Policy DC10 – New dwellings on farms

Planning permission will only be granted for a dwelling house on a farm where there is a clear justification of locational need and all of the following criteria can be met: a. The farm business is currently active and has been established for at least 6 years; No dwellings or development opportunities outside settlement limits have been sold off from the farm holding within 10 years of the date of the application; and b. The new building is visually linked or sited to cluster with an established group of buildings on the farm and where practicable, access to the dwelling should be obtained from an existing lane. Exceptionally, consideration may be given to an alternative site elsewhere on the farm, provided there are no other sites available at another group of buildings on the farm or out-farm, and where there are either: 1. Demonstrable health and safety reasons; or 2. Verifiable plans to expand the farm business at the existing building group(s). Planning permission granted under this policy will only be forthcoming once every 10 years. A proposal for a dwelling by those involved in the keeping and breeding of horses for commercial purposes will also be assessed under the criteria set out in this policy.