Specific Objectives

The objectives of this Planning Policy Statement are to: • facilitate sustainable tourism development in an environmentally sensitive manner; • contribute to the growth of the regional economy by facilitating tourism growth; • safeguard tourism assets from inappropriate development; • utilise and develop the tourism potential of settlements by facilitating tourism development of an appropriate nature, location and scale; • sustain a vibrant rural community by supporting tourism development of an appropriate nature, location and scale in rural areas; • ensure a high standard of quality and design for all tourism development.