residential purposes where no planning permission has been granted & no permitted development rights exist”.
I advised that I would require my caravan to stay overnight, for example to look after sick animals, or to be here when I am burning charcoal (which I have not begun).
They enclosed a form to provide info (my thoughts in brackets):
1, What is my permanent address (not a problem)
2, Have you ever stayed overnight at the location known as ** **. If the answer is YES how many nights within the last 12 months have you stayed on the land? (I have not told them that I have yet done so).
3, What activities do you currently carry out on the land known as ** **? (Cutting, clearing and planting)
4, Approximately how many hours per day do you carry out works identified in question 3 on the land known as ** **? (varies according to other work)
5, OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS IN RESPONSE TO NOTICE
If you wish to make an offer to apply for planning permission, or to refrain from carrying out any operations or activities, or to undertake remedial works; or to make any representations about this notice ( they go on to say I can go in person. I have no problem with going and seeking to apply for permission for my shed, but have no desire to be drawn into discussions on the use of my land that they may use against me).
I don’t wish to say or do the wrong thing.
Many thanks,
Pioneer

[Amethyst]

des8 ostell Thanks guys xxx ( The OP has had some issues getting the post to show up - trying to figure out why )

[des8]

Hi and welcome

I'm about to go out, but had a quick scout around and have found some pointers on this site https://www.woods4sale.co.uk/informa...egislation.htm

Will look back in later, possibly tomorrow

[Amethyst]

Thanks Des xxx

[des8]

Looked into this a bit deeper now.
Basically there are permitted development rights relating to forestry (which probably includes woodland as there appear s to be no difference between them)
which are set out here:http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1.../2/part/7/made.

You can't put a dwelling on site, and very unlikely to get PP for one.
You need to run your plans past the planning officer to ensure you are not contravening, and it is easier to consult with him rather than being confrontational.
I've found with planning it is better to tell them what you want and ask them how you can achieve your aims

Good luck

[Pioneer]

Many thanks for checking this out for me, and for the links (looking into them now). I've been studying this problem and trying to find the best way forward for a couple of weeks now, and I think your advice is probably the best way to go. Just signed up with DEFRA, so now listed as a small holding and registered the chickens I have, along with the livestock I intend to keep. Hopefully it'll help somewhat. Meeting planners tomorrow morning, so will swat up some more today and post the outcome after the meeting. Think I need all the luck I can get, so much appreciated.