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Wales might be an option considering their One Planet Development rules - http://www.oneplanetcouncil.org.uk/ http://www.oneplanetcouncil.org.uk/ - or for more

Wales might be an option considering their One Planet Development rules - http://www.oneplanetcouncil.org.uk/ http://www.oneplanetcouncil.org.uk/ - or for more detail http://www.oneplanetcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/One-Planet-Development-TAN6.pdf http://www.oneplanetcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/0... While planning rules make it difficult to make new-builds in the countryside, you might look at fixer-uppers in rural Ireland. If you're a UK citizen you still have the right to live in Ireland. In many cases councils are eager to have people fixing up vacant houses, and grants are available. This is how I came to have thatched cottage on 3.5 acres in Co. Offaly. And I had ~40,000 euro, not 1 million pounds! I made a site to find properties like this, go to gaffologist.com/ and choose "advanced" if you want to select for acreage (warning - it's buggy!) https://www.youtube.com/@MossyBottom https://www.youtube.com/@MossyBottom is worth watching on this topic as well; he lives off-grid in rural Ireland and is fixing up an old cottage.

Paul_S 4y ago
Yes, I know Wales has some low impact development legislation but look at the history of many of those projects, years of court cases and several tens of thousands of pounds in fees. The successful ones (that I know of) are the ones that incorporated themselves or garnered enough media attention to stop the demolition. I know it sounds lazy but I don't want to start a movement, just build a house. I don't want to cut wheat with a scythe and live in a tipi (can't remember which one but it was one in England that did get permission). Thanks for the website, I'm amazed how cheap plots are in Ireland. It does look like Ireland has what I'm looking for: reasonably priced house/plot with a couple of acres of land. Those villages even have most of the grid! But see, that's the problem - all good advice boils down to "move out of England".
- CalRobert 4y ago
  "move out of England" seems like a good start regardless! Ireland would offer a familiar environment at least.

Paul_S 4y ago

Yes, I know Wales has some low impact development legislation but look at the history of many of those projects, years of court cases and several tens of thousands of pounds in fees. The successful ones (that I know of) are the ones that incorporated themselves or garnered enough media attention to stop the demolition. I know it sounds lazy but I don't want to start a movement, just build a house. I don't want to cut wheat with a scythe and live in a tipi (can't remember which one but it was one in England that did get permission). Thanks for the website, I'm amazed how cheap plots are in Ireland. It does look like Ireland has what I'm looking for: reasonably priced house/plot with a couple of acres of land. Those villages even have most of the grid! But see, that's the problem - all good advice boils down to "move out of England".

CalRobert 4y ago
"move out of England" seems like a good start regardless! Ireland would offer a familiar environment at least.