General Chat

farm land for my yurt, it will be next year yippee or hippie , i will have to have a yurt meet , lovely wood burning stove etc xx :-D

That sounds great,

is it to be a permanent site? Don't know anything about yurts :-S -except it is a tent like structure.

Susan

Will i have to dress as a Mongolian?

yes susan , and you have to chant when the sun goes down whilst kissing the hay xx :-S
hi susan, semi permanent i think, but need to keep it aired whilst up, if i get my way it will be permanent, ive wanted this for a long time , only 1 more year x

I AM NOT
hugging trees that i dont know lol x

its ok joy, ive got a nice honeysuckle bush you can sniff xx :-D

good lol x

I could probably manage to chant while kissing in the hay ;-)

Do you have to get planning permission, like you would for a caravan?

WE HAVE A FRIEND IN SOMERSET WHO OWNS FOUR AND A HALF ACRES OF LAND,HE WANTS TO BECOME SELF SUFFICIANT BUT IT IS
AGRICULTURE LAND,PART FARMLAND AND IS NOT ALLOWED TO LIVE ON IT MORE THAN A FEW NIGHTS A YEAR,HE HAS NO LOO,NO WATER SUPLY EX FFOR RIVER (UNDRINKABLE) ,NOT ALLOWED ANY STRUCTURES WE CAMP THERE BUT ONLY ALLOWED WEEKENDS IN RETURN FOR HELPING CLEAR LAND,

yes penny luckily he has but if you can show that your not in it more than 28days in a row there are a few loop holes.

thats sad dizzi, yes he would have tonchange the land to residentiol, but the farmer is allowed to let staff live on the farm.

OUR FRIEND CANT GET IT CHANGED,ONLY IF THERE HAD BEEN A PREVIOUS STRUCTURE AND IT CAN ONLY BE THE EXACT SAME SIZE,BUT STILL NOT ALLOWED TO LIVE IN AND IF STAFF IT GETS COMPLICATED RE LOOS RUNNING WATER

OUR FRIEND CANT GET IT CHANGED,ONLY IF THERE HAD BEEN A PREVIOUS STRUCTURE AND IT CAN ONLY BE THE EXACT SAME SIZE,BUT STILL NOT ALLOWED TO LIVE IN AND IF STAFF IT GETS COMPLICATED RE LOOS RUNNING WATER

ahh shame he couldnt plead with the council ateotd its eco, he could compost his doodies buy a water filter , get some solar pannels, the council want us to cut down our carbon foot print and refuse people to live practically of the grid, guess they would loose to much money if we all did it. xx
just thought bet if he told them school children on a organised school trip could visit eco living ot would be a different matter,
dizzie, do u want me to do some personal delving ive quite a few contacts now that have been really helpfull.

OK YOU HAVE ALL NOTED WHAT SUSAN NZ HAS PUT LOL :-P

The primary school next door has just built a roundhouse out of wattle and daub. Dunno why.

So there is no need to worry about it yurt a while.but it does sound interesting.
As far as i am aware ,a yurt is not classed as a permanent structure and you do not have to get permission to erect it ,and anyway ,you can always shift it a few metres once in a while to get round any problems.
Sounds like a really interesting project ,but i hope you don't go too far ,lol,the council may object if yaks suddenly appear on your land Fred. :-)

It's the mongol hordes, whatever they might be, that really would worry them. All that sacking and marauding!

lol lol, and thanks badger, yes they are being used quite a lot in schools , hope it takes off u never know the men may start hunting for tea too xx

IVE SEEN THe type i like its 3000 so will take 12 months of hard saving xx