Leisure Land - Pitfalls?

[tonyinfrance]

Having decided Sarthe was a bit too expensive for us we turned out attention to the Mayenne region, but an interesting alternative has appeared.

It's a 2000sqm plot of leisure land near La Fleche with a "compact and easily managed " chalet about 40 years old.  No new building is currently permitted although it seems vaguely possible that it might be re-zoned as suitable for a second home.  There is some form of covered soakaway but no fosse septique - I understand it might be possible to obtain permission to install one.  There is no mains electricity but there is a handy solar panel array backed up by a generator.

Not like a normal house then, but it has the two attributes we are most interested in - peace and quiet.  Although it lacks most of the normal comforts it can't be all bad as the current owners (with a caravan) spend several months there each year.

Are there any regulatory or other issues we should be aware of?

Thanks

[Albert the InfoGipsy]

Normally you can't spend more than a few months each year on a terrain de loisirs. Spending the whole year there would almost certainly be a breach of planning law and might result in everything being required to be demolished -- the rules have tightened up over the years. If you compare the price for a terrain de loisirs to a similar plot with building rights in the same area you'll see that there must be something to account for the difference.

At one time I considered buying three or four terrains de loisirs in different parts of France and migrating around in a motor caravan.

[tonyinfrance]

Thanks Albert - much appreciated.