SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement Edition 2 (December 2025)·Page 40·6.25
Enabling Development
Enabling development that would normally be contrary to planning policy may be permitted if it secures the long-term future of a significant heritage place without materially harming its heritage value or setting, typically by subsidizing maintenance or conversion costs.
Enabling development is a development proposal that is contrary to established planning policy and in its own right would not be permitted. Such a proposal may however be allowed where it will secure the long term future of a significant place and will not materially harm its heritage value or setting. Enabling development typically seeks to subsidise the cost of maintenance, major repair, conversion to the optimum viable use of a significant place where this is greater than its value to its owner or market value.
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