Permitted development rights in a woodland is easier. BUT .. you cannot just chop down trees with no consequences if you need to make space for a barn or whatever, or to use the wood from felled trees as part of building construction. It's illegal to chop down more than about the volume of a small car volume worth of trees in any given quarter (3 months) without having a tree felling order granted. Now ... if you're in the middle of nowhere and no one is paying attention you might be fine. But if someone notices you chopping down lots of trees (and if you've only a few acres you'll likely be next to a field/someone other woodland owner) then if they bring this to attention of the forrestry commission you'll be in trouble. Fines can be large. This is the situation in Scotland anyway .. I think the same/similar in other parts of the UK.
Mate, your video was recommended & I'm chuffed to bits! I've invested hundreds on multiple Planning Applications for other issues & no Planning Agent has been able to give me the same high-level advice as yourself regarding my smallholding. The Planners have been so difficult that my Mother has had to hold me back from visiting one or two... God bless & all the best!
Thanks for another snippet of crucial info. I didn't realise that woodland was easier to develop than agricultural land that's very interesting. Seeing your open plot I'd like to have a mixed plot of half woodland half field.
Thank you very mush David for the information. One can relate to your annoyance at the system . Make no sense to people with amazine ideas and goals like you . Thank you for you advice . It sound and down to earth advice , plus you shown respect for the people one faced with dealing with . Serious mean it . Thank you for advice . And l hope the people in England wake up and help you achieve you goals . With the level of farmers their losing . It amazine to see new talent farmers like your self set new trends . That what badly needed . Soon or later they wake up to the fact . Stay strong to you beliefs .
Telling me that we cannot do anything not dig a descent size pond or build a shed without permission and that permission is rarely given and if it is can cost a small fortune.
You need 5 acres of woodland to get permitted development. Something I am looking-at which seems to be viable, is that changing agricultural land to forestry requires no permission. So then there’s your way forward if you are stuck on a small agricultural plot.
M8, thanks for that, me and my wife are now looking for a woodland, and living off grid, im a northeast lad mesel and your vid has def helped and made our dream a reality, its just finding that right wood now then putting our home on the market, thanks 👍
As always a top video big inspiration an I'm due to look at land in the next couple of weeks for setting up glamping accommodation so as always keep up the good work n stay safe.best wishes leon
Thanks for this video Craig, we've been thinking about purchasing some Woodlands. We've looked at some but they weren't suitable for us. Thanks for sharing and keep em coming.
Couple of acres of woodland out the way sounds perfect to me. But also a small farm does. The options are there. I’ll be off for a drive again tomorrow morning. See what I see
Hi Craig,Why don’t you consider trigging several live mature trees (more then two).Send them off the perpendicular . They when come together they make a completely camouflaged cocoon in which to get your windows and straw Bales or Wattle and daub.It works because it been done.It great because you can put your roof on before you work the walls,which I no doubt you know some great benefits of That! Cheers
Agricultural land produces food which in turn, as an added bonus creates wealth and taxes therefore agreculture is more important in the short term than woodland unfortunately.
Yes, it does but as far as taxes are concerned it contributes about 0.5% of our GDP considering 70% of land in the Uk is agricultural that isn't that much. the fact is agricultural land is used to grow big agri crops mostly and not the food that we want to eat. A stark difference to how other countries use their agricultural land, plus. Forestry & Woodland contributes more at around 0.75%. If we used the agricultural land and managed it better then we could produce way more food and have food security than having to import 50% or so from abroad. Plus they are subsidised to the hilt. Both are important to the UK but as I say it is just miss managed in favour of big agri and large corporations
@@thesmallfarmerlife yeah very I bet there is some stealth bylaws for woodland ownership seems a bit to relaxed as opposed to agricultural land I agree woodland just as important as agricultural land I bet it boils down to who you end up dealing with in the council and what council 👍 I be doing some reading up on this 👍
Cheers Guru Craig. You not mentioning your Patreon channel anymore? You need to memtion it mate. With your material you will no doubt gain more viewers and if you don't mention it, then they won't know about it. Just slip it in like how you mention subscribing to your channel. Don't feel that people won't support you or anything cuz that's definitely not gona be the case. You are genuine and people will see that. Keep it up pal.
