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In article , David P
wrote: In article , says... Stan The Man wrote: Part of my garden originally belonged to the neighbouring farmer; the previous owner of my property bought half a field from him 15 years ago and has since integrated it into the original garden here - laying turf, planting shrubs, creating borders, laying a brick patio, putting up a couple of garden sheds, etc. However, she never applied to the local authority to change the use of the acquired land from agricultural to garden use. I'm led to believe that it should be straighforward for me to make an application now for garden use based on lawful development over more than 10 years. But I am curious to know why I need to do it. What can't I do on agricultural land that I can do on garden land - and vice versa? TIA. Forgive the x-post, but I know some denizens of uk.business.agriculture may be able to advise you. First thing to do is to stack up the evidence. Precise dates of purchase and laying out. Any neighbours who will give a sworn statement on the dates/years when it all happened? Original owner/farmer to give evidence? Planners *hate* lawful use applications and will do everything they can to demolish the arguments. As to what you can do if it its ag.- basically just put it down to grass and make sure there are no flower beds or other 'domestic' items on or across it. This has been known to include [in a case in Derbyshire some years ago] a clothes line across the 'ag. land'. Thank you (and others) for your helpful replies. I have already compiled the evidence and submitted an application to the local council - which I'm told has been approved by the planning officer and is awaiting a rubber stamp from their legal department. Apropos of another issue raised in this thread, I have fully investigated my Permitted Development Rights and provided that any erection is a) less than 4m tall to the apex; b) no nearer the road than the front of my house; c) at least 5m away from my house; and d) would not, in aggregate with my other outbuildings, cover more than 50 percent of my garden, I am permitted to erect as many buildings as I desire -- regardless of how ugly they are, whether they overlook neighbours' properties, whether I lay services to them for accommodation purposes, etc, etc. In essence, as long as the basic guidelines are adhered to, the local planners have no further interest in permitted development buildings. Four metres isn't enough for a 2-storey building of course. But it's enough for a single storey garden studio, granny annexe, double, triple or quadruple garage, etc. In fact, I plan to use my permitted development rights to erect a large garage on the formerly agricultural part of my garden. There's some irony here since anyone who exploits their permitted development rights to the full and without taste or consideration for others could well end up with a grotesque blot on the landscape, even here in leafy Berkshire. Simon |
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