Does anyone know anything about planning regs?

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We have worked out that we would need about half an acre for our two laminitic ponies - the ideal environment for them would be a 20x60 school to roam during the day with free access to their stables for shelter and hay etc.
I have seen the odd cottage + acre or so sized garden for sale - usually on the edge of a farm or in a little hamlet. How hard would it be to get PP to build a school and two stables in what's part of a garden (albeit a large one)?
 
you can do stuff in the ``curtledge of the dwelling house``that you cannot do on agri land.some times when you see a property for sale with about 1 acre it is not all ``garden``.have a look at the town and country planning law.(it looks very daunting at first but it is readable and it`s all there,it`s just finding it.see also-permitted development)
happy reading!
 
Hi,
We have constructed 2 schools now and a new stable block all with PP. Ours went through very easily on both premises but these where in 20 acres of land, however, what I do know is if the area you intend to use is within the curtalige of your own garden then you don't usually need planning. If you are using agricultural land you have to apply for change of use or if you are putting drainage in also. I hope this helps a little.
 
I put a block of four stables up in my old garden and did'nt did planning permission, it was 0.7 of an acre and we also made a small turn out paddock.

A sand school should not be a problem, as long as you keep any buildings away from the boundary fences or roads.
 
one other point about gardens is that neighbours can complain and say it is causing a nuisence (smoldering muckheap for example),but if it is all done properly they will have no grounds.
 
as other have said planning may not be needed for the garden

HOWEVER , do be careful as there may be conditions that prevent you from keeping animals in the garden in the first place
 
The easiest thing is to ring your local planning officer to ask your general queries, then again if you see a property you like. They have detailed maps of specific properties they can bring up quickly (Google Earth or somilar I suppose) and can give you answers immediately
 
There might be different rules if it is in an Area of Outstanding Beauty, National Park, etc.

All planning authorities have a Local Plan, but it is worth ringing up and speaking to a planning officer, without being too specific if you like. Mostly they are quite helpful and OK, there is the odd unhelpful sort, but you could ask to speak to someone else in that case.
 
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