For what reasons do people buy woodland?

RHemmings

Some months later, an article I saw has prompted me to think about this again. 

The article says that the pieces of land being sold are owned by the developer, who has the legal responsibility to maintain the land. Previously the council (Oadby and Wigston Council) had been maintaining the pieces of land as common green space. But, the council notified the developer (Jepson) that the council would stop doing that, barring a legal agreement (and presumably payment) with the council. 

Here's one of the chunks of land (seemingly three chunks). 

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/151964018

There is an uplift clause attached to the sale, which will claw back 30% of any increase in value within 30 years. 

As expected, the listings say that these pieces of land have 'development potential' 'subject to planning permission'. However, the council say that these pieces of land are designated green spaces. 

The article points out that there is a risk that someone might buy the land at a very low price, find that they're responsible for it, get any planning permission knocked back, and then give up on the land and not maintain it. And possibly fence it off. Meaning that local people will lose access. 

As when I started this thread, I'm still sort of tempted to own some green space. But, the legal requirement to look after the trees, which can be expensive, is a real problem. 

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

Always wanted a bit a woodland, hard to find camp sites that are in a wooded area that allow you to have a fire and/or BBQ, I'd put a little wooden structure on it and spend time there with our child, installing some postive vibes for being out in the natural world in the hope it sticks with them when they are older.

newsgroupmonkey_

I've always fancied this.
Sadly, now living in the New Forest (and lookup what a Forest is - it's not what you think!) parcels like this rarely come up and when they do, they're horrendously priced (people want them to keep Ponies on).

I always fancied building a small outbuilding to spend time in and somewhere I could camp for a few days a year.