Policy information sourced from Welwyn Hatfield District Plan

RA14 Rural Exceptions Sites

Outside the towns and specified settlements, permission may exceptionally be granted for small-scale affordable housing schemes to meet local needs on land within and adjoining any Green Belt settlements where development would usually be refused. The schemes will only be allowed where there is an identified local need from an up-to-date housing needs survey and must respect the character and local distinctiveness of the settlement. Before planning permission is granted for a rural exceptions scheme, secure arrangements must be in place to ensure that all initial and subsequent occupiers of the properties have a specified identified need for local accommodation and that the benefits of affordability remain in perpetuity.

For more information please see the Welwyn Hatfield District Plan