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Rural Views Go Unheard In 2004 an Issues Paper containing the draft form of PPS14 was circulated to Government and non-Government organisations. The purpose was to obtain feedback to put into the Draft PPS14 before it was published for public consultation on March 16 2006. The Rural Community Network were one such organisation who submitted a response in October 2004. After reviewing this submission, along with others, questions have to be asked whether any notice was taken of the views of the rural community especially when they are the group most affected by this proposed legislation. |
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This is what they said: - Planning permission should not be limited within zoned development areas. To limit development to towns, villages and hamlets would be in direct contrast to prevailing rural character. Restricted zoned development with no building in the open countryside would result in towns and villages becoming bigger and merging and losing any sense of individual identity. '… we are not starting from a blank page, rural Northern Ireland is not like rural England we do not all live in nicely defined villages.' '… our smaller villages are already being swallowed up by other larger towns, if this were to happen Strabane would eventually swallow-up Sion Mills.' - There is however a clear need for some form of improved regulation. Completely unchecked development could have similar detrimental impacts on rural character. '… we don't want another Donegal, Spanish Haciendas with eagles on the gate-posts in every field.' - No single 'A-typical character' can represent the diversity of rural character across the region. Planning, planners, PPS14 and the range of RDS implementation tools have a key role in managing the balance between 'build where you want' and 'completely zoned development'. - The right to live in the countryside should not be limited to agricultural need. There is a need to acknowledge and plan for the diversity of people that live in rural areas. There is more, much more - read the full submission here. PPS14 flies completely in the face of the views of local rural people. Did those drafting PPS14 even bother to read these submissions? They certainly took little note of them. |
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99% REJECT PPS14 |
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Judicial Review of PPS14 announced! Lend your support to this initiative. |
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Living in the Landscape By Jane Burnside RIBA
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Republic of Ireland take opposite view on rural housing! In April 2005, the Republic issued guidelines with a presumption in favour of one off housing. Find out why they see one off housing as an "integral part of a sustainable development of rural areas". Click Here... |
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Download a letter to send to the Department of Regional Development
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Useful Links Elevate - The Rural Planning Experts
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