Not always.

If you are flying your drone on your farm, and also over 150m away from people, built up areas, houses and roads - you may be able to operate your drone in the A3 subcategory of the open category (far from people). This permits both commercial and recreational flights.

If you want to reduce separation distances or fly closer to built up areas, GVC drone training would be appropriate for these large farming drones.

Click to find out more about drone training or UK drone laws in 2022.