We are now in a position to be able to afford to buy about an acre of land, problem is finding one (!), but I have some questions I'm hoping someone here can advise......not sure this is the right part of the forum, but here goes...
I know we must make sure of land title, rights of way etc, but what we'd like to know is, what am I allowed to do? Straight off, I have to say we are not looking for a building plot, far from it, I'd like somewhere to plant a few trees, occasionally wild camp, have a campfire with the grandkids, just a bit of green and pleasant to call our own.....now if I bought Pasture, could we plant trees, would I need permission from the authorities for change of use?
Or can I just do what the hell I like?
Cheers!
I just saw you wanted to plant trees. Missed that earlier.
When I first bought the land, the hedges surrounding it were severely derelict, and had spread inwards on the field. I cleared and tidied everything up. Had a couple of huge, fun bonfires!
I asked the local hunt society how they wanted the hedges, and followed their advice. The correct height, temoved all barbed eire and so on.
My motive was to gain friends locally.
I did plant about 50 fruit trees, closest to the road, but that became an expensive, worthless exercise as deer destroyed them. Tried to save what could be saved with a fence, but they jumped it.
As I wrote earlier, I did some unusual stuff without asking the Wealden council, when the next door Tv beatch told on me, they were fine about it.
But every council people are different, so it is better you ask! Cheaper that way.
The best tip I can give you - do things that restores the field and forest.
If anybody wonders eho the nast neighbour was - she was in the Silent Witness.