How do people get permission to build homes in remote places?

somerandomusername

With most of the UK feeling like we're living on top of each other, some isolation and remote living seems very rare. So I went exploring on Google Maps and I found some really remote homes and I have to wonder how people end up living there. 


1 home on a remote Scottish Island. 

Bunch of remote homes with lots of land. 


1 home nestled on a loch with woodland.

etc etc. Living there must be pure tranquillity.

MyRealNameToo

somerandomusername said:

With most of the UK feeling like we're living on top of each other, some isolation and remote living seems very rare. So I went exploring on Google Maps and I found some really remote homes and I have to wonder how people end up living there. 


1 home on a remote Scottish Island. 

Scarba used to have more houses, and a chapel.  Dont know what happened to the other properties but no one has lived there permanently since the 60s. It has native red deer so has been popular for hunting 

Kilmory Lodge was built in the 1800s so well before any consideration of planning permission etc. Habitation was already established though as the chapel is mentioned in much earlier works. 

flaneurs_lobster

MyRealNameToo said:

somerandomusername said:

With most of the UK feeling like we're living on top of each other, some isolation and remote living seems very rare. So I went exploring on Google Maps and I found some really remote homes and I have to wonder how people end up living there. 


1 home on a remote Scottish Island. 

Scarba used to have more houses, and a chapel.  Dont know what happened to the other properties but no one has lived there permanently since the 60s. It has native red deer so has been popular for hunting 

Kilmory Lodge was built in the 1800s so well before any consideration of planning permission etc. Habitation was already established though as the chapel is mentioned in much earlier works. 

Scarba is privately owned and uninhabited, bar a luxury holiday let (the Lodge mentioned by @MyRealNameToo) - think deer stalking and private chef rather than bring your own bed linen AirBnB.

Suppose you could ask the owner if they'll let you have a plot.

Brie

The problem with any remote location - other than access of course - is how to you supply yourself with power and water.  Water is fine if you have a well or a stream - but then you have to make sure it's safe to drink.  Solar panels will work for some things then you could ship in a propane supply.  My family is currently trying to sell some land (not UK) which is rural but not remote but has neither power or water supplied and that it's it nigh on impossible to sell.  

SiliconChip

I suspect the OP has never lived in a remote location, as the statement " Living there must be pure tranquillity." may be true when everything is going well, but there are many, many things that can go wrong that would make life rapidly untranquil. For instance, if you're on Scarba and have a heart attack I'd say there's a very good chance you'll be dead long before you can reach a hospital. Medical treatment as I got older is one of the reasons I relocated from a remote-ish location to a city.

kinger101

MyRealNameToo said:

somerandomusername said:

With most of the UK feeling like we're living on top of each other, some isolation and remote living seems very rare. So I went exploring on Google Maps and I found some really remote homes and I have to wonder how people end up living there. 


1 home on a remote Scottish Island. 

Scarba used to have more houses, and a chapel.  Dont know what happened to the other properties but no one has lived there permanently since the 60s. It has native red deer so has been popular for hunting 

Kilmory Lodge was built in the 1800s so well before any consideration of planning permission etc. Habitation was already established though as the chapel is mentioned in much earlier works. 

Maybe it's just Lord Summerisle left

Albermarle

With most of the UK feeling like we're living on top of each other, some isolation and remote living seems very rare

It is a common misconception that the UK is very built up/urban.
On the ground, in certain parts of the country it may well seem so, but if you take a domestic flight you get a different picture.
The actual % built up area varies a bit depending on how it is calculated, but the usual figures are between 5 and 8%.

flaneurs_lobster

Albermarle said:

With most of the UK feeling like we're living on top of each other, some isolation and remote living seems very rare

It is a common misconception that the UK is very built up/urban.
On the ground, in certain parts of the country it may well seem so, but if you take a domestic flight you get a different picture.
The actual % built up area varies a bit depending on how it is calculated, but the usual figures are between 5 and 8%.

Don't even need to fly, the BBC are repeating their Winter Walks series at the moment  - a celeb wanders around rural Oop t'North with a 360 degree camera - pretty much the entire time they are in glorious solitude with miles of sod-all in every direction.

MyRealNameToo

Albermarle said:

It is a common misconception that the UK is very built up/urban.
On the ground, in certain parts of the country it may well seem so, but if you take a domestic flight you get a different picture.
The actual % built up area varies a bit depending on how it is calculated, but the usual figures are between 5 and 8%.

We are though, we are the 48 most densely populated countries, obviously the city states are crazily more dense than us with Monaco having 19,000 people per sq KM -v- the UK at 285, places like Portugal are less than half us with 114, but the real low ones are Norway at 15, Russia 8.6, Canada 4.5 and Greenland 0.03. 

Like all however our population isnt uniformly distributed but instead concentrated in urban areas but looking at the real low density countries they are no different but arguably even more extreme. 

theartfullodger

They get planning permission and building regs approval.  Plus deep pockets.

Probably starlink broadband and solar/wind electricity generation with battery storage with electronics to provide reliable 240v 50hz power 

You need a mentality that copes with no neighbours and impossible deliveries.  Innit 

What's the attraction for you for isolation, if I might humbly enquire, please?

sheramber

I lived in a rural location. 

No street lights, no public transport. 

Nearest neighbour  1/2 mile away . 

Harvest time meant harvesting silage and hay will into the early hours depending on the weather.

Fox scarers  going off during lambing season 

Really tranquil!