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GemmaSh31 · 21/03/2021 06:40

We are looking to buy our perfect house in a small village near us in Cornwall, but the garden is really small!!!

I've been speaking to the local farmer about buying some of his field because we've read that you can convert fields to garden ( www.beechplanning.co.uk/agricultural-land-to-residential.html ); has anyone got experience of this?

Thanks in advance!!! Star

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GemmaSh31 · 19/04/2021 17:53

We are looking to buy our perfect house in a small village near us in Cornwall, but the garden is really small!!!

I've been speaking to the local farmer about buying some of his field because we've read that you can convert fields to garden ( www.beechplanning.co.uk/agricultural-land-to-residential.html ); has anyone got experience of this?

Thanks in advance!!!

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GrumpyMiddleAgedWoman · 21/04/2021 08:11

Friends of ours did this. iirc they had to deal with planning around taking land out of agricultural production.

HappydaysArehere · 21/04/2021 09:27

How small is small? Have you been used to a big garden? This is from my perspective . At about 32 years of age we moved to a house with a big garden. Seemed great at the time but as we have got a lot older I can see it soon becoming a worry. Too old to have the energy to move now but still got a lovely big garden that constantly needs work. Really envied a friend with her easy to maintain smallish garden. However, can see that renting some land could be a good solution. It’s an easy way out of the work in the future.

Seeline · 21/04/2021 09:35

You can apply to change the use of agricultural land to residential curtilage (garden), yes. What that piece of marketing you linked to doesn't say is that it is usually quite difficult to get approved.

Council's generally like to keep the countryside looking like countryside and see the change in appearance associated with such changes as detrimental (think open field compared to manicured lawn, shed, green house, swimming pool, tennis court, flower beds etc). There can also be implications in terms of wildlife and habitat.

Even if you were to get it, there are often restrictions preventing you from building outbuildings etc without gaining further planning permission.

I would have a chat to the planning officer at the Council concerned to see if the y have a general approach to such applications. You could also look at the relevant local plan online to see if there is a specific policy relating to such applications - there often is. Also check the online applications on the Council website to see if there have been any similar applications nearby to see what their outcome was.

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