Been tried. On another forum a member did just that. Bought a very large size plot, split it into 15 smaller plots, put in roadways. Built a massive movable dwelling. Spent well over 100k. He was so sure he had found away around the planning controls. He was warned by several forum members of possible outcomes. He laughed and was adamant that this would not be the case. Less than six months and he lost everything. He has now disappeared from the forum. Apparently he tried to fight but costs mounted. The LA treat it as one parcel and once notice is served it applied to all plots within that parcel. Breach of such planning restriction/ notice and face £50 fine per day. Any unlawful dwelling can then be removed by the LA and costs recovered from the owner. Having plots in different areas within the county /country and devided by a highway or the 12 plots is in other people's names/ ownership is the way to go. Legally you can reside with permission if you can prove that you earn the majority of your income from that woodland and require a unit to rest and store tools and materials. Any permission granted will be subject to restrictions. These usually allow only the owner to reside there or his employees. Permission is removed once the business is no longer active and then all residency stops and any unlawful structures must then be removed. Look at it this way. If planning was that slack that you could buy a wood or agricultural land and then reside on it without any controls. Then most of the woodland and agricultural land would quadruple in price and make ownership extremely difficult as it would then be snapped up by developers and investors. What we value now, would resemble a shanty town without planning controls.
