Your Options As A Farmer (And Why The 60 Day Rule Is The Easy Win)
All The Options Available To You
2 min · video lesson
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In this lesson
There are a few legitimate routes into camping and glamping on farmland. Here's the short list before we go deep on the easiest one.
Before we go deep, here's the short list of routes available to UK landowners:
1. The 60 day camping rule — open your land to camping or glamping for up to 60 days a year with no planning permission needed. Easiest route in by miles.
2. Exemption certificates through bodies like the Camping and Caravanning Club — year-round camping but with restrictions. We cover this in Module 4.
3. Full planning permission — proper holiday park route. Bigger investment, longer timeline, not where most farmers should start.
4. Diversified experiences without overnight stays — day visits, animal experiences, fishing, archery, woodland sessions.
For 90% of farmers reading this, the 60 day rule is the right starting point. So that's what we're going to focus on for the rest of this module.
Key takeaways
- 60 day rule = the easiest legal route in
- Exemption certs = year-round but restricted
- Full planning = overkill for most starting out