Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
23 Aug 2021
Rural districts house prices rising five times faster than London
Yorkshire Live reports that city buyers looking for homes in rural areas may be responsible for the 29.4% rise in Yorkshire house prices over the last year Across the UK,...
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23 Aug 2021
Charity fears people maybe unaware of countryside threat
Stourbridge News reports that residents who may be affected by new housing developments proposed in the Black Country Plan may not be aware of the threat to their countryside The...
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02 Aug 2021
Somerset council leaders seek Government help on phosphates halting new homes
A significant number of planning applications that would deliver 11,000 new homes in Somerset are on hold due to water quality issues impacting sites such as the Somerset Levels and...
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26 Jul 2021
Rural vacuum for getting hold of cash
New Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) research has found that fewer than half (45%) of residents in rural areas have a bank branch within 5km of their home, forcing those living...
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26 Jul 2021
Future of Cash
With the Treasury’s consultation on access to cash now open, the ATM deployer NoteMachine is seeking the views and input of its allied stakeholders As part of a new report...
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26 Jul 2021
Revised plans for housing development at Birch Close in Freshwater
A proposed Freshwater development has been reduced after objectors feared the ‘destructive’ effect it could have on their quiet cul-de-sac, according to the Island Echo Nearly 50 objections against the...
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26 Jul 2021
Ian Botham highlights the importance of shooting to the environment and economy
The Daily Mail reports that England cricket legend Lord Botham has backed a rural partnership of nine organisations, including the Countryside Alliance, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation and...
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12 Jul 2021
Planning Debate
On Thursday 15th July, Bob Seely MP has called a Westminster Hall Debate on the future of the planning system and the upcoming Planning Bill The Rural Services Network has...
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05 Jul 2021
North Yorkshire Rural Commission
The Yorkshire Post reports on the findings of the North Yorkshire Rural Commission, which it says show “the starkest warning yet of the area’s future policy challenges as a consequence...
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28 Jun 2021
Opposition Day Debate on Planning Changes
An opposition day debate took place last week on 21st June focusing on proposed changes to planning legislation Labour were ‘calling on backbench rebels to support the opposition in a...
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