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>How do they check and enforce the planning restrictions on rural land?I found a quote: "A condition of Permitted Development rights for forestry is that you must give advance notice to the local planning authority of what you intend to do. This system is called the Prior Notification Procedure (or the Determination Procedure) and involves filling in a simple form and providing a map and drawing. The planners then have 28 days in which to notify you that your development should not begin without their prior approval of the siting, design and external appearance. At this point they could also reject the proposal as not “reasonably necessary” for the purposes of forestry."
From the sound of it, they would likely visit your land after your shed has been put there to check that it is built exactly like you said in the plan. After this they would just leave you alone, it's your land now and they don't checkup or anything.
>I know woodlands.co.uk make you agree to not use any land bought from them for permanent residences how do they enforce this?With a lot of the websites that specialise in the sale of woodland I've noticed they'll ask you to sign a covenant (legal agreement not to build illegal stuff, be loud, have smoky fires, etc.). The reason for this is that most woodlands sold are attached to other woodlands owned by different people, the covenant acts as a way for a woodland owner to complain about their neighbour who is having smoky fires, etc. and allows them to stop their neighbours from doing this completely even though it's their land. Basically, a covenant limits what you can do in your land. This will only be enforced if a neighbour complains.
>Would they check the shed for signs of an underground "cut and cover" house whose entry is in the shed floor?As long as it's hidden well (floorboards and carpet), no one is going to think there's a secret door in the shed floor.
