You should post this in the The development of Drone Scene continues! thread and raise your concerns with the devs of Drone Scene 
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Great idea, @AdrianPH!
A lot of the councils are still using old bylaws that predate Atari ping pong. But these bylaws do state that there is a maximum fine of £2.
Send it and keep a couple of quid in your pocket 
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I’ll take 20 quid with me on Saturday just in case!
We are “surveying” on Saturday as potential land buyers…
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I’ll bring the college laptop, it’s got Bentley surveying software on it!
And I’ll bring the Inspire and hiviz to make me look important!
It’s a 10 min walk to the spot, hope you got strong arms 
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Man, eat meat, strong like bull!
That’s why I asked permission. Local councils wont allow take off without permission first.
Thought I’d go down the “correct path” first. Maybe not in the future.
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Fly first apologise after 
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What local councils don’t know won’t hurt them
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Without a bylaw the worst that can be done is for a local authority to declare you a trespasser and ask you to stop and/or leave.
I do struggle with places to fly my most recent “hobby” flights were on holiday Crown foreshore, no crowds, mini 2 job done.
Luckily I get a fair amount of flying in for work, have also noticed that even flying next to hospitals and similar no one has said anything to me in my standard work atire (shirt, tie, suit trousers and boots) they sometimes take a second look but out of 30 or so flights in some fairly sensitive areas not a single person has said anything to me.
Might start wearing it for hobby flights too 
clearly no one feels the need to challenge someone who looks like they belong.
Being trespassed from public land is another area drone pilots should know their rights.
People in a park will often protest (if asked to leave) that it is public land. This does not mean that they have a right to be on it at all times - they do not. If the place closes at a certain time and someone is present after that time, they can then be considered to be trespassing. If a visitor misbehaves at any time and refuses to leave when asked to do so by someone with a right to do so (usually the landowner or a representative) then the visitor becomes a trespasser because they no longer have the landowner’s permission to be there, even if they entered legally.
I would strongly argue that flying a drone in accordance with the DC regs would and couldn’t be regarded as misbehaving regardless of council policy. This is of course all dependant on how much one values ones own rights and the rule of law and how far one is prepared to go to stand up for them.
It’s actually also a difficult order to carry out as being a civil matter and with no laws being broken the police are powerless to intervene on the councils behalf. This then puts the council in the awkward position of how to eject that person from their land without getting physical (that then opens up another can or worms) the only time the police could possibly get involved is if you’ve broken either section 61 or 62 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 and flying a drone within the regulations certainly doesn’t do that.
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You make a good point there. Confidence is 90% of it.
When I worked as a lift engineer I would just arrive at properties and casually ask for the lift motor room keys and they would just give them to me!.. If I asked where it was they would take me there! Presumption is powerful.
I’ve also meet the jobs worth’s. I used to service the lift at the Bank of England in Birmingham. Even with a pre booked schedule you would get the microscopic investigations… Unless… The bullion lift was not working and then they never bothered with any security 
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100% used to be a train of thought with a high viz and some confidence you could get past most people.
I am always prepared for a challenge but would not be having a conversation while the UAV was in the air. I would politely ask they wait till it is back on the ground then have the conversation but it hasn’t really happened as yet.
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