The Housing (Right to Buy) (Designated Rural Areas and Designated Regions) (England) Order 1981

• Citation: S.I. 1981/397
• Sections: 21

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Designated Rural Areas and Designated Regions) (England) Order 1981 and shall come into operation on 14th April 1981.

(2) In this order “ the 1980 Act ” means the Housing Act 1980.

Section 2 Designated Rural Areas

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this article, the areas specified in the Schedule to this order are hereby designated as rural areas for the purposes of section 19 of the 1980 Act.

(2) The areas designated by this article do not include any area of land in a National Park or in an area designated under section 87 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 as an area of outstanding natural beauty.

Section 3 Designated Regions

In relation to a dwelling-house which is situated in a rural area designated by article 2 of this order, the designated region for the purposes of section 19 of the 1980 Act shall be the area comprising the following—

(a) the designated rural area in which the dwelling-house is situated; and

(b) so much of the county in which the dwelling-house is situated as is not within that designated rural area.

Section 1

In the District of Alnwick, the parishes of Acklington, Glanton, Hauxley, Hedgeley, Netherton, Rennington and Togston.

Section 2

The Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed, with the exception of the area of the former borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Section 3

The District of Caradon, with the exception of the parishes of Callington, Liskeard, Looe, Saltash and Torpoint.

Section 4

The District of Carrick, with the exception of the parishes of Falmouth, Feock, Penryn and Truro.

Section 5

The District of East Devon, with the exception of—

(a) the area of the former urban district of Exmouth; and

(b) the parishes of Honiton, Seaton and Sidmouth.

Section 6

The District of Eden, with the exception of the area of the former urban district of Penrith.

Section 7

The District of Kerrier, with the exception of—

(a) the area of the former urban district of Camborne-Redruth; and

(b) the Town of Helston.

Section 8

In the District of New Forest, the perambulation of the New Forest.

Section 9

The District of North Cornwall, with the exception of the parishes of Bodmin, Bude–Stratton, Launceston, Padstow and Wadebridge.

Section 10

The District of North Devon, with the exception of the parishes of Barnstaple, Fremington and Ilfracombe.

Section 11

The District of Penwith, with the exception of the parishes of Hayle, Penzance and St. Ives.

Section 12

In the District of Purbeck, the parishes of Affpuddle, Bere Regis, Bloxworth, Chaldon Herring, East Stoke, Morden, Moreton, Turners Puddle and Winfrith Newburgh.

Section 13

In the Borough of Restormel, the parishes of Colan, Grampound, Lanlivery, Luxulyan, Mawgan-in-Pydar, St. Ewe, St. Stephen-in-Brannel and St. Wenn.

Section 14

The District of South Hams, with the exception of the parishes of Dartmouth, Ivybridge, Kingsbridge and Totnes.

Section 15

The District of South Lakeland, with the exception of the Towns of Grange-over-Sands, Kendal and Ulverston.

Section 16

The District of Torridge, with the exception of the parishes of Bideford, Great Torrington and Northam.

Section 17

The District of West Dorset, with the exception of the parishes of Chickerell, Dorchester and Sherborne.

Section 18

The District of West Somerset, with the exception of—

(a) the area of the former urban district of Minehead; and

(b) the parishes of Watchet and Williton.