Kate Braithwaite's Blog – July 2010 Archive (2)

So who WILL speak for the Countryside?

Following the demise of the Commission for Rural Communities in England, Geoffrey Lean, Daily Telegraph writes: Its death notice, like Eleanor Rigby's, passed virtually unnoticed, achieving just one sentence in a single national newspaper. And yet this week's abolition…

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Added by Kate Braithwaite on July 8, 2010 at 10:30 — 2 Comments

Minister to support land Trusts

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today (Tuesday 29th June) confirmed that he will take forward legislation allowing the creation of Local Housing Trusts. In a speech to the Community Land Trusts conference in London, the Minister confirmed that plans for Local Housing Trusts will be included in the forthcoming Decentralisation and Localism Bill, due to be introduced this Autumn. Local Housing Trusts would have to show they have the support of the local community for planned housing… Continue

Added by Kate Braithwaite on July 2, 2010 at 12:03 — No Comments