Minister praises rural crime network
A GOVERNMENT minister has praised a rural network set up to combat crime in the countryside.
Views sought on small housing schemes
THE government is seeking views on exempting small housing schemes from section 106 affordable housing requirements.
Incentive will ‘cut rural energy bills’
RURAL home owners are set to benefit from the government’s latest renewable energy incentive.
Coastal path ‘will boost economies’
TOURISM and local communities will benefit from two newly opened stretches of the England Coast Path, says the government. Some 91km of coastline officially opened in Cumbria and North East England on 11 and 12 April after Defra approval was granted last summer. It comprises a 36km stretch between Allonby and Whitehaven; and a 55km […]
Rural academy ranked ‘good’ by Ofsted
THE UK’s first and only free school dedicated to the land-based sector has received a ‘Good’ rating from its Ofsted report.