What are the rules about staying on your own land?

[Lauriefairycake]

I seem to remember some story somewhere that travelling families were prevented from buying land and living on it? And I wondered how that affected if you bought say half an acre of woodland and camped on there for the summer.

Anyone any ideas? Cos I think it would be lovely to camp in the woods in an RV for the summer.

i think the issue was setting uppermanent residence or building on the land

friends bought land in the forest of dean, they camp on it and have a mutual traveller friend park their bus for a short period.

As long as it isn't permanent,it should be ok.

Be warned,someone will be bound to complain though!We had an empty caravan parked in one of our fields & some rich bloke complained to the council,saying that he didn't spend £££££££'s on a country house to look out of the window & see a caravan.The council made us move it,despite it just being stored there & not used.We later found that we had a right to put quite a few caravans there if we'd wanted,but by then it was too late.

I have a feeling that you can camp or park a caravan on your own site, but only for a certain number of months a year so that the site is completely clear for at least part of the year. And I don't think you can connect any utilities, like water.

I belive you can camp on your own woods, I think there are restrictions, possibly not for more than 30 consecutive days? DH knows, I'll ask him tonight.