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Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund to reopen in December following continued successful uptake.
Published on 15 Sep 2021
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- The South West
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- Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund to reopen in December following continued successful uptake.
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- New round of government fund for collaborative farming communities
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Throughout 2020 there was a 36 per cent increase in the number of applications, compared to 2019. *This activity has led to a huge demand on Dorset Council’s