Owen Green

Thanks all, that was a helpful description of an Ag tie, every day’s a school day! It wouldn’t be an Ag tie, just a friend offering some space in his land that adjoins the canal. It might be able to go in the water, but would be a permanent mooring, and to go in would need to be re-plated, hence the idea of it being on land.

Thanks, yes, agricultural land. Not sure I want it on the down low, would like to do things properly. What do you mean by an Ag tie?

So if I put wheels on a narrowboat it might be a caravan! 🤣

Thanks all, thats some really helpful advice. So it seems I’d definitely need planning permission, does anyone have any further advice on how to make an application more likely to succeed? For background, I need to sell my house and have been offered a 79ft narrowboat for sale that needs the hull re-plating. I live in an area where there is a short stretch of non CRT canal and whilst popping it in the water might be possible, it will be expensive to make sure it doesn’t sink in the first year. A local landowner has offered some next to the water land to pop it on, so I’m investigating what this would mean in terms of bringing it about and then of living a reasonably sustainable lifestyle. Power, water and sewage were all on my list of ‘how would I sort that out’ questions. I like the deck on the images which show a relatively level entry to the boat. any more thoughts hive brain?

Life on a boat on land Do I need planning permission narrowboat services.