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03.02.2020
In a very welcome revision to the National Planning Practice Guidance, Local Planning Authorities are again able to set their own thresholds for affordable housing in designated rural areas. It goes a long way to meet calls for change...
16.12.2019
The rural economy needs more support from the next Government to ensure it does not miss key targets such as climate change, the managing director of Madeleys Chartered Surveyors has said The Shropshire Star covers the comments, which outline...
09.09.2019
09 September 2019 Below is an RSN review of last week's rural related politics as well as a look forward to the week ahead: Last week in politics (2 September - 8 September) On Sunday 1,...
29.04.2019
29 April 2019 Below is an RSN review of last week's rural related politics as well as a look forward to the week ahead: Last week in politics (23 April - 26 April) On Wednesday 24,...
03.12.2018
Five hundred farmers and rural businesses met in Westminster on Thursday 28 November to discuss post-Brexit countryside plans with Environment Secretary Michael Gove, as reported by the Darlington and Stockton Times. The day of action was organised by the...
19.11.2018
More than 2,000 English villages have been classified as unsuitable for expansion and are therefore missing out on new affordable housing, according to a new report by the Countryside Landowners Association (CLA). The report, Sustainable Villages, analyses how 50...
12.03.2018
Seemingly minor changes to the national planning policy framework could have big rural benefits, says an expert. They mean farmers could play an increasingly important role in the provision of rural housing. "There are two small...
06.03.2018
The Rural Services Network has welcomed proposals for a major overhaul of national planning policy. A consultation on a draft National Planning Policy Framework was launched by the government on Monday (5 March). RSN assistant director...
05.03.2018
A major overhaul of planning rules will "deliver the homes the country needs," says the government. The review of the National Planning Policy Framework was launched on Monday (5 March). The government says more must be done to...
16.07.2013
The Developing Rural Places - Planning and Localism seminar held at Shropshire Council, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire on the 16 July 2013 Presentations were as follows: - Michael Hyatt (Head of Strategy, Research & Performance;...
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Public Sector Funding
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Future of Rural Areas
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