The main issue in the US in this regard is half the population density. There is a just a lot more land, around people’s houses included. Also people are in general a lot less stressed about this and any number of other things – which is also related to lower population density IMO.
Pretty sure it is also not allowed in the Netherlands, only approved airports / heliports.
Permitted with permission from the local mayor
And under what conditions are those permissions granted?
I have never needed to ask but the local fire department will be involved. Since experience flights from sports fields etc were fairly commonplace before COVID the conditions cannot be too onerous
Here’s a good video of my friend who is a master of confined area operations. He was wondering why the local medivac helicopter needed to use the local football field 
He’s been at it for decades and has owned lots of them.
In the UK, anywhere with landowner permission.
Operations are limited to 28 days a year under the rule which applies to all the “change of use” activities (fixed wing flying, etc); discussed in detail here. However this 28 day rule may be different if you can land the heli within the “curtilage” of your property which would mean having to have a fairly big garden.
In practice, the neighbours will hate you unless they are similarly wealthy and I am sure the same issue will appear in every other country.
@WilliamF – your link returns a non existent page error
Peter_Mundy wrote:
@WilliamF – your link returns a non existent page error
I was trying a link shortener, it made a mess of the link. This one should work.
Operations are limited to 28 days a year under the rule which applies to all the “change of use”
Yes, up to a point… Unauthorised change of use for more than 28 days a year is not an offence, and planning approval is only required if someone objects within 10 years.
I think the trick, which surely has wider application than just keeping an aeroplane at home is not to annoy one’s neighbours. This is much easier if they are few in number, and easier with fixed wing than rotary.
Yes, of course. I worded it badly. But the link I posted has all the details.
