Policy information sourced from Mole Valley Local Plan

RUD5 - LOW-COST RURAL HOUSING

Proposals for very limited low-cost housing may exceptionally be permitted:

  • within or adjoining the Green Belt villages identified in Policy RUD1,
  • adjoining the villages excluded from the Green Belt identified in Policy RUD2,
  • adjoining the villages which lie beyond the Green Belt identified in Policy RUD3

on land which would not otherwise be released for housing provided that:

  • the development is consistent with the functions of the Green Belt in the case of a) and b) above;
  • the proposed scheme is justified on the basis of identified local rural needs arising out of a village or a parish;
  • the proposed scheme only provides dwellings at low-cost relative to prevailing market rents/prices;
  • there are adequate management arrangements to ensure that:
    • initial and successive occupiers of the dwellings are limited to local people who need to live in the villages.
    • the dwellings remain low-cost in perpetuity.
  • the development is small scale, respects the form and historic character of the village and the local style of building and would not materially harm the openness of the Green Belt or the character of the countryside;
  • adequate services and infrastructure exist in the village and additional public resources will not be required to improve services;
  • the traffic generated is compatible with the environmental character of the village and can be adequately accommodated on the surrounding road network.

Dwellings provided under this Policy will contribute retrospectively towards provision under Policy HSG3.

For more information please see the Local Plan