Can I put a marquee up permenantly?

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We own some land in a conservation area which is also green belt. It's not our garden and has no houses directly around it. It's about three acres approx.

We looked into having a garden building built in it (an insulated shed room with a wood burner etc) but was told absolutely not as even though it would be made of wood it would be there permenantly.

We then thought about getting a tent there permenantly, as it's obviously more temporary. We initially looked at bell tents but decided we wanted something we could stand in easier, so we found a 16 foot canvas marquee.

I've just looked online and it seems for more than 28 days you need planning permission to have this in your garden. This isn't a garden but given the controls on conservation/green belt I'm assuming it will be tricky. When I rung the council previously I was told even having a small shed woukd need checking with them first .

Does anyone know how likely it is we would be able to do this? I know I can ring then tomorrow but dh is in a bad mood that he's spent hours finding this marquee and then in two minutes I google and find out planning permission might scupper us once again. There must be some kind of shelter we can put up .

The only thing I can think that would be passable now is a caravan or shepherds hut or something on wheels so i assume it isn't classed as a permenantly structure.

So you want a change of use on the land from agricultural to leisure? If you get this you will massively increase the value but it's virtually impossible.
Then you want to build a holiday home on greenbelt in the conservation boundary of the village. It's charmingly optimistic of you but unless you own more than 5 hectares and can get it done as a farm building under permitted development and then change to amenity use a few years down the line I can't see this working.
Good luck though!

I don't think the op is doing it deliberately in that way momb.

It's very common in rural areas for someone to buy relatively cheap pasture and try and do something else with it. Unless it's in an area highlighted for building planners are normally very resistant to any structure on the land because once a structure is in place there is often pressure to increase it. So start small (caravan, shed) and work up gradually to something permenant. It's called salami slicing.

I know it's annoying to own something such as land or a house and not be able to do what you want with it. The planning laws are there to provide control on development.

There is a massive difference between an open field next to a village, in green belt conservation territory and a piece of land with trees, play equipment and a wooden structure that may at some point be slept in.

Op i'm not suggesting you are trying to get round planning. Just trying to explain a bit about why planners may be reluctant to grant permission for what you want to do.