hello, little farmer here,just thought ide introduce myself and tell you a bit about myself seeing im a newby!!! .
I bought 6acres of land two years ago when I eventually said bye bye to my two grownup kids and decided the house was far too big for me on my own and this was the time to follow a long awaited dream to come to fruition. I had made good friends with a girl I worked with who had horses and had bought land a good few years back, she told me that the farmer she had bought her land off had some for sale. to cut a long story short a purchased the 6 acres from him bought a horse, got some sheep and chickens and settled down to a lifestyle ide always dreamed of. Of the 6acres I have 1.5acres of scrubland that is full of wildlife and good maturing trees with the bonus of a large flat area inside totally secluded from prying eyes and just the most wonderful place to put a static caravan and truly live the dream, I have been looking at ways to put an application together for the planning permission and have browsed the net to look up forums, council policy, etc etc I have had advice off people, and even the developer that bought the farm from the farmer I bought my land off has given me good sound advice as well as becoming a valuable friend. his advice was to explore loopholes before actually confronting the planning department, one being getting planning permission to put a caravan site there, once planning is granted I have all the time in the world to actually build the site so of course I could store a caravan there then get water on the land etc etc, another was to run it as a business, and put that in my planning also. Im left with so many ifs and buts and hows and do's my head is spinning, so I thought ide pitch up here and ask any of you good people if you've been in the same position