A particular rural district; a country neighborhood.

The rural parts of the borough lying outside the defined housing settlement boundaries and general employment areas. This can include dispersed housing, garden land, industrial and business uses, churches, schools, recreation facilities and other uses on the settlement fringe as well as agricultural areas (see also the definition of "Rural Areas").

rural regions

For the purpose of this Plan, Countryside is defined as land which is not contained within a defined settlement envelope or within the Green Belt.