PPS 7 Quality Residential Environments·Page 13·3.7
Development plan policies for established residential areas
Development plans may include specific policies to control housing development in established residential areas with notable townscape character. These policies should ensure new housing harmonizes with adjacent housing and preserves environmental quality, residential amenity, and the established character of the wider housing area.
Development plans may include specific policies for the control of housing development in established residential areas, particularly those which display considerable townscape character. These policies will seek to ensure that the form, density and character of new housing is in harmony with adjacent housing and does not detract from the environmental quality, residential amenity and established character of the wider housing area.
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