SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement Edition 2 (December 2025)·Page 49·6.71
Prevention of urban sprawl and settlement distinction
Development in the countryside must maintain the visual distinction between settlements and surrounding countryside, and must not result in urban sprawl.
Development in the countryside must not mar the distinction between a settlement and the surrounding countryside, or result in urban sprawl.
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