UK 28 Day rule

[Mad Manx]

Found on another forum

Current leglislation allows almost any piece of land to be used for non specified events on up to 28 days per year. There are proposal afoot to restrict this rule. If this is the case it will have an enormous effect of many leisure activities on millions of people. The ability to use a piece of land for (say) caravan rallies, motor sport or gymkhana events on no more than 28 days in any one year is vital for the continuance of the many of these activities. They are generally non controversial and accepted by the neighbours. Similarly many grass air-strips are operated under the same conditions. To restrict this legislation would put many out of business. They are extremely important to the general aviation activities of many private pilots and their families.

The MSA spotted this in relation to Motorsport and have issued a press release,

http://www.msauk.org/site/cms/newsar...r=210&nid=1438

The proposals are buried deep within a "Change of Use" paper on planning law. The government document is here (the bottom of page 10 & 11 are the relevant bits I think):

http://www.msauk.org/uploadedfiles/changeofuse.pdf

You can send your views to the panel here:

UCOReview@communities.gsi.gov.uk.

It is vital that anyone who has an interest in occasional activites who operate under the current rule make their views known to the panel. Please circulate this to any organisations that may make use of the 28 day rule.

I am not a lawyer, and the above is my assessment of the proposals, I may have got it wrong, but if not many activites will be affected.

[eFestivals]

the tories making new rules up to ensure the peace and quiet of their country piles at the expense of the enjoyment of others? Who'd have thought it, eh?

Next up you'll have the tories introducing rules which make the building of new houses in the countryside almost impossible. Oh, hang on.

If people vote for the rich f**king over everyone else in their own interests, why are those people then surprised when the rich f**k over everyone else in their own interests? If you vote stupid you get stupid.