Assessment of Curtilage Policy Documents

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The release comprises extracts from DSS social security guidance on the assets test treatment of "adjacent land" surrounding a principal home, including the private land use test, the extended land use test and the one title document rule. It sets out three exceptions allowing land on separate titles to be treated as one: where the dwelling sits on both blocks, where legal heritage protections prevent separate sale, and where separation would seriously undermine the house's function as a dwelling. It also covers access roads and lanes, the exclusion of mere loss of amenity (such as a pool or view), the effective land use test, grandfathering and backdating provisions for transition from 1 January 2007, and special circumstances case law. Document references and review dates from 2024 and 2025 are included. The extracts contain no funding figures or caseload data.