A sentence in Policy 45 in the extant Local Plan has been removed. This requirement should be retained in Policy NE10. “Within the countryside, outside Settlement Boundaries, development will be granted where it requires a countryside location and meets the essential, small scale, and local need which cannot be met within or immediately adjacent to existing settlements.”

Support with qualification
A sentence in Policy 45 in the extant Local Plan has been removed. This requirement should be retained in Policy NE10.
“Within the countryside, outside Settlement Boundaries, development will be granted where it requires a countryside location and meets the essential, small scale, and local need which cannot be met within or immediately adjacent to existing settlements.”