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Rural Solutions Commissioned for Live/Work Development

Posted by Administrator on 20 February 2012

Rural Solutions has recently been commissioned to submit a planning application for the conversion of a barn in North Yorkshire to a live/work unit providing living accommodation and employment space.   This follows the recent receipt of consent for a live/work unit in a Wiltshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (see blog entry November 2nd [...]

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Rural Solutions planning application for retrospective change of use of a rural building

Posted by Administrator on 26 January 2012

Rural Solutions has this week submitted a planning application for the retrospective change of use of a rural building in North Yorkshire to a commercial workshop. The workshop was the subject of an enforcement complaint and the owner contacted us, following a recommendation from a local professional, to secure the retention of the workshop as [...]

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Rural Solutions advances plans for the conversion to offices of a Grade II listed building adjacent to a Grade I listed estate house

Posted by Administrator on 4 January 2012

Rural Solutions has recently submitted a formal pre-application planning enquiry to a Local Authority in the South East, relating to the conversion of a Grade II listed building, which is sited on a large estate adjacent to a Grade I listed house, offices and function space.

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Should the Government heed MPs advice and make significant changes to draft Planning Policy?

Posted by Administrator on 22 December 2011

Earlier this week a Communities and Local Government select committee published its own review of the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).  The NPPF will steer local government planning policy for years to come and would reduce guidance from the current 1,000 pages to just 50.  The national media has highlighted one key issue in [...]

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Rural Solutions recommend using the pre-application advisory process to substantiate the case for rural development

Posted by Administrator on 21 December 2011

Even though the anticipated ‘presumption in favour of sustainable economic development in the countryside’ has yet to be cemented formally by the adoption of the National Planning Policy Framework, Rural Solutions has started to see the trickle down effects of the revised policy framework coming into play with some local planning authorities. In 2008 a [...]

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Rural Solutions welcomes Chancellor’s Autumn Statement

Posted by Administrator on 9 December 2011

Rural Solutions welcomes the Chancellor’s announcement, in his Autumn Statement, that the government will consult on proposals to allow existing agricultural buildings to be used for other business purposes such as offices, leisure and retail space, to make it easier for rural businesses to find the premises they need to expand.  We believe that provided appropriate checks [...]

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