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01.03.2021
Following an All Party Parliamentary Group meeting for Rural Services, the Chairman Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP wrote to the Minister for Housing to consider: The importance of rural exception sites to deliver affordable housing Applying a...
22.02.2021
Ros Coward, Professor Emerita of Journalism at Roehampton University, has written in the Guardian this week that local action groups are protesting to save stretches of the countryside from destruction, including housing projects and road building projects planned on green-belts...
21.12.2020
The Times has reported that the Government has announced a U-turn on its controversial planning algorithm On Wednesday, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP (Con) abandoned the algorithm that would have increased housebuilding in the Conservatives’ southern heartlands. Instead,...
14.12.2020
Housing Today has reported that countryside campaigners have joined with more than 2,000 local councillors to sign a letter to Housing Minister Robert Jenrick MP (Con) opposing the Government’s planning reforms set out in its summer white paper The...
05.10.2020
The Government recently released a new Planning White Paper – Planning for the Future which has sparked debate across the country about the role of democracy in the decision making process and the way that we plan for development in...
17.08.2020
Country Land & Business Association (CLA) Deputy President Mark Bridgeman wrote a piece in the Yorkshire Post arguing that it is important for planning reforms to benefit rural communities, as employers are reviewing their home working policies and questioning the...
10.08.2020
Outlets including The Mirror, Greenock Telegraph and Building.co.uk report that ministers have been warned against prioritising homes for the ‘fortunate few’ as part of an overhaul of planning rules Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP (Con) has claimed that a...
20.07.2020
The Rural Services Network is part of the Keep Planning Local Statement from the LGA: COVID-19 has demonstrated the incredible spirit of communities as they united to support each other and fight this deadly...
06.07.2020
Farming UK and The Guardian have covered the reaction from the rural sector to Boris Johnson's plans to simplify the planning system as a way to kick start the post-COVID-19 economic recovery In a speech in the West Midlands...
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...
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Public Sector Funding
The RSN demands fairer funding from Central Government who have historically and systematically underfunded rural areas.
Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
Rural Health and Wellbeing
The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.
Rural Vulnerability
Rural residents can suffer from Rural Vulnerability, due to a combination of issues such as poor transport, lack of broadband low wages and higher than average house prices.
Rural Housing
The affordability of rural housing to people from a range of ages and backgrounds is key concern for RSN.
Rural Economy
The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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