On 6 Jun 2003 21:03:15 GMT, Chris Nellist wrote:

They see it as the 'first move' to getting planning permission for
a dwelling

I'd just want it as a garden though! :-)

Your extending the "curtailment", ie the area of land on which you
could put up a shed (with in the laws that apply to sheds) without
planning permission.

So am I correct in thinking that the legal reason is that turning a
formerly farmed field into a garden counts as a 'change of use',

Yep, it is "change of use" from agriculture to domestic (or whatever
the term is they use for "garden".

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