Well that’s just spoilt my evening. I’ve just found that Forestry Commission Scotland do not allow drone flying on their land or overflying. Given that the field behind my house is Forestry Commission and a huge amount of land here belongs to them too, it severely restricts places to fly. I would not fly where there were people or disturb wildlife, but it seems to be a blanket ban. There seems to be a point of view that you can overfly above 50m but below 400’ but Scotland has this complicated Scottish Outdoor Access Code thing going on.
Any advice, opinions etc? What would happen if I was caught flying 70m over an empty field, within the drone code rules?
If I got pfco certified, is it likely they would say “OK, go ahead” I could be quite legitimately filming commercially, doing a video I hoped to sell one day, having filed a flight plan, done a risk assessment etc.
Cheers
Andrew
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