Farm Land

Mobile Homes on Farm Land

Whether planning permission will be required to site a mobile home on farm land will depend on how the caravan is used. The ‘use’ must be in connection to the established use of the land.

In short a mobile home will not usually require permission, but you can’t use the caravan as accommodation. It must be used in association with the use of the land. On farm land the caravan must be used for farming activities, storage or a rest area required by health and safely for workers. It cannot be used residentially as living accommodation without approval because the ‘use’ of the land would have changed from agricultural to domestic and a ‘material change of use’ would have occurred. A mobile home can, however, be used as accommodation for a limited 28 days of the year. There is no clear wording within this law that states the caravan needs to be moved off-site when not inhabited.