PPS 4 Planning and Economic Development·Page 33·PED 6
Policy PED 6: Small Rural Projects
A firm proposal to develop a small community enterprise park/centre or small rural industrial enterprise outside a village or rural settlement will be permitted if there is no suitable site within the settlement, it would benefit the local economy or contribute to community regeneration, and it is clearly associated with but will not dominate the settlement or adversely affect landscape.
A firm proposal to develop a small community enterprise park/centre or a small rural industrial enterprise on land outside a village or smaller rural settlement will be permitted where it is demonstrated that all the following criteria are met:
(a) there is no suitable site within the settlement;
(b) the proposal would benefit the local economy or contribute to community regeneration; and
(c) the development is clearly associated with the settlement, but will not dominate it, adversely affect landscape setting or otherwise contribute to urban sprawl.
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