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News ArchiveShowing 29 News articles by Date. Show all by Category. The CLA has warned the Government that extra regulations on landlords could lead to a housing shortfall in the private rented sector. [News and Press/News Archive] - [17 May 2013] The CLA has urged the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to change new guidance which could see landlords having to move into their rental properties to obtain an energy grant. [News and Press/News Archive] - [27 March 2013]  Garden cities not the only answer to national housing shortage, says CLA The CLA has said the Government should not overlook the role that the incremental growth of rural settlements across England could play in tackling the national housing shortage. [News and Press/News Archive] - [23 January 2013]  CLA backs Boles’ housing planThe CLA has backed Planning Minister Nick Boles’ view that converting empty properties and developing brownfield sites will not be enough to cure the national housing shortage. [News and Press/News Archive] - [11 January 2013] CLA backs Boles’ housing planThe CLA has backed Planning Minister Nick Boles’ view that converting empty properties and developing brownfield sites will not be enough to cure the national housing shortage. [News and Press/News Archive] - [11 January 2013] The CLA has welcomed efforts by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to amend the procedure for assessing Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) and the Green Deal. [News and Press/News Archive] - [24 October 2012] The CLA said the Montague Report, published today (23 August), has highlighted the need to increase the private sector provision of let housing. [News and Press/News Archive] - [24 August 2012] The CLA today (21 August) criticised Welsh Government proposals to enforce “excessive” new regulations on private landlords in Wales saying they “miss the point” on housing supply. [News and Press/News Archive] - [21 August 2012]  Shared ownership protection rules ignore what private landowners could offer, says the CLAThe Government’s announcement that it will protect shared ownership schemes for first-time buyers ignores what private landowners have to offer, the CLA said today (Wednesday, 12 August). [News and Press/News Archive] - [12 August 2009]  Create balanced ‘eco-villages’ not eco-towns, says the CLAThe CLA (Country Land and Business Association) says the Government should not be proposing eco-towns but providing for sustainable development in existing villages. [News and Press/News Archive] - [8 April 2008]  Closing of Right to Buy Loophole Will Benefit Rural Housing – Says CLAAn amendment to the Housing and Regeneration Bill could free up the log-jam of land being made available for affordable housing in rural areas – according to the CLA, the rural economy experts. [News and Press/News Archive] - [31 January 2008]  Make rural areas ‘younger workforce friendly’, says CLA“Young people must want to stay in rural areas if we are to secure the future prosperity of the rural economy,” said David Fursdon, President of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) in response to the 2007 State of the Countryside Report... [News and Press/News Archive] - [17 July 2007]  Beginning of the end for ‘fossilised’ rural communities?-CLA welcomes Affordable Rural Housing Commission reportFor rural areas to survive and thrive both socially and economically, the recommendations from the Affordable Rural Housing Commission report issued today (Wednesday 17 May) must be implemented quickly, says CLA. [News and Press/News Archive] - [17 May 2006]  Clarion call to country landowners as prince launches low-cost homes guidesFrom 18 February, rural landowners wishing to help meet the local need for affordable homes will have access to a clear practical guide that sets out how to make land available, how to gain planning permission and local support and, crucially, how... [News and Press/News Archive] - [18 February 2005]  Government dismisses affordable rural housing opportunityThe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has ruled out the possibility of enabling rural landowners to fund badly-needed affordable rural housing schemes by building a limited number of open-market value properties on the same site. [News and Press/News Archive] - [24 January 2005] CLA in the news: Dales 'locals-only' homesAn article in The Guardian (20 Jan) on the plan to let only local people to buy new or converted homes in the Yorkshire Dales national park quotes Dorothy Fairburn, CLA Regional Director for Yorkshire. [News and Press/News Archive] - [20 January 2005]  Home truths cause government change of heart on affordable rural housingThe announcement today by Secretary of State Margaret Beckett and Housing Minister Keith Hill that the Government will keep the rural exceptions policy is a victory for rural communities and the rural economy, says the Country Land and Business... [News and Press/News Archive] - [8 December 2004]  'Low cost, local and low on hassle' - the goal for Affordable Rural Housing SchemesSpeaking at HRH The Prince of Wales’s Affordable Rural Housing Initiative conference today (22 November), President of the Country Land & Business Association Mark Hudson called for landowners and the public sector to work in partnership to tackle the... [News and Press/News Archive] - [22 November 2004] When is a brownfield site not a brownfield site?In response to the latest statistics showing that the majority of new dwellings are being built on brownfield sites, Mark Hudson, President of the Country Land & Business Association said: [News and Press/News Archive] - [21 October 2004] CLA attacks Government's proposals to confiscate empty homesThe CLA today condemned the Government's proposals to amend the Housing Bill to give local authorities the power to confiscate homes which have been left empty by their owners. [News and Press/News Archive] - [20 May 2004]  Parliamentary launch of CLA Housing ReportOn 11 February the CLA launched its new report, Housing the Rural Economy, in Parliament to an audience of MPs, peers and rural organisations. [News and Press/News Archive] - [13 February 2004] New report tackles rural housing crisis'Government policy threatens to exacerbate the growing housing crisis in the countryside,' warns Mark Hudson, President of the Country Land and Business Association which today publishes its report, 'Housing the Rural Economy'. [News and Press/News Archive] - [6 February 2004] 'Housing in the rural economy' - CLA launch report into housing provision in rural areasChallenging the Government's policy on rural housing, the CLA is to launch 'Housing the Rural Economy' on 9th February. This comprehensive report highlights the barriers that exist to the provision of suitable housing in the countryside and tables... [News and Press/News Archive] - [26 January 2004]  Rural Review is missing the planning point'Far greater growth in affordable housing through a more effective planning system is needed, or the rural economy will grind to a halt,' warns Mark Hudson, President of the Country Land and Business Association in response to today's Rural White Paper... [News and Press/News Archive] - [14 January 2004]  New tax targets tenantsWhether you're a business, a farmer or a family renting property or land, watch out - the longer you rent, the more likely you are to be hit with an unexpected tax bill. On the 1st December 2003, the government is introducing a new tax on people who pay... [News and Press/News Archive] - [24 November 2003]  CAP Reform 2003: a one-page summary of the settlementThis article summarises the most important elements of the political settlement of the CAP reform proposals agreed in the early hours of 26th June 2003. This concludes the political stage of the process started in July 2002 with the Commission's Mid... [News and Press/News Archive] - [2 July 2003]  CLA awards affordable rural housing prizeAward went to the Beaulieu Estate, Hampshire [News and Press/News Archive] - [11 December 2002]  Affordable housing in rural areasCLA gives evidence to rural group of Labour mps [News and Press/News Archive] - [14 November 2002]  More rural housing - but how?According to the "State of the Countryside" report, published by the Countryside Agency, the public, both rural and urban, believe that conserving the natural environment and the threat of increased rural suburbanisation are the major challenges facing... [News and Press/News Archive] - [22 August 2002] |
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