Me and my partner have just bought a run-down C.19th house for renovation in the middle of a small village. It hasn't been lived in for about 12 years. In the garden there is an old (now beyond repair) caravan; not a static, but a large towing caravan of the sort used by fairground people and travellers. When I phoned the council about council tax, I was told that the caravan had it's own separate address and council tax account!
The question is what advantages, if any, does this give us - is it worth our while keeping up the council tax payments for it (we might perhaps eventually be able to rent out whatever replaces it as a separate dwelling unit?).
At the moment we plan to replace it with a converted horse lorry mobile home that I already own, to live in whilst we renovate the house - is this acceptable from a planning point of view? (I realise this probably raises a separate issue!).
The house also has a 1/4 acre paddock adjoining the garden in which I wish to site a shepherds hut I am currently building (movable on wheels), which will be used as guest accommodation and for volunteers working on the land and house. Will this be subject to planning restrictions?
We are in a national park.
Many thanks in advance,
Henry
