I am now a total convert to bore holes! the water tastes so pure and lovely!
I'll to try and answer your questions from what i've learnt ...
:)You don't need planning permission
;)If your extracting less than 20cubic metres a day of water you do not need a license
:DIt does make a bit of a mess when drilling to I'd advise as far away as you can from buildings or anything that ;Dyou are prescious about
>:(You need to have somewhere to house the electrics for the pump which is waterproof and vandal proof
:(You only need a standard 13 amp plus to opporate the bore hole so if you do not have mains electric which we :odon't at the minute you can run the pump off a small generator
8)You should have a survay undertaken of the land to make sure there is water - we didn't as all of our neighbours have bore holes and we did a bit of our own research into the rock formation so found water straight away when drilling
???We got about 7 quotes and the majority of prices were about £7 - £10,000 but we found a wonderful man called Chris Saul based in Ripon who took pity on us and has sorted the job lot for £6500
:PThe set up costs are one off - the only cost is to have the water checked eached year, its about £150, and legally if you are supplying this as drinking water to someone you need to get it tested otherwise its up to you
Hope thats useful, anything else specific please just ask & I'll try to help
Red