Comments on: Organic Architecture in the UK http://www.comingunmoored.com/2009/04/organic-architecture-uk/ At last I had mastered the low art of coming unmoored. -- Joe Androe Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:22:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Justin http://www.comingunmoored.com/2009/04/organic-architecture-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-937 Justin Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:39:56 +0000 http://www.comingunmoored.com/?p=1279#comment-937 No, you can't live in a caravan (which is essentially what a tiny house is) for more than 28 days in a year, without planning permission. You can have a guest to stay temporarily if the caravan is in your own back garden. You may have someone live in a caravan in your own garden providing they take a minimum of 1 meal a day in the house with you, but you cannot have someone independently living in a caravan in your garden without planning permission. Crazy but true. No, you can’t live in a caravan (which is essentially what a tiny house is) for more than 28 days in a year, without planning permission. You can have a guest to stay temporarily if the caravan is in your own back garden. You may have someone live in a caravan in your own garden providing they take a minimum of 1 meal a day in the house with you, but you cannot have someone independently living in a caravan in your garden without planning permission.

Crazy but true.

]]> By: Steph http://www.comingunmoored.com/2009/04/organic-architecture-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-914 Steph Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:17:20 +0000 http://www.comingunmoored.com/?p=1279#comment-914 Justin, I'm not as familiar with the zoning challenges in the UK. Although, I have been following the story of the Roundhouse. Is it possible to do the trick similar to what Jay Shafer once did where you could have a tiny house in the back yard of a regular house and then rent out the big house and live in the one out back? I know the UK has a much stronger tradition of backyard sheds than the U.S. but I don't know what restrictions there might be in living in one. Justin, I’m not as familiar with the zoning challenges in the UK. Although, I have been following the story of the Roundhouse.

Is it possible to do the trick similar to what Jay Shafer once did where you could have a tiny house in the back yard of a regular house and then rent out the big house and live in the one out back? I know the UK has a much stronger tradition of backyard sheds than the U.S. but I don’t know what restrictions there might be in living in one.

]]> By: Justin http://www.comingunmoored.com/2009/04/organic-architecture-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-912 Justin Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:51:22 +0000 http://www.comingunmoored.com/?p=1279#comment-912 Yes, I've loved that little house for a long time. Sadly there's always the planning permission issues with it and other houses like it. Having the use of the land, building cheaply and environmentally and making it look as beautiful as it does just isn't enough sadly. The hoops that some people have had to go through to get permission to live in places like this are crazy, see the story attached to what's become known as That Roundhouse in Wales, which you can find on the website for the house here http://www.thatroundhouse.info/ Just as with tiny mobile houses, permission doesn't really count, in the uk even if you own the land, you can't live on it in something like a caravan or mobile home for more than 28 days in a year unless you have planning permission and generally you just won't get it. Sad but true. The one bright spot is that you can build and apply for permission in retrospect and, if you are living gently on the land, and not annoying neighbours, you may be lucky and receive permission to stay. Simon has the best description of this I've found anywhere on his site at http://www.simondale.net/house/planning.htm and is well worth a read to give you an idea of how things work in the UK. Cheers, Justin. Yes, I’ve loved that little house for a long time. Sadly there’s always the planning permission issues with it and other houses like it. Having the use of the land, building cheaply and environmentally and making it look as beautiful as it does just isn’t enough sadly. The hoops that some people have had to go through to get permission to live in places like this are crazy, see the story attached to what’s become known as That Roundhouse in Wales, which you can find on the website for the house here http://www.thatroundhouse.info/

Just as with tiny mobile houses, permission doesn’t really count, in the uk even if you own the land, you can’t live on it in something like a caravan or mobile home for more than 28 days in a year unless you have planning permission and generally you just won’t get it. Sad but true. The one bright spot is that you can build and apply for permission in retrospect and, if you are living gently on the land, and not annoying neighbours, you may be lucky and receive permission to stay. Simon has the best description of this I’ve found anywhere on his site at http://www.simondale.net/house/planning.htm and is well worth a read to give you an idea of how things work in the UK.

Cheers,

Justin.

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