Cheers mate the link is in the description of the videos I don't like asking but I might put it as a beginning of the video in the video itself. It's hard to just remember everything you want to say lol. But I will mate in the next one still figuring out this new elements software but will get there and the channel will get better over time.
can anyone link me to details on the 4 year 1 day rule? i would love to do an off grid home in woodland, i allways assumed planning permission would be impossible.
Is this still the case other than the 4yr 1d rule likely to be removed? Also sounds best to get a woodland to live on next to agricultural land to farm?
Couldn't agree more.. it's crazy.. but that's gov and councils for ya. Also annoyed most land is expensive purely because every landowner assumes a rich developer is going to buy the land and make even more money. There's no room for the little guy unless you can find a bit of land under adverse possession, which is not easy, otherwise, everyone would do it.
@@thesmallfarmerlife Yes.. Im learning loads! Thank you.... and I hope you are keeping well! Ive been looking at land and derelicts here in Ireland. My dream is the west coast
Hi Craig, been watching your videos and gaining a lot of knowledge, 👍🏼 we’re looking at buying woodland and thinking about trying to eventually being able to live there, under the 4 yr & 1 day rule! Putting in permitted development for a largish wooden cabin on concrete base. So wanted to ask your opinion on our plan, (From what we’ve learned from your videos)this seems to be the best way forward! Any advice would be really appreciated Thanks Tracey & Neil
I bought a chunk of woodlands in Surrey. Bad mistake was that my conveyancer was useless and didnt see it has SSSI designation and a tree preservation order. Managed to sell it on and only lost £6k within 1 year. But basically, what you're sying here is that woodlands is easier to eventually live on than agricultural land is... But make sure there's no restrictions first? ;0) Cheers fella.
Mate that was down to the solicitor not doing all the checks. If you watch all my videos you will see that I always say do the checks then double-check. Make sure no clawback or restrictive covenants. Im glad you got out pretty fast
Planning consent is dead easy to get for a big house in the open countryside,if you are allowed to pay to lie. Buy agri land and plant trees on it ,its woodland , permitted dev rights da dar. trust your words
Hi Craig, great video so basically it’s easier to settle in the woodland than agriculture land? We bought just under 10 acres in surryheath. I really need to discuss with you to get the right plan Craig. Which is the best way to contact you? My land is full of big trees but Iam not sure whether is woodland or not. Actual papers not mentioned anything other than saying plot. Craig my dream is off the grid having my own farm. Please help me with my plan. Me and my husband wants to come and meet you personally
Hi so you have land and it doesa not state what type of land it is on your deeds..? Thats a lot of land to have no actual desigination. But you can make your own woodland and lots of grants available for planting trees. I have a freind who purchase 85 acres huge bit of land and got more money for trees than he paid for the land mind you he purchased the land a while ago, but looks great now and only planted sapplings they are huge now, well big arounf 8 meters or there abouts. You can contact me through facebook and will see what you want to talk about. Thanks Craig
Stumbled on your video, thanks, very interesting. Can I ask are you following the field to farm process with 12.5 acres? Or have you just got 2.7 acres?
I looked at buying a small piece of land, it had a barn on the land but the roof had come off and the side walls which were made of wood had all but deteriorated, I asked if I could rebuild the structure and was told that I would have to purchase the land and as the landowner I could apply for permission to rebuild in the structure that already exists but I couldn't just rebuild it (I wanted to construct the walls in brick or block and put a tiled roof on instead of a corrugated roof), even though the building is not visible from any particular direction apart from above, I have to own the land and gain permission to rebuild the structure, I don't understand why as the structure, a steel frame still exists, could I be made to take that down? due to the petty ruling I didn't proceed with my enquiries as I was also informed that erecting a greenhouse would be a violation of the planning and development rights
See art.1 of 1st Protocol ECHR - and art. 17 Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (which is based on ECHR) The state can only interfere with your rights where there is an overriding pubic interest to do so. Furthermore. Under the rule of law the State or its agents can only interfere with your rights/liberty where the law specifically states that is can do so. There is no statute law that says that you cannot build on your own land and while local authorities are required to have a development plan, that plan is required to be inclusive, not exclusive and can not be prohibitive, its purpose is to show what will happen it can not say what will not.
