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Rural Development Council Policy on One-Off Houses in the Countryside |
| The RDC is well known for its tireless campaigning on rural issues in support of rural communities. The RDC have produced a comprehensive policy which advocates a rural policy that is sympathetic to the needs of the rural community and countryside rather than a blanket ban as advocated in PPS14. Read the full policy document here. | |
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Summary Northern Ireland's rural areas, and the diversity of natural and cultural resources they contain, represent an important asset for the region as a whole for future economic growth and in the health and social well-being of people. So do its rural communities. |
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Inappropriate development, however, can damage these assets, whilst well thought out development can enhance them. We believe that rural policy and planning must - " Protect and manage this asset base; " - Be supported by an imaginative and widely supported vision for rural communities and settlements as places for living; - Be inter-departmental - which sees planning in the countryside 'joined up' with the rural development policies of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), the environmental policies of DARD and the Department of the Environment (DoE), Environment and Heritage Service, and Department for Regional Development regional policy as a whole, but also the policy objectives of Department of Education, Department of Culture Arts and Leisure, DHSS and DETI. RDC is not in favour of a blanket policy for the whole of rural NI either for or against development. |
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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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