rural development
17 Jun 2024
Balancing Growth: Ensuring Sustainable Development in Rural Areas
The below article was recently published in LOCALGOV, on the need for sustainable development in rural areas. It is reprinted in full below and can be accessed at this link....
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15 Apr 2024
Rural Affordable Housing – Understanding Rural Needs
This essay forms part of a collection of essays, Building consent: housing by popular demand published by Localis. Kerry Booth, Chief Executive Rural Services Network In July 2023, the Prime...
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15 Apr 2024
Localis Issues Essay Collection on Building Consent for Housing Renewal
Last week, independent think-tank Localis published a collection of essays from leading planning experts and local council leaders setting out ideas for how popular approval for new housing and developments...
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30 Oct 2023
New planning laws come into force with Levelling Up Bill
As the Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill received Royal Assent last week, a raft of new measures came into force which the government says will “put local people at the...
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29 Aug 2023
Research into the potential of Community Land Trusts published
As the government reviews the responses to its Short-term holiday letting consultation, a new research project is highlighting a potential solution to the rural housing crisis. Brightness on the Edge...
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26 Jun 2023
New scheme aims to tackle planning officer recruitment issues
The Government this week announced a new £1.59 million grant to fund and support a pilot scheme aimed at getting graduates into the planning sector. The Pathways to Planning Programme...
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11 Jul 2022
Rural Planning in the 2020s
Rural Planning in the 2020s is a report launched this month by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) It examines the challenges facing rural communities throughout the UK and in...
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16 May 2022
Government must act on the interests of rural economy, CLA says
Farming UK reports that the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has issued that the Government must set out clear steps on how it will level up the rural economy...
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19 Apr 2022
Newcastle University set to host event to help develop rural communities
The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise is holding a session titled ‘Community visioning in rural areas: Sharing best practice’ at the Cheviot Centre later this month, after a successful...
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14 Mar 2022
Rural communities let down by broken planning system
Property Reporter reports that the Country Land and Business Association, which represents 28,000 rural businesses and landowners in England and Wales, has called on the Government to overhaul its approach...
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