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The rural areas that traditionally have had a strong agricultural base, that are restructuring to cope with changes in the agricultural sector and have an extensive network of smaller rural towns, villages and other settlements. In these areas, the focus of urban generated housing should be in the network of settlements to support the development of services and infrastructure and to take pressure off development in the open countryside.
It is the policy of the Council to permit single housing in areas with a Strong Agricultural Base where any of the following criteria are met:
(a) the application is being made by a long term landowner or his/her family; or
(b) the applicant is engaged in working the family farm and house is for that persons own use and the applicant can demonstrate that he/she is eligible under the above criteria; or
(c) the applicant is working in essential rural activities; or
(d) the application is being made by a local rural person(s) who for family and/or work reasons wish to live in the rural area in which they have spent a substantial period of their lives. This also applies to persons who have left the rural area and now wish to reside in the place they grew up in; or
(e) the application is for that person’s own use and the applicant can demonstrate that he/she is eligible under the above criteria.
Documentary evidence must be submitted to support this evidence.
One or more of the following documentation should be provided: Full birth certificate, (including name & address of parents); copy of school roll; location plan showing the dwelling where applicant or spouse/intended spouse/partner/co applicant were born in area; utility bills from at least 10 years ago for a dwelling in the area of strong agricultural base.
This policy is designed to facilitate those people who in addition to one of the above criteria must demonstrate a housing need to reside in rural areas. This policy is designed to ensure that the application for a dwelling is made by a person who needs to live in the area. A local rural person is a person who was born in the local area or who is living, or whose parents or children have been living, within the local area for a minimum of ten years. Local rural person includes a local rural worker who is working in the local area.
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