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’It can flip quickly from being idyllic’: the reality of life for young van dwellers priced out of Cornwall’s housing market

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Veserr@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/25/reality-life-cornwall-young-van-dwellers-priced-out-of-the-housing-market

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Shame that you require planning permission to live in a temporary structure on your own land and they almost certainly won’t grant it. Could very easily be nicer than living in a van and in many places cheaper - at least until you spend extra on optional improvements. Could even grow some of your own food as you have vast amounts of land instead of the back of a van.

    Such bullshit that it’s illegal to go and live in the woods. Maybe I want to become a mountain man, only going into town on rare occasions.

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