National Parks ‘worth £5bn to economy’
ENGLAND’S National Parks are worth as much as the UK aerospace industry to the economy, says a report.
ENGLAND’S National Parks are worth as much as the UK aerospace industry to the economy, says a report.
Changes to planning rules will make it easier to bring redundant rural buildings back into use.
CHEAPER energy bills could be offered to rural communities that agree to local shale-gas extraction.
RESIDENTS have voted a resounding ‘yes’ in the UK’s first neighbourhood plan referendum.
A £2.3bn government investment in flood defences continues to discriminate against rural areas, business leaders have warned.
PROPOSALS to ease planning rules will put the countryside at risk, say conservationists.
RURAL business leaders are urging councils not to cut back on repairs to roads damaged by freezing temperatures.
RURAL insurer NFU Mutual faces a bill of up to £20m following floods across the Midlands, south-west England and Wales.
RURAL businesses are calling for a planning system that is less costly and bureaucratic to encourage growth in the countryside.
LOCAL councils should avoid creating ‘buffer zones’ around villages to stop wind turbines blighting communities, says a report.
ENGLAND’S National Parks are worth as much as the UK aerospace industry to the economy, says a report.
Changes to planning rules will make it easier to bring redundant rural buildings back into use.
CHEAPER energy bills could be offered to rural communities that agree to local shale-gas extraction.
RESIDENTS have voted a resounding ‘yes’ in the UK’s first neighbourhood plan referendum.
A £2.3bn government investment in flood defences continues to discriminate against rural areas, business leaders have warned.
PROPOSALS to ease planning rules will put the countryside at risk, say conservationists.
RURAL business leaders are urging councils not to cut back on repairs to roads damaged by freezing temperatures.
RURAL insurer NFU Mutual faces a bill of up to £20m following floods across the Midlands, south-west England and Wales.
RURAL businesses are calling for a planning system that is less costly and bureaucratic to encourage growth in the countryside.
LOCAL councils should avoid creating ‘buffer zones’ around villages to stop wind turbines blighting communities, says a report.