SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement Edition 2 (December 2025)·Page 84·6.205
Policy Presumption Against Loss of Open Space
Local development plans must have a policy presumption against the loss of open space to other uses, with exceptions only where redevelopment brings substantial community benefit or causes no significant detrimental impact.
There will be a policy presumption against the loss of open space to competing land uses in local development plans (LDPs) irrespective of its physical condition and appearance. Any exception to this general approach should only be appropriate where it is demonstrated that redevelopment would bring substantial community benefit that outweighs the loss of the open space; or where it is demonstrated that the loss of open space will have no significant detrimental impact.
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