SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement Edition 2 (December 2025)·Page 49·6.73
New dwellings in existing clusters
New dwellings may be permitted in existing clusters outside farms where the development appears as a visual entity, is associated with a focal point, and can be absorbed through rounding off without significantly altering existing character or intruding into open countryside.
New dwellings in existing clusters: provision should be made for a dwelling at an existing cluster of development which lies outside a farm provided it appears as a visual entity in the landscape; and is associated with a focal point; and the development can be absorbed into the existing cluster through rounding off and consolidation and will not significantly alter its existing character, or visually intrude into the open countryside;
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