Rural Communities
26 Oct 2014
Grants open for neighbourhood planning
A GRANT scheme to encourage neighbourhood planning has opened for applications. Around 1,200 communities across the country have already embarked upon neighbourhood planning since they were introduced by the Localism...
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24 Oct 2014
Archbishop wants ‘radical’ rural leaders
THE Archbishop of Canterbury has urged rural church leaders to be ‘brave’ and ‘radical’ – particularly with reference to shared leadership. Justin Welby was speaking at a ‘Germinate!‘ rural mission...
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14 Oct 2014
Road safety campaign wins rural support
One of England’s biggest counties is backing a national campaign to promote rural road safety. North Yorkshire County Council said it welcomed a national government Think! campaign to encourage responsible...
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03 Oct 2014
Village halls struggle to find volunteers
VILLAGE halls are struggling to find new recruits to manage the buildings, reveals a study. England’s 10,000 village halls rely on more than 12m hours of volunteering each year to...
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18 Sep 2014
Minister backs ‘early oil’ campaign
RURAL residents are being urged to save money by stocking up on heating oil before winter. The Buy Oil Early Campaign is being run by Action with Communities in Rural England...
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18 Sep 2014
Families priced out of housing market
HOUSE prices are rising so much that soon only the wealthiest people will be able to buy their own home, says a report. Only the wealthiest of the next generation...
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15 Sep 2014
Affordable housing threshold under fire
THE Rural Services Network has urged the government to abandon proposals to exempt smaller developments from affordable housing requirements. The Department for Communities and Local Government has been canvassing opinion...
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15 Sep 2014
Planning measures ‘will protect countryside’
NEW planning measures aim to ensure greater fairness while protecting the countryside from unauthorised traveller sites, says the government. Proposed new measures to tackle travellers who flout planning rules and...
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07 Sep 2014
MP slams ‘threat’ to affordable housing
A RURAL MP has called on the government to drop a plan to limit new affordable homes being built in small communities. Lib Dem MP Nick Harvey (North Devon) asked...
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01 Sep 2014
Call to end fly-grazing ‘scourge’
RURAL leaders have called on the government to help prevent the illegal grazing of horses in the countryside. More and more horses are being left on someone else’s land without...
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