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llywelyn111
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Hi
not sure this is the right place for this but...
I own a old church which I converted into a house, it has a 1.5 acer field. If I fence of a section on the field for a garden. Can I put a static caravan away from the house in the field, it's about 35 meters away from the house or would it have to be located right next to the house?
thanks for any help
not sure this is the right place for this but...
I own a old church which I converted into a house, it has a 1.5 acer field. If I fence of a section on the field for a garden. Can I put a static caravan away from the house in the field, it's about 35 meters away from the house or would it have to be located right next to the house?
thanks for any help
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llywelyn111 wrote: »Hi
not sure this is the right place for this but...
I own an old church which I converted into a house. It has a 1.5 acre field. If I fence off a section of the field for a garden, can I put a static caravan away from the house in the field. It's about 35 metres away from the house; or would it have to be located right next to the house?
thanks for any help
Not sure static caravans fall within the planning requirements but the best people to ask are... the Local Planning Dept.0 -
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llywelyn111 wrote: »Thanks, but being the council they are not at work till the 4th
Good point! Well, Google is our friend.... :
.....as to whether mobile homes were or were not buildings with regards to planning. The factors of permanence and attachment are the relevance considerations...... read on
or ...Static Caravan - Planning Permission ...
or ....Can i live in a static caravan on my own land?....
or, well, try Google yourself!!!
edit: sorry that last one looks American or Canadian or something!!0 -
As a rule of thumb ...
If it's extra accommodation to the main house, so a sunroom, or occasional bedroom for kids/visitors, then you probably won't need PP.
If it's to be used as self-contained accommodation, for somebody to live in (permanently or as a holiday let), you'd need PP. Even if you were doing self-build you'd still need PP for living in it full-time on a temporary basis (they tend to give 2 years as a rule of thumb).
If you indicated what your actual intentions are, how you're thinking, then people could help by being more specific.0 -
Turning a field into a garden may well require planning permission from agricultural to garden ancillary to a dwelling
Stationing a static caravan e.g. as a store for garden equipment probably wouldn't need permission but any occupation of it either ancillary to the dwelling or as a separate dwelling, would.RICHARD WEBSTER
As a retired conveyancing solicitor I believe the information given in the post to be useful assuming any properties concerned are in England/Wales but I accept no liability for it.0
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