SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement Edition 2 (December 2025)·Page 51
Social and Affordable Housing in Countryside
Plan policies should support small groups of social and affordable dwellings adjacent to or near small settlements where a need has been identified, designed to integrate sympathetically with surroundings.
Social and affordable housing development: where a need has been identified by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, or the relevant housing authority, plan policies should support the development of a small group of dwellings adjacent to or near a small settlement. The appropriate number of social/affordable dwellings permissible will depend upon the identified need and the requirement to ensure the development is sited and designed to integrate sympathetically with its surroundings.
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