stabling permissions

As a rule field shelters need planning, whereas mobile ones advertise that they don't. Each Council will have it's own regs so check before you do anything. I live in a conservation area and you need planning for absolutely everything.
 
tough councils can force you to relocate mobile units every 28 days even if they don't require PP from you for them and you cannot put them on any form of hardstanding

nor connect them to any mains electricity or water supply

the 28 day moving also comes with a 'must not return to same site within 12 months' so if you're in the 'wrong' council area you can still get hassle with mobile units

best to see if there is anyone round you in the same council that has a mobile unit from any manufacturer and find out if they've had any problems or not

don't go asking your local planners or they'll stitch you up royally - they tend to say 'oh yeah that will be fine' and then come along later and serve you with an enforcement notice or demand pp be applied for (there are the occasional planner in a council that is genuinely helpful but for every one of those you'll find 100 that arent')
 
mobile shelters shouldn't need planning, because they're mobile, obviously.
fwiw my planning officer came to my place snooping about when i applied for permission to put a manege down, looked very po-faced about my 3 mobile shelters, asked about them (i stressed that they were moveable, on 'skis'), and she hasn't done anything about them yet ( 1 1/2 years on) even though i held my breath for a while...
 
As Irishdraught has said, pretty much depends on the Local Authority you are dealing with. Although mobile, they may still insist you need planning, although our planners said they would probably rather support a small stable development rather than several field shelters spread around, at least the development is kept to one place. Took us over 6 months to get planning, which felt like a lifetime, but was probably quite good.
 
Hiya

mobile buildings do not require consent as long as they are kept mobile, not attached to any services and are used in connection with the lawful use of the land... i.e: grazing and keeping horses...

took me about 6 months to actually get a letter from my local council confirming this...... they will always try and put the onus on you to prove they are mobile - in that case then they take enforcement action but you can appeal and prove that they are mobile..... Bloomin councils are such a pain - its a well known approved use for horses to be kept in the green belt..... stables are a necessary requirment for that use....

Other than that I found Redmire stables great - sent me a pack with some precedent court cases regarding mobiles.... I believe if you quote the "Perbeck" case it works a treat....

Good luck.....
 
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