Policy DM28: Rural Worker Accommodation
(1) Proposals for the provision of accommodation in the countryside for a rural worker will be supported where: (a) it
Read moredwelling and dwelling house
A self-contained building or part of a building used as a residential accommodation, and usually housing a single household.
A dwelling may be a house, bungalow, flat, maisonette or converted farm building.
Please also note that certain planning and building legislation has specific interpretations for the terms within the context of that legislation, and not all of these are the same.
For example:
The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 specifically excludes flats from the definition of a ‘dwellinghouse’.
The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) Regulations 2012 makes no such exclusions in its interpretation – “a building which is used as a single private dwellinghouse and for no other purpose” where ‘building’ is interpreted as per the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
The Building Regulations 2010 states that ‘dwellings’ can be flats, but ‘dwelling-houses’ can not be flats.
Policy DM24: Rural Settlements
In qualifying Rural Settlements, proposals for local occupancy dwellings to meet a locally identified housing need will be supported where:
Read morePolicy ST21: Managing the Delivery of Housing
The delivery of housing across northern Devon will be appraised through the annual local planning authority monitoring reports and the
Read morePolicy ST18: Affordable Housing on Development Sites
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