[Hitdogjohnson]

Hello,

Agricultural land within green belt - can you plant a small orchard?

Any particular caveats with green belt?

Thanks

[Penninehillbilly]

The green belt is purely to stop urban sprawl, development. Unless you are planning a house/building with your orchard, I think it sounds perfect to protect a green area.

[Badger Nadgers]

Assuming the land is currently agricultural:

Where is it in relation to your house?  If adjoining, be careful it is not seen an extension to a garden, or you will run into change of use issues (agricultural <-->domestic) with planning.  You only need one person who gets jealous and sees it as you using it to boot a residential property value for things to become a faff.

It might be an issue if you claimed BPS grant.  Don't know much about that.

Other than that, is it a private orchard or a community orchard?  If other people are involved, even as volunteers, it may require a change in your insurance.

Consider if you might want to revert back to grazing - there's a difference in planting trees as a shelter belt than for orchard.

[landroverroy]

Hello,

Agricultural land within green belt - can you plant a small orchard?

Any particular caveats with green belt?

Thanks

Yes you can plant an orchard on agricultural land. As mentioned - the green belt is irrelevant. Google it, for your own peace of mind, before you spend a fortune on trees.