Surviving and Thriving on the Land: How to use your time and energy to run a successful smallholding: How to Use Your Spare Time and Energy to Run a Successful Smallholding

Recommended on February 14th, 2011 No Comments

Looks at ways in which self-sufficiency projects can be designed that care for the people involved in them as well as the earth that they are trying to protect. Offers a framework, backed up by real l

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Field to Farm: The Real Smallholding Book

Recommended on April 5th, 2010 No Comments

It does seem unlikely in our heavily regulated planning system, that it would be possible to carry out any development on agricultural land without planning permission. However as this book will demon

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Planning permission for self-sufficiency smallholding?

Articles, News, Planning Permission on February 21st, 2010 No Comments

We are buying a 4 acre field on the edge of our village “building envelope”. There was previously a small-holding here and the farmhouse was demolished about 20 yrs ago (been there for over 100 yrs). What is the best way to put our case for planning permission? Should we try for a building with [...]

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