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FIRST STEP TOWARDS REJUVENATING RURAL COMMUNITIES? (10.07.06) CLA response to Kate Barker's interim report on the land use planning system
Rural communities and businesses have struggled for years against a planning system that is time-consuming, complex and, for small businesses, too expensive, says CLA in response to Kate Barker's interim report on the land-use planning system.
Rural communities and businesses have struggled for years against a planning system that is time-consuming, complex and, for small businesses, too expensive, says CLA in response to Kate Barker's interim report on the land-use planning system.
Frances Beatty, Director CLA West Midlands, said: "You only have to drive through a deserted, run-down town or village in a rural area to see the problems our current planning system has caused. Even 50 years ago, most villages would have been busy places, where communities lived and worked and established their friendships. They were the bedrock for a wide range of businesses. "Planning mantras for the countryside ever since the last War have not helped the rural economy one bit," she claimed. "For instance, through the past 30 years, rural economic planning was geared to funnelling enterprise into particular 'key' villages - a death knell for the economies of smaller villages which have withered into commuter settlements. Now there is an impetus to channel business into nearby market towns, but this could have an equally adverse impact on those larger villages if we are not careful".
Frances Beatty continued: "The CLA has long called for a planning system that gives equal weight to the three legs of sustainable development - economic, social, environmental - and we're encouraged by many of the suggestions in Kate Barker's report. "For too long, planners have not recognised the importance of economic development. The planning system should be about integrating jobs, homes, and services. Small rural settlements are often better placed to provide land for modest amounts of development. This is not a threat to the countryside, but about creating thriving areas where people can live, work and stay." She concluded: "The future of our countryside depends on its economic success. This will provide the profit that maintains our wonderful countryside and we would like to see this concept built on in the final report. If we want to see our rural communities grow and thrive, we need a system that will encourage more investment and more jobs at a local level with decisions taken at a local level." - ends -
NOTES TO EDITOR:
Frances Beatty, Regional Director, CLA West Midlands - Tel. 01785 284722, Mob. 07970 186506 Mel Capper, CLA Press Officer - Tel. 020 7235 0511, Mob. 07786 388158 Issued by Julie Mate, Marketing Manager, CLA West Midlands, Knightley, Woodseaves, Staffordshire ST20 0JW. Tel. 01785 284722 Mob. 07790 365577 Email. julie.mate@cla.org.uk Email recipients: If you wish to amend your details, or be removed from our contact's list, please reply to julie.mate@cla.org.uk No responsibility for loss occasioned to any person acting or refraining from action in reliance on or as a result of the material included in or omitted from this publication can be or is accepted by the author(s), the CLA or its officers or trustees or employees or any other persons. © Country Land & Business Association 2003. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, or stored in any retrieval system of any nature without prior written permission of the copyright holder except as expressly permitted by law.
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