Market Towns – fit for the future?

One in five people in the UK live in or around small rural towns. But can they thrive? Jessick Sellick investigates. SOME 11 million people live in or around the UK’s small rural towns – and they remain the most rapidly expanding settlements in England. Many of them are traditional market towns, others former industrial […]

Our coastline: Life on the edge?

The furthest point from the coastline in England and Wales is only 110 kilometres and a large proportion of the UK population, about one-third, lives within 10 kilometres of it. With an ever changing coastline – due to climatic conditions, erosion, flooding and sediment supply – how can informed decisions about managing the coast be […]

Rural Statement – what does it offer?

Is the Rural Statement a ‘new’ contract to empower communities or re-presentation of ‘old’ initiatives? Jessica Sellick finds out. Under the strap line ‘new contract to give rural communities power to hold Government to account on rural growth’, the Rural Statement 2012 was launched by Environment Secretary Owen Paterson on 12 September 2012. This eagerly […]

Whose rural-urban fringe?

Land is one of our greatest assets, providing us with basic services, underpinning the economy and highlighting national identity and cultural heritage. Yet the ‘rural-urban fringe’ – the countryside immediately around our towns and cities – has all-too-often been a neglected and wasted resource. With increasing demands being placed upon land, can we afford to […]

What’s [not] in the Rural Statement

The government pledged to issue a rural statement this spring. It’s been a long time coming, says Jessica Sellick. According to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Government will soon publish a Rural Statement. The Statement can be traced back to April 2011, was officially announced in November 2011, originally due […]

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