This charming structure provides essential shelter and, thanks to its planning permission, allows for overnight stays a rare privilege in protected SSSI woodlands.
And yet they mention it as a special perk. I'm pretty sure what you're saying applies to all woodland, so why would they call it out as a special planning permission?
Normally you would not be able to build even a shed there. That is the "special" bit. I think there is an almost zero percent chance that this place has planing permission for residential purposes.
My understanding is that you can build a shed on land like this, so long as it's for the purposes of forestry. It sounds like this land may have permission to have a shed for other purposes, which perhaps includes being able to sleep there?
Being able to sleep / spend a limited number of nights there is not the same as residential purposes. See also: "park homes" (glorified caravan sites). You can usually spend 6 months a year there but canot use them as a residential address for tax/benefits etc purposes.
Who is even auditing this? If they find you there you can just say it's the first night you've stopped this year. It's not like they'll send someone round daily to count how many nights you stop there.
I think usually you are only officially allowed to stay for a certain number of nights per year but there are ways around it for instance if you do (and are allowed to do) charcoal making that can justify living on the site.
I am constantly amazed by the amount of be-locked white guys named Spider or Arthur (because he's very, very sure he's been reincarnated and thinks you might very well be his Gwynevere) that have taken up charcoal making in the last 15 years or so.
Lovingly, "escape from modern life and other people" is not the first thing that the vast majority of people would think of if you told them you were "Doing a Ted Kaczynski"
Buy cabin from Dunsters or similar, insulate it yourself
Build it without telling anyone
Probably a way to replicate the benefits of this - it's not about being able to sell a piece of woodland with planning permission, but it's about being able to enjoy the benefits of woodland with a log cabin for peace and quiet and isolation. This shouldn't be the reserve of wealthy landowners who inherited swathes of land from before planning permission was a thing.
Woodland is really expensive. I have watched the prices over the years. If this cabin has some sort of permission, usually associated with woodland work like charcoal (I would love to make charcoal!) then it’s worth every penny. Sadly, I’m too old for this now.
Romance level 100/100, practicality level 3/100
£2,950 deposit with £581pm over ten years. If I didn't have a missus and kids and a job and, you know, a life, I'd seriously consider that
I doubt you would be allowed to live there.
If you're not a nuisance to the neighbours you could get away with it.
Sounds like you would be.
Stay, not live. SSSI + woodland means almost no chance of being able to live there.
And yet they mention it as a special perk. I'm pretty sure what you're saying applies to all woodland, so why would they call it out as a special planning permission?
Normally you would not be able to build even a shed there. That is the "special" bit. I think there is an almost zero percent chance that this place has planing permission for residential purposes.
My understanding is that you can build a shed on land like this, so long as it's for the purposes of forestry. It sounds like this land may have permission to have a shed for other purposes, which perhaps includes being able to sleep there?
Being able to sleep / spend a limited number of nights there is not the same as residential purposes. See also: "park homes" (glorified caravan sites). You can usually spend 6 months a year there but canot use them as a residential address for tax/benefits etc purposes.
Who is even auditing this? If they find you there you can just say it's the first night you've stopped this year. It's not like they'll send someone round daily to count how many nights you stop there.
I suspect they would wait for someone to complain and then demand that the occupier demonstrate that they are resident elsewhere,
The council that does planning permissions and they are typically very motivated to issue fines.
Because most SSSI's, you can't even stay overnight.
I think usually you are only officially allowed to stay for a certain number of nights per year but there are ways around it for instance if you do (and are allowed to do) charcoal making that can justify living on the site.
I am constantly amazed by the amount of be-locked white guys named Spider or Arthur (because he's very, very sure he's been reincarnated and thinks you might very well be his Gwynevere) that have taken up charcoal making in the last 15 years or so.
It's a pretty commonly exploited loophole to let people live off grid in self made houses etc which would normally never get planning permission.
It is indeed.
The 28 day rule
That does look wonderful. But quite murder vibes inside.
Also I would probably get quite sick of no internet
ofor toilet.Autocorrect straight in with the social analysis
Hahaha amazing
I too would get sick of no internet of toilet.
What a typo. Curse these fat thumbs!
£295000 in 2013?
Maybe it included a larger parcel of land in the previous sale?
Or a large parcel of cocaine
It has those Unabomber vibes. It would be some C4.
Yeah that also made no sense to me!
Everytime I think about an off grid cabin I try and remind myself there's literally hundreds on canopy and stars
And if I was super keen I would presumably be doing it more than the approx once every two years I currently am
Define doing a Ted kazinski. Living in the woods was only part of his deal lol.
Someone gets it.
I do, well, everything except the manifesto and nail bombs.
Lovingly, "escape from modern life and other people" is not the first thing that the vast majority of people would think of if you told them you were "Doing a Ted Kaczynski"
Buy 2-3 acres of pine woodland
Buy cabin from Dunsters or similar, insulate it yourself
Build it without telling anyone
Probably a way to replicate the benefits of this - it's not about being able to sell a piece of woodland with planning permission, but it's about being able to enjoy the benefits of woodland with a log cabin for peace and quiet and isolation. This shouldn't be the reserve of wealthy landowners who inherited swathes of land from before planning permission was a thing.
Woodland is really expensive. I have watched the prices over the years. If this cabin has some sort of permission, usually associated with woodland work like charcoal (I would love to make charcoal!) then it’s worth every penny. Sadly, I’m too old for this now.
Still like 10x the price my folks paid for a 3-bedroom detached in the 80s
(Probably)
Can you stay there all year or just a set number of days ?
I love this and rather depressingly it's the first time on here I have been able to afford a house