Rural Planning
A future-focused vision for rural communities involves not just building the right homes in the right places but also ensuring thriving, sustainable communities.
19 Jul 2021
Rural Issues Raised in Westminster Planning Debate
Last Thursday (15th July), Bob Seely MP called a Westminster Hall Debate on the future of the planning system and the upcoming Planning Bill The Rural Services Network put together...
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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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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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28 Jun 2021
Battles loom as housing developers eye rural England
The FT reports that large areas of South Downs National Park are set to be developed into new towns in order to meet Boris Johnson’s housebuilding targets of 300,000 a...
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14 Jun 2021
RSN asks for rural pilots… Government delivers
Last week we reported on the Government’s announcement of 10 council to test the use of digital tools in the planning process. The announcement included £1.1 million grant fund to...
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14 Jun 2021
HCLG committee ‘unpersuaded’ that government planning reforms will make system quicker
Inside Housing reports that the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee published its first report on the future of the planning system in England. The report includes a chapter on...
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01 Jun 2021
Rural areas face threat of 400,000 new homes
Nearly 400,000 homes will be built on greenfield sites in the south of England over the next five years, according to a new analysis of planning policy reported in The...
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01 Jun 2021
Government sets out requirements regarding first homes
Through a Written Ministerial Statement the Government has set out the requirements on local planning authorities to provide First Homes Concurrently, these were incorporated into amended National Planning Practice Guidance. ...
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17 May 2021
RSN to produce a Rural Lens review of the Queen’s Speech
The RSN will produce a Rural Lens Review of the Queen’s Speech and the Government’s supporting document for circulation with the Bulletin next week Our overarching comments at this stage...
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17 May 2021
Johnson’s planning laws an ‘utter disaster’, say countryside campaigners
The BBC and the Guardian have reported that the Government has confirmed that MPs will vote on a controversial overhaul of England’s planning system within the next year The Planning...
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