Wooden Building In My Own Woodland

[Freddytwoshoes]

I have recently separated 2acres of part woodland from my house, which is also in its own 2 acres of gardens/woodland.  I have spent every weekend and occasional week days in this small compact building.......I am now selling the house.......can I continue to live in my single storey compact wooden building which has all the facilities i.e:  shower /toilet, bedroom, lounge, kitchen (mains water, power by generator, log burner supplying hot water and radiators). And own main entrance from country lane ( wooden building not visible from any direction)

[Auntypoll]

You can use it as a holiday home not a residence. Well that's legally, if you don't tell anyone you might get away with it but if you haven't a permanent address elsewhere you may have problems if anyone reports you. Does your land have its own land registery title number ?

[Buenchico]

The building will not have required planning permission for its original use as long as it met with the requirements for 'permitted developments' of 'outbuildings':
https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/common-projects/outbuildings/planning-permission

However your proposal to now live in the building constitutes a 'change of use', from an 'outbuilding' to a Class C3(a) 'dwellinghouse' and, as such, would require planning permission:
https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/common-projects/change-of-use/use-classes

Further, Building Regulations would need to be taken into account as well:
https://www.planningportal.co.uk/applications/building-control-applications/building-control/approved-documents

 

[Peter Pedant]

rather  obviously no -  you have indulged in every  country man's dream. Build an annex at the bottom of the garden, live in  it and  hey presto - one building is now two !

Builder may give practical  advice

Paul McCartney - they made  him  pull hispalatial wooden  but down.

https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/macca-will-bulldoze-house-to-save-cabin-7193205.html

oh look it was 2012

 

[The Builder]

Even if you designated the shack as a 'granny annex' to the main house, it would still be considered as an outbuilding.

That means that its use is incidental to the main house. i.e it's seen as a part of the house.

Since 2015, Class Q of planning law has allowed conversion of agricultural buildings, but they must be agricultural. That wouldn't apply in your case Freddy.

Planners accept Class Q because it's Law. What they hate most of all is setting precedent unless dictated by Law that lets them off the hook.

I can't stress enough that what you need is a 'Planning Consultant.'  Under present law, I would guess the best they could achieve for you would be allowing the building to remain as an outbuilding. To establish separate dwelling status would be a long hard, tortuous and expensive procedure with no promises.

[Auntypoll]

Like I asked before, if you are selling your house and keeping the 2 acres of woodland you will have to create a new title number at land registry. This land will them be classed as 'recreational. Or 'agricultural' depending on what the original title stated, and not connected to any dwelling, therefore zero chance of getting a dwelling unless it falls within any village boundaries.

[Peter Pedant]

thx build-y for coming in on Cue - some common sense.

 

[Peter Pedant]

To establish separate dwelling status would be a long hard, tortuous and expensive procedure with no promises.

actually I didnt want to say - MI5 may be listening- my cousin tried this - with obvious results - he will probably have to pull it down, but death intervened ( oh lardy da etc.