Housing schemes providing 100% AHLN may be permitted as an exception to normal policy circumstances in line with Strategic Policy HOU/1 and Policy HOU/2 and providing the following criteria are met:

1. There are no allocated sites coming forward within the development boundaries or confinements of the settlement which could meet this need;
2. The proposal adjoins and forms a logical extension to the development boundary or adjoins the existing settlement;
3. Secure arrangements are provided to ensure that all the dwellings within the scheme provide AHLN and remain so in perpetuity;
4. The number, size, type and tenure of the dwellings meet the justified local need as set out in the local housing needs survey in line with Policy HOU/5;
5. The AHLN units are of high quality, built to the Assembly Government’s Development Quality Requirements – Design Standards and Guidance 2005 in line with Policy HOU/2,  Strategic Policy NTE/1 – ‘The Natural Environment’ and The Code for Sustainable Homes;
6. The development proposal meets the Council’s Affordable Housing Discount for Sale Criteria;
7. The development proposal meets the requirements set out in the Development Principles and other related policies of the Plan.