Strategic Open Breaks

Stategic Open Breaks maintain the physical separation of certain settlements, development within the following open breaks will be limited to that which retains their open character and their contribution to the settlements’ setting. Development proposals on open breaks will be subject to policy S22 and in addition will not be permitted if they result in: a) harm to the openness or landscape character of the area, including local views or would otherwise result in significant harm to settlements in their wider landscape setting, or b) loss of environmental or historical assets that individually or collectively contribute to local identity.