Apologies for posting the times article in this thread; it was gone midnight (still on my USA road trip) and I meant to post under the ‘Stonehenge’ thread Groundless prohibition rules (and a nice evening flight around Stonehenge) - #137 by BrianB
I withdrew 2 of the 3 pieces from this thread, but this one piece didn’t remove. Anyway, it’s on the other thread if you want to read the whole thing.
As for charging for drone flying. Actually a land owner can charge for anything on their land; look at English Heritage charging extra if you want to book an evening slot to walk amongst the stones.
In addition, Scottish law is different and far greyer with regards to being able to fly over other people’s property. Either way, EH & NT charge around £1,000 and only allow PFCO operators. This Scottish estate is asking for £10. I think that’s pretty reasonable considering they actually ask you to demonstrate knowledge of the Drone Code and may therefore filter out idiots. If this sort of approach was seen to be popular and working, it may expand far wider and be a good way of flying and filming over other areas that we currently can’t. It also stops dead any interfering busybody from trying to report you… Just my thoughts…