Originally Posted by
MrAverage
The CAA, if someone could manage to get them to comment, would say; "The rules are quite clear, one needs to be able to land clear of the built up area". In other words, not somewhere inside the built up area..................
The rules don't actually say that though. A while ago the CAA prosecuted somebody on that basis and lost when the defence barrister pointed out the difference between being able to land safely without endangering others and landing clear of the congested area. As far as I'm aware there's been no change to that part of the rules since.
Those of us without the deep pockets to hire good defence barristers might need to be more cautious but there is often a difference between what people think is illegal, what ought to be illegal and what actually is.