The government is exploring a raft of changes that planning experts say could be very positive for farmers and the wider rural economy. Permitted development rights (PDRs) are designed to make it ...

The rural sector is an important part of the UK economy in terms of its ability to contribute to food security, boost rural housing and provide opportunities to tackle climate change. Post-Brexit, ...

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Landowners say they can help solve the rural housing crisis and regenerate countryside communities if barriers to development are removed. Ahead of the government’s housing White Paper expected to be ...

Government proposals to let landowners convert rural barns into houses without needing planning permission have sparked a backlash from designers and national park bosses Critics fear the plans, aired ...

The National Trust has called for the government to scrap a planned expansion of permitted development rights, warning that it risks causing ‘long-term damage to the economy, communities and the built ...

An urgent reconsideration of rural development is needed for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The current strategies and patterns of rural development are failing to meet either ...