Policy information sourced from Dacorum Core Strategy

CS20: Rural Sites for Affordable Homes

Small-scale schemes for local affordable homes will be promoted in and adjoining selected small villages in the countryside (see Policies CS6 and CS7), and exceptionally elsewhere with the support of the local Parish Council.

Development will only be permitted if:

  • it meets an identified local need for affordable housing;
  • the housing is for people who have a strong local connection with the village or parish through work, residence or family; and
  • the scheme is of a scale and design that respects the character, setting and form of the village and surrounding countryside.

Any site on the edge of a village must represent a logical extension to it.

For more information please see the Core Strategy