South Ayrshire Local Plan
Protection of Housing Land
The housing sites listed in policies H2A, H2B, H3A and above, represent a relatively small part of the overall housing land supply of the Plan. The main part of the supply of land which is identified for housing development in South Ayrshire comprises existing sites that have the benefit of planning consent or which have been included in previous local plans. As the Council is in the position of requiring to allocate greenfield land for further housing, it is vital that the housing land supply is not eroded by its loss to other permanent land uses.
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POLICY H4
Proposals for development other than housing on land identified in the established housing land supply or identified for housing development on the Proposals Map will require to be justified in terms of environmental, economic or social benefits or otherwise be in accordance with Table I of Appendix I. |
There may be circumstances where a proposed non-residential use could be considered as an appropriate alternative use, particularly one which may benefit existing adjacent communities. In such circumstances, the Council would normally require that alternative effective brownfield land of equal capacity and marketability is secured prior to the issue of any planning consent for the proposed non residential use, especially if the proposal would result in the overall land supply for housing being in shortfall of the required demand.
