Looking for land

[Johny Walker]

Hamdogg, we're building a 100% self sufficient Timber framed house.

 

log cabin then, ??

[peatff]

log cabin then, ??

 

Not necessarily, you can build timber frames and fill in with straw bales or skin with brick outside or you could go back to wattle and daub timber frame Tudor style.

[timbernut]

Found several for the right money thanks Timbernut, but it was too far from my misses work and she doesn't really want to drive any more than 45 mins a day/each way.

 

 

Sorry for sounding cynical Will, and I'm quite surprised you've found plot for that money with planning, I've been tied up in planning battle with lpa for 13 yrs to get residential in my wood, like Mortimer, I'm too far in to give up and if I'd known the stress it would cause my family (particularly my long suffering wife) I probably wouldn't do it again, but I am a stubborn git so who knows. Having said that I now have lpa on side, no locals oppose and only the VERY misguided Norfolk Bat Group are against me as apparently the smoke from my kilns and the smoke/noise drives the bats from their roosts, which is odd as I watch em most evenings and as we've thinned the wood their hunting grounds have been improved and I have ongoing ecology report to support this! This is just to permanently stay and in future when finances allow I'd like to build a timber frame and sit my current home (pictured below) on top ( a new take on upcycling?) GOOD LUCK😀

[Countryboy]

I tried for planning permission in my wood, it is on its own and would not interfere with anyone. The Council made it very clear that I did not get a of getting anything passed

[timbernut]

I tried for planning permission in my wood, it is on its own and would not interfere with anyone. The Council made it very clear that I did not get a of getting anything passed

 

 

You have to prove functional need and viability by obtaining 3 yrs temporary planning in which time you need to show an agricultural wage for at least one of the years. As with most things in planning law a lot depends on the lpa s interpretation of the guidelines. Chapter 7 ( set up bySimon Fairleigh) are a good source of help and information. I know of a couple of developments where they have got planning with relatively small piece of woodland which is used as base for charcoal production and feedstock coming from elsewhere

[adrian007]

Field to Farm is worth a glance as well, may not suit you completely, but you can find out alot