Replacement Dwellings Policy

This includes provisions for replacement houses that may be required to meet modern standards, or otherwise result in enhanced environmental quality, provided the house to be replaced is identifiable as, and most recently used as, a dwelling. The replacement of existing dwellings is important to the renewal and upgrading of the rural housing stock. However, where the residential use of the house to be replaced has ceased, justification of specific locational need by the applicant will be required to ensure sustainable patterns of development. All permissions for a replacement dwelling granted under this policy will be subject to a condition requiring demolition of the existing dwelling or restricting its future use if it is to be retained as part of the overall development scheme.