The National Rural Conference 2024 – Rural Affordable Housing & Planning Session

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Rural Affordable Housing & Planning Session

The Speaker Presentations can be downloaded below:

Kerry Booth, Chief Execuitve, The Rural Services Network “An Introduction to Rural Affordable Housing & Planning” (Download presentation here) – View Kerry Booth’s biography here

Martin Collett, Chief Executive, English Rural “A Design Guide: Building Tomorrow’s Rural Communities” (Download presentations here) – View Martin Collett’s biography here

Fergus O’Dowd, Senior Planning Adviser, Planning Policy, Department for Transport (DfT) “The DfT Connectivity Tool” (Download presentation here) – View Fergus O’Dowd’s biography here

Nicky Debbage, Housing Strategy and Delivery Manager & Anna Clarke, Community Housing Enabler, North Norfolk District Council “Delivering affordable homes in rural North Norfolk” (Download presentation here) – View Nicky Debbage’s biography here – View Anna Clarke’s biography here

An AI generated summary of this session can be downloaded below:

Useful links from the session:

RSN Delivering for Rural Campaign:
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/winning-the-rural-vote

Affordable Housing Chapter of Delivering for Rural Campaign:
https://dev.rsnonline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/rural-affordable-housing-chapter.pdf

Planning Chapter of Delivering for Rural Campaign:
https://dev.rsnonline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/rural-planning-chapter.pdf

Homelessness in the Countryside: A Hidden Crisis by academics at the University of Kent and the University of Southampton:
https://research.kent.ac.uk/rural-homelessness/home/final-report/

RSN NPPF meeting notes:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/05-09-24-national-planning-policy-framework-session

Rural Recovery and Revitalisation: The Economic and Fiscal case for investing
in rural affordable housing:
https://dev.rsnonline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020_10_08_Report_to_CPRE_Engli.pdf

Unravelling a crisis: the state of rural affordable housing in England:
https://dev.rsnonline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/State-of-Rural-Affordable-Housing_online.pdf

Rural Exception Sites:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/housing-needs-of-different-groups#rural-exception-sites

Rural exception sites could help us build more affordable homes for rural communities:
https://www.housing.org.uk/rural-exception-sites/

Rural Housing Design Guide:
https://englishrural.org.uk/rural-housing-design-guide/

To participate in trialling the Department for Transport Connectivity Tool contact:
connectivity@dft.gov.uk

Rural Services APPG:
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/inaugural-meeting-of-the-appg-for-rural-services-a-promising-start-for-rural-communities

Rural Facts and Figures