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The Housing (Right to Buy) (Designated Rural Areas and Designated Regions) (England) Order 2025

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Contents: 5 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
  3. 2 Designated rural areas
  4. 3 Designated regions
  5. SCHEDULE Designation of rural areas

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Title and introductory text

2025 No. 823 Housing, England The Housing (Right to Buy) (Designated Rural Areas and Designated Regions) (England) Order 2025 Made 9th July 2025 Laid before Parliament 11th July 2025 Coming into force 2nd August 2025 The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 157(1)(c) and (3)(a) of the Housing Act 1985.

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1 Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Designated Rural Areas and Designated Regions) (England) Order 2025 and comes into force on 2nd August 2025. (2) This Order extends to England and Wales. (3) In this Order— “the Act” means the Housing Act 1985; “designated rural area” means a rural area designated by article 2.

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2 Designated rural areas

The areas specified in the Schedule are designated as rural areas for the purposes of section 157(1) of the Act.

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3 Designated regions

(1) In relation to a dwelling-house which is situated in a designated rural area specified in paragraph 1 of the Schedule, the region designated for the purposes of section 157(3) of the Act is the City of Colchester. (2) In relation to a dwelling-house which is situated in a designated rural area specified in paragraph 2 of the Schedule, the region designated for the purposes of section 157(3) of the Act is the district of East Hampshire.

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SCHEDULE Designation of rural areas

Article 2 1 In the City of Colchester, the parishes of Abberton, Aldham, Birch, Boxted, Chappel, Copford with Easthorpe, Dedham, East Mersea, Fingringhoe, Fordham, Great and Little Wigborough, Great Tey, Langenhoe, Langham, Layer Breton, Layer-de-la-Haye, Layer Marney, Little Horkesley, Messing-cum-Inworth, Mount Bures, Peldon, Salcott, Virley, Wakes Colne and Wormingford. 2 In the district of East Hampshire, the parishes of Beech, Bentley, Bentworth, Binsted, Chawton, East Tisted, Farringdon, Froyle, Kingsley, Lasham, Medstead, Newton Valence, Ropley, Selborne, Shalden, Wield and Worldham.

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