@@fredgillespie5855 Very interesting. I wish someone would tell my local authority that they can't stop me putting a small wooden mobile home on my own land. Or a static to live in whilst it's being assembled!
Hi Craig , do you own the land with the electricity pylon in ? , a farm owner I know whose land I shoot over has several pylons on their land and gets around £1,800 per / year per pylon from the pylon owners
Nop the pylon is over the railway and none of it crosses my land I sold the bit where it crosses. Didn't like the buz it made when rained. But you can hear the substation on the night when the power usage is up. But you get used to that. I know you get money from them you can either get a lump sum or get paid yearly. My friend took a lump sum for the ones he had in his land
Hi Craig! Thanks for all the useful information 🙂 You mentioned woodlands not needing planning permission but what about woodlands within National Parks such as the Peak District? I've been looking all over the internet and it seems that full planning is required - do you know anything about that particular topic? Thanks again for all the videos!
You would deffo need full planning permission in a National Park and would never get it. The only people would be when they need to do a bit of caretaking so to speak and then the buildings would normally be temp. They may have the odd workshop buildings for schools and stuff but would never allow people to build log cabins for forestry management etc
I've just bought 1.9 acres of woodland can I have permitted development rights to build a barn or forestry shed or does the land have to be a hectare in size like agriculture land thanks in advance also love the videos learnt alot over the past few weeks watching them
Yes as long as there is no restriction in the deeds or put into the contract you can build a woodsman cabin under permitted development no matter the size of woodland, weird but you cant on Agri land..?
most woodland is dead land , pine? larch? lime? woodland is mostly mono culture that holds no wildlife to speak of. Mixed woodland is different but most woodland is dead land. There are some people doing good stuff but not many yet, subsidisation of wild life is the next thing.
What if you bought a small plot of agricultural land, wanted to plant trees on it and live there? Love the idea of living amongst trees, Blair Witch be damned!!!
You can do that if it was me I would plant evergreen pine trees around the edge and native as you go into the centre then build a woodman cabin slash training centre if you get me, dont know how much land you are talking about
If you want to know about the 4 year 1 day rule check this video out ruclips.net/video/WGp2IncX2TA/видео.html
Permitted development rights in a woodland is easier. BUT .. you cannot just chop down trees with no consequences if you need to make space for a barn or whatever, or to use the wood from felled trees as part of building construction. It's illegal to chop down more than about the volume of a small car volume worth of trees in any given quarter (3 months) without having a tree felling order granted. Now ... if you're in the middle of nowhere and no one is paying attention you might be fine. But if someone notices you chopping down lots of trees (and if you've only a few acres you'll likely be next to a field/someone other woodland owner) then if they bring this to attention of the forrestry commission you'll be in trouble. Fines can be large. This is the situation in Scotland anyway .. I think the same/similar in other parts of the UK.
Mate, your video was recommended & I'm chuffed to bits! I've invested hundreds on multiple Planning Applications for other issues & no Planning Agent has been able to give me the same high-level advice as yourself regarding my smallholding. The Planners have been so difficult that my Mother has had to hold me back from visiting one or two... God bless & all the best!
Thanks for another snippet of crucial info.
I didn't realise that woodland was easier to develop than agricultural land that's very interesting.
Seeing your open plot I'd like to have a mixed plot of half woodland half field.
Thank you very mush David for the information.
One can relate to your annoyance at the system . Make no sense to people with amazine ideas and goals like you .
Thank you for you advice .
It sound and down to earth advice , plus you shown respect for the people one faced with dealing with .
Serious mean it . Thank you for advice . And l hope the people in England wake up and help you achieve you goals . With the level of farmers their losing . It amazine to see new talent farmers like your self set new trends . That what badly needed . Soon or later they wake up to the fact .
Stay strong to you beliefs .
It’s pure slavery in U.K. that one can’t do anything with thier own land ? What a strange place
Telling me that we cannot do anything not dig a descent size pond or build a shed without permission and that permission is rarely given and if it is can cost a small fortune.
Best video about comparison between farmland and wood I have ever come across.👍👍👍👍👍👍Thanks mate
Cheers and thanks for taking the time to watch and comment really appreciate it Craig
Lots of people use the number 12 acres but 5 hectares is 12.5 acres so bare that in mind if you are buying 12.3 acres etc it has to be over 12.5
Wow, I never knew that. Thanks so much for opening up another potential route for us 😊.
