Object. This policy should not be restricted to only supporting reuse and replacement of rural buildings. Whilst it is accepted that vast new building within the rural area is not acceptable or desirable, the fact is that some enterprises such as equestrianism (which rely on being located within the rural area) generate significant economic, social and environmental benefits and they require the ability to be able to build new facilities within the rural area. Not allowing for such provision risks losing employment, financial benefit to the rural economy, access to important recreational and sporting activities and the associated benefits to health and well being, the environmental benefit of retaining significant areas of land as functional but undeveloped and the environmental benefit to birds, bats, owls and other protected species which thrive in equine environments.