PPS 21 Sustainable Development in the Countryside·Page 13·3.2
Objectives of PPS 21
PPS 21 has four key objectives: managing countryside growth for sustainable development patterns meeting rural community needs; conserving landscape and natural resources while protecting from inappropriate development and pollution; facilitating development for sustainable rural economy including farm diversification; and promoting high design standards.
The objectives of PPS 21 are:
• to manage growth in the countryside to achieve appropriate and sustainable patterns of development that meet the essential needs of a vibrant rural community;
• to conserve the landscape and natural resources of the rural area and to protect it from excessive, inappropriate or obtrusive development and from the actual or potential effects of pollution;
• to facilitate development necessary to achieve a sustainable rural economy; including appropriate farm diversification and other economic activity; and
• to promote high standards in the design, siting and landscaping of development in the countryside.
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