Cheers Craig
Your welcome hope you always are my friend hope you take something away from every video you watch
You need 5 acres of woodland to get permitted development.
Something I am looking-at which seems to be viable, is that changing agricultural land to forestry requires no permission. So then there’s your way forward if you are stuck on a small agricultural plot.
Can you point me to where it states you need 5 acres for permitted development rights around woodland..?
Also any profits made on woodland activities is tax free and after 2 years ( from memory ) the sale of woodland incurs NO capital gains tax
Just watched this again and every time I watch this I'm learning something new
The best option is to buy agricultural land for livestock with some woodland for permitted development.
M8, thanks for that, me and my wife are now looking for a woodland, and living off grid, im a northeast lad mesel and your vid has def helped and made our dream a reality, its just finding that right wood now then putting our home on the market, thanks 👍
Great content as always. I didn’t know that about woodland Thanks
Not many do itas only when you read about this stuff all the time you actually come across the rules..!
As always a top video big inspiration an I'm due to look at land in the next couple of weeks for setting up glamping accommodation so as always keep up the good work n stay safe.best wishes leon
Informative as always. Thank you for your words of wisdom
Thanks for this video Craig, we've been thinking about purchasing some Woodlands. We've looked at some but they weren't suitable for us.
Thanks for sharing and keep em coming.
I Will try to keep them coming mate have to fit them in around my farming and also a very busy business but will try bud 👍
fantastic watch, great info
Glad you think so!
Invaluable these videos, cheers
As always Ann thanks for watching one of my first subs and your still taking the time to watch my videos thanks Craig
Great knowledge been shared yet again.
Woodland is definitely something for me to consider
Yep have a think about it even a couple of acres out the way you be safe maybe build a treehouse ,,?
Couple of acres of woodland out the way sounds perfect to me.
But also a small farm does.
The options are there. I’ll be off for a drive again tomorrow morning. See what I see
Safe from what though? Haha
@@Steve_Van777 the Blair Witch?? 😊
@@hopepeace4956 Yeah you've watched it if you see a torch coming and your in a treehouse they will run right under you lol
Hi Craig,Why don’t you consider trigging several live mature trees (more then two).Send them off the perpendicular .
They when come together they make a completely camouflaged cocoon in which to get your windows and straw
Bales or Wattle and daub.It works because it been done.It great because you can put your roof on before you work the walls,which I no doubt you know some great benefits of That! Cheers
Agricultural land produces food which in turn, as an added bonus creates wealth and taxes therefore agreculture is more important in the short term than woodland unfortunately.
Yes, it does but as far as taxes are concerned it contributes about 0.5% of our GDP considering 70% of land in the Uk is agricultural that isn't that much. the fact is agricultural land is used to grow big agri crops mostly and not the food that we want to eat. A stark difference to how other countries use their agricultural land, plus. Forestry & Woodland contributes more at around 0.75%. If we used the agricultural land and managed it better then we could produce way more food and have food security than having to import 50% or so from abroad. Plus they are subsidised to the hilt. Both are important to the UK but as I say it is just miss managed in favour of big agri and large corporations
Food for thought ! Spot on cheers 👍
No problem and your welcome hope it helps but it's a weird rule for one and not the other..?
@@thesmallfarmerlife yeah very I bet there is some stealth bylaws for woodland ownership seems a bit to relaxed as opposed to agricultural land I agree woodland just as important as agricultural land I bet it boils down to who you end up dealing with in the council and what council 👍 I be doing some reading up on this 👍
Cheers Guru Craig.
You not mentioning your Patreon channel anymore? You need to memtion it mate. With your material you will no doubt gain more viewers and if you don't mention it, then they won't know about it. Just slip it in like how you mention subscribing to your channel. Don't feel that people won't support you or anything cuz that's definitely not gona be the case. You are genuine and people will see that.
Keep it up pal.
Cheers mate the link is in the description of the videos I don't like asking but I might put it as a beginning of the video in the video itself. It's hard to just remember everything you want to say lol. But I will mate in the next one still figuring out this new elements software but will get there and the channel will get better over time.
