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Does the countryside buck the trend?

Posted by Administrator on 10 May 2012

The UK is back in recession and again the threat of a most unwelcome return to the gloom and uncertainty of 2008 is upon us all. But is it? Rural Solutions is a company that has worked specifically in the countryside for twenty years and over this time we have seen real hardship, such as [...]

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Rural Energy Generation

Posted by Administrator on 8 May 2012

The Campaign for Rural England (CPRE) has recently requested that the Government clearly outlines its proposals for the number and locations of future inland wind farms. Rural Solutions understands that the CPRE is acting on behalf of local groups who feel overwhelmed with wind farm applications by large developers. The CPRE’s concerns also build on [...]

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Duncan Hartley featured in Yorkshire Post

Posted by Administrator on 3 May 2012

Duncan Hartley, Director of Planning at Rural Solutions, featured in the Yorkshire Post on Thursday 12 April in an opinion piece on the National Planning Policy Framework. Read what Duncan has to say here: ‘At last, certainty enters the planning system’.

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Rural Enterprise Zones (REZs)

Posted by Administrator on 25 April 2012

This nationwide growth initiative was mentioned by the Chancellor in November 2011 to go hand in hand with its urban counterpart. The intention is to create hubs that draw benefit from tax incentives, relaxed planning and super-fast broadband that will, as a result, become the catalyst for new companies to spring into being in the [...]

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Rural Solutions Secures Consent for Retention of Rural Employment Space

Posted by Administrator on 18 April 2012

Rural Solutions has recently helped a small business owner in North Yorkshire to secure retrospective planning permission from Craven District Council for his rural workshop. The owner of the site and adjacent residential property approached Rural Solutions following an enforcement complaint, which arose from the use of a workshop building in conjunction with his manufacturing [...]

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Duncan Hartley quoted by North Leeds Life on NPPF

Posted by Administrator on 28 March 2012

Duncan Hartley, Planning Director at Rural Solutions was quoted by North Leeds Life, following the new draft of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). To read his comments, open this link: http://www.northleedslifegroup.com/2012/03/28/new-planning-laws-opening-the-floodgates-to-development/  

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