SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement Edition 2 (December 2025)·Page 49·6.73
Replacement dwellings in the countryside
Replacement of existing dwellings is permitted where the building to be replaced exhibits the essential characteristics of a dwelling and has external structural walls that meet the required standard.
Replacement dwellings: provision should be made for the replacement of existing dwellings where the building to be replaced exhibits the essential characteristics of a dwelling and, as a minimum all external structural walls are
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