In this chapter

• Introduction to development management policy
• Housing
  • Policy H/AH: Affordable housing
  • Policy H/RS: Affordable housing regeneration schemes
  • Policy H/RES: Rural exception sites
    • Policy H/RES: Location of rural exception sites
    • Policy H/RES: Scale of rural exception developments
    • Policy H/RES: Cross-subsidy between market and affordable housing
    • Policy H/RES: First Homes exception sites
    • Policy CLH: Community-led housing for exception sites
  • Policy H/EC: Affordable housing requirements within older person and specialist housing (including Extra Care)
  • Policy H/SH: Specialist housing and homes for older people design
  • Policy H/AS: Accessible homes and residential space standards
  • Policy H/HM: Housing mix
  • Policy H/BtR: Build to rent developments
  • Policy H/CL: Co-living schemes
  • Policy H/PBSA: Purpose built student accommodation
  • Policy H/SBCHB: Self-build and custom housebuilding
  • Policy H/GT: Gypsies, travellers and travelling show people
  • Policy H/M: Moorings
• Climate change
• Nature and ecosystem services
• Green Belt
• Jobs and economy
• Healthy, vibrant and inclusive communities
• Heritage and design
• Sustainable transport
• Pollution, contamination and safety
• Minerals and waste
• Waste
• Infrastructure

Policy H/RES: Scale of rural exception developments

Please read these options together with the policy for rural exception sites

Option A

Option A
Continue to refer to Rural Exceptions Sites as applying to small sites. Generally small sites are defined as less than 10 dwellings.

Advantages

• Reflects national policy.

Disadvantages

• Current policy does not provide any guidance on the size of exception sites that will be permitted.Generally small sites are defined as less than 10 dwellings. This restricts the delivery of affordable housing on rural exceptions sites.

Option B

Option B
Set out that sites could have a capacity of up to 20 dwellings in total subject to the levels of local housing need, cross-subsidy requirements, and size of the settlement. Further guidance might be needed as to village size proportionality, in order to determine where a maximum site capacity would be less than 20 dwellings.

Advantages

• Provides clarity on policy.
• The need for affordable housing within a rural settlement will be determined through a Rural Housing Needs Survey based on robust methodology and housing need within the settlement ,as evidenced through the Housing Register.

Disadvantages

• Developments could look to maximise site capacity.