Just before we bought our woodland, I looked at a piece of woodland in Stratford. The woodland wasn't great (about 4.5 acres iirc), but I was more interested in the 40 yard private mooring that came with it . When I started looking into it , even though you owned the mooring , you still had to get permission ( and pay), the local authority, and iirc Avon river authority. It looked like a right ball ache , and would be a bit of a kick in the teeth , if they refused , after I'd already bought the woodland.
Added to that . There was a gypsy camp just up the road , and hedges littered wi