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.
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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26 Apr 2021
Government Response to Consultation on Changes to the Planning System
Some Good News but a need to remain vigilant The Government’s response to the Consultation on Changes to the Current Planning System has now been published and there is some...
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26 Apr 2021
Warning over picturesque countryside at risk of being spoilt by housing developments
There has been a 129 per cent increase in developments planned on greenfield land, putting them at risk of ‘rapid and reckless’ projects, according to new data from the Campaign...
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01 Mar 2021
Letter to Housing Minister from APPG for Rural Services
Following an All Party Parliamentary Group meeting for Rural Services, the Chairman Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP wrote to the Minister for Housing to consider: The importance of rural exception...
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22 Feb 2021
The Government’s ‘relentless push for development’ is ‘destroying rural England’
Ros Coward, Professor Emerita of Journalism at Roehampton University, has written in the Guardian this week that local action groups are protesting to save stretches of the countryside from destruction,...
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21 Dec 2020
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP announces planning U-turn
The Times has reported that the Government has announced a U-turn on its controversial planning algorithm On Wednesday, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP (Con) abandoned the algorithm that would have...
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14 Dec 2020
Tory councillors join call for Government planning rethink
Housing Today has reported that countryside campaigners have joined with more than 2,000 local councillors to sign a letter to Housing Minister Robert Jenrick MP (Con) opposing the Government’s planning...
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05 Oct 2020
RSN responds to Planning Consultation
The Government recently released a new Planning White Paper – Planning for the Future which has sparked debate across the country about the role of democracy in the decision making...
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17 Aug 2020
Planning reform must support job creation and economic growth in rural areas
Country Land & Business Association (CLA) Deputy President Mark Bridgeman wrote a piece in the Yorkshire Post arguing that it is important for planning reforms to benefit rural communities, as...
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