Chapter 11 I Placemaking and Managing Development
Rural Generated One-Off Housing in the Urban Hinterland Demonstrable Need to Reside on Landholding 11.130 Objective 3.13: Rural Generated Housing and paragraphs 3.51-3.54 provide the policy basis for rural generated housing in the Urban Hinterland. Part of the policy requirement is that development proposals for new dwellings are supported by a demonstrable case to justify a genuine need to reside on the land or farm holding, in order to meet one of the key tests for representing an exceptional rural generated housing need.
Objective 11.8
Older Persons and Specialist and Supported Living Accommodation Planning permission for elderly-persons and supported and specialist care accommodation will be granted where it: a. Is located with good access to local facilities and services including public transport, shops and healthcare facilities; b. Is located close to or as part of a mixed community and will contribute positively to the creation and maintenance of mixed and balanced communities; c. Is appropriate for its intended residents and the neighbourhood in terms of form, scale and design; d. Includes gardens and amenity space of appropriate size and quality; e. Meets the affordable housing requirements of Chapter 3 Delivering Homes and Communities. Planning permission will not be granted for the loss of existing specialist care accommodation unless it can be demonstrated that provision is to be replaced or that there is a not a need for the facility.
Objective 11.9
One-Off Housing: Demonstrable Need to Reside on Landholding With reference to Objective 3.13 – Rural Generated Housing, applicants shall satisfy the Planning Authority that their proposal represents a demonstrable need to reside on the land based on their social and / or economic links to a particular local rural area, and in this regard, must demonstrate that they comply with one of the following categories of housing need: a. Farmers, including their sons and daughters who wish to build a first home for their permanent occupation on the family farm; b. Persons taking over the ownership and running of a farm on a full-time basis, who wish to build a first home on the farm for their permanent occupation, where no existing dwelling is available for their own use. The proposed dwelling must be associated with the working and active management of the farm.
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