Interesting video 👌🏽 what would you do if you had a 6 acre woodland Craig
Really interesting . Thanks for the info ..all the best .
No problem it's a bit of aa disgrace as woodlands are full of wildlife so you would think it would be the other way round sorry for the pun lol 👍
can anyone link me to details on the 4 year 1 day rule? i would love to do an off grid home in woodland, i allways assumed planning permission would be impossible.
ruclips.net/video/WGp2IncX2TA/видео.html
bloody awsome
Craig, this was so helpful mate. Thank you.
No problem Adam glad it hepled and thanks for watching my videos Craig
thanks for the info
Thanks, pal hope you get to live your dream one day and live the life you want the way you want...!
sooner i get out of this matrix the better.lol
Thanks, information I didn’t know👍
Having a cabin in the woods doesn’t stop the trees from providing oxygen.
Thank you
Is this still the case other than the 4yr 1d rule likely to be removed? Also sounds best to get a woodland to live on next to agricultural land to farm?
Couldn't agree more.. it's crazy.. but that's gov and councils for ya. Also annoyed most land is expensive purely because every landowner assumes a rich developer is going to buy the land and make even more money. There's no room for the little guy unless you can find a bit of land under adverse possession, which is not easy, otherwise, everyone would do it.
Couldn't agree more I hate it when they put clawbacks on land that has no chance of being developed for an estate but maybe could be for a small farm
Great video, thanx! Blair witch?... lol... Ive never seen it either. Its my dream to live in a cabin in the woods... except alone at nite time lol
Another first sub and also taking the time to still watch my videos hope you are learning something from them ..?
@@thesmallfarmerlife Yes.. Im learning loads! Thank you.... and I hope you are keeping well! Ive been looking at land and derelicts here in Ireland. My dream is the west coast
Hi Craig, been watching your videos and gaining a lot of knowledge, 👍🏼 we’re looking at buying woodland and thinking about trying to eventually being able to live there, under the 4 yr & 1 day rule! Putting in permitted development for a largish wooden cabin on concrete base.
So wanted to ask your opinion on our plan,
(From what we’ve learned from your videos)this seems to be the best way forward! Any advice would be really appreciated
Thanks Tracey & Neil
This channels awesome 👌
Thanks hope it helps you out in some way shape or form and thanks for the comment Bass
great stuff!
Thanks really appreciate you taking the time to watch my videos top man
I bought a chunk of woodlands in Surrey. Bad mistake was that my conveyancer was useless and didnt see it has SSSI designation and a tree preservation order. Managed to sell it on and only lost £6k within 1 year. But basically, what you're sying here is that woodlands is easier to eventually live on than agricultural land is... But make sure there's no restrictions first? ;0) Cheers fella.
Mate that was down to the solicitor not doing all the checks. If you watch all my videos you will see that I always say do the checks then double-check. Make sure no clawback or restrictive covenants. Im glad you got out pretty fast
Planning consent is dead easy to get for a big house in the open countryside,if you are allowed to pay to lie. Buy agri land and plant trees on it ,its woodland , permitted dev rights da dar. trust your words
Cheers buddy.. i love it..
Hi Craig, great video so basically it’s easier to settle in the woodland than agriculture land? We bought just under 10 acres in surryheath. I really need to discuss with you to get the right plan Craig. Which is the best way to contact you? My land is full of big trees but Iam not sure whether is woodland or not. Actual papers not mentioned anything other than saying plot. Craig my dream is off the grid having my own farm. Please help me with my plan. Me and my husband wants to come and meet you personally
Hi so you have land and it doesa not state what type of land it is on your deeds..? Thats a lot of land to have no actual desigination. But you can make your own woodland and lots of grants available for planting trees.
I have a freind who purchase 85 acres huge bit of land and got more money for trees than he paid for the land mind you he purchased the land a while ago, but looks great now and only planted sapplings they are huge now, well big arounf 8 meters or there abouts.
You can contact me through facebook and will see what you want to talk about. Thanks Craig
@@thesmallfarmerlife thanks Craig I meet you in face book
@@mamathareddy3118 Ok thanks Craig
I think woodland is more protected in scotland
Stumbled on your video, thanks, very interesting. Can I ask are you following the field to farm process with 12.5 acres? Or have you just got 2.7 acres?
I looked at buying a small piece of land, it had a barn on the land but the roof had come off and the side walls which were made of wood had all but deteriorated, I asked if I could rebuild the structure and was told that I would have to purchase the land and as the landowner I could apply for permission to rebuild in the structure that already exists but I couldn't just rebuild it (I wanted to construct the walls in brick or block and put a tiled roof on instead of a corrugated roof), even though the building is not visible from any particular direction apart from above, I have to own the land and gain permission to rebuild the structure, I don't understand why as the structure, a steel frame still exists, could I be made to take that down? due to the petty ruling I didn't proceed with my enquiries as I was also informed that erecting a greenhouse would be a violation of the planning and development rights
See art.1 of 1st Protocol ECHR - and art. 17 Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (which is based on ECHR) The state can only interfere with your rights where there is an overriding pubic interest to do so.
Furthermore. Under the rule of law the State or its agents can only interfere with your rights/liberty where the law specifically states that is can do so. There is no statute law that says that you cannot build on your own land and while local authorities are required to have a development plan, that plan is required to be inclusive, not exclusive and can not be prohibitive, its purpose is to show what will happen it can not say what will not.
@@fredgillespie5855 Very interesting. I wish someone would tell my local authority that they can't stop me putting a small wooden mobile home on my own land. Or a static to live in whilst it's being assembled!
Hi Craig , do you own the land with the electricity pylon in ? , a farm owner I know whose land I shoot over has several pylons on their land and gets around £1,800 per / year per pylon from the pylon owners
Nop the pylon is over the railway and none of it crosses my land I sold the bit where it crosses. Didn't like the buz it made when rained. But you can hear the substation on the night when the power usage is up. But you get used to that. I know you get money from them you can either get a lump sum or get paid yearly. My friend took a lump sum for the ones he had in his land
Hi Craig! Thanks for all the useful information 🙂 You mentioned woodlands not needing planning permission but what about woodlands within National Parks such as the Peak District? I've been looking all over the internet and it seems that full planning is required - do you know anything about that particular topic? Thanks again for all the videos!
You would deffo need full planning permission in a National Park and would never get it. The only people would be when they need to do a bit of caretaking so to speak and then the buildings would normally be temp. They may have the odd workshop buildings for schools and stuff but would never allow people to build log cabins for forestry management etc
did you find out if you can have a caravan on land in a national park, even if you just use it for 28 days in the year? thanks
@@jonathanjonathan7386 I tried my luck and it’s been there for over a year - no complaints so far. Sometimes you just have to take a risk 🤷♀️
@@sandra66 yeh guess it depends partly on how many neighbours uve got and if u have a good relationship with them. Good luck going forwards!
I've just bought 1.9 acres of woodland can I have permitted development rights to build a barn or forestry shed or does the land have to be a hectare in size like agriculture land thanks in advance also love the videos learnt alot over the past few weeks watching them
Yes as long as there is no restriction in the deeds or put into the contract you can build a woodsman cabin under permitted development no matter the size of woodland, weird but you cant on Agri land..?
Thanks for getting back to me top man craig
@@anthonyboswell5826 No problem hope all goes well and you start living your dream, wish I had some woodland, maybe I should plant half-acre ort so
You have to be from somewhere near Boro.
Stockton mate not that far we more or less have same accent lol
most woodland is dead land , pine? larch? lime? woodland is mostly mono culture that holds no wildlife to speak of. Mixed woodland is different but most woodland is dead land. There are some people doing good stuff but not many yet, subsidisation of wild life is the next thing.
cheers craig
Your welcome brother glad you found it interesting ..?
What's your accent Lad? not quite fullblown Geordie but not strong Cumbrian either, haaf ways mebbe?
Teesside Mate
What if you bought a small plot of agricultural land, wanted to plant trees on it and live there? Love the idea of living amongst trees, Blair Witch be damned!!!
You can do that if it was me I would plant evergreen pine trees around the edge and native as you go into the centre then build a woodman cabin slash training centre if you get me, dont know how much land you are talking about
@@thesmallfarmerlife Just over ¾ acre. Not big, it's only ever had sheep and potatoes in it. Very very rural!