Schedule 2 Part Temporary buildings and uses: Class B – temporary use of land (28 DAYS Rule)

[Dak Slater]

Hi all.

if possible could someone help clarify this for me, i have a head of terms for 8 acres of Agricultural land, which i would like to turn into a paintball field, structures will be made from pallets and wood, no doors or windows or roof, just a shell of a building so to speak, under Schedule 2 Part Temporary buildings and uses: Class B – temporary use of land (28 DAYS Rule) interpretation B (Permitted Development) section B3 states "War Games" means enacted, mock, or imaginary battle conducted with weapons which are designed not to injure.

My Question,

Class B the USE OF ANY land for ANY purpose for not more than 28 days in total in a calendar year. I can crack on with this project as i'll only run 24 games a year (2 a month) build as seen above which are temporary structures, and falls inline with legislation law as written in this post. 

Can anyone help meaning, that the paintball field is in the legislation law and fails into the remit of this. 

Any advice and guidance would be very grateful (i have spoke to the local council and they said as long as i believe it falls in the legislation then i'm under no obligation to tell them about it. However, when i said can you confirm it is, as a question, they just said complete a Lawful Development Certificate, which was then followed up with, this just makes it Formal and as i'm not obligated to tell them then this is classed as informal. 

[Ian Walmsley]

Hi, 

Class B of part 4, excludes war games only if in a SSSI.

War games involves paintball under paragraph F

“war game” means an enacted, mock or imaginary battle conducted with weapons which are designed not to injure (including smoke bombs, or guns or grenades which fire or spray paint or are otherwise used to mark other participants), but excludes military activities or training exercises organised by or with the authority of the Secretary of State for Defence

 

Therefore I can't see any reason why can't go ahead. Just be aware that ideally you should remove everything from the land between uses. Although this rarely happens with car boot sales etc. from experience.

You are correct in saying that you don't need to notify the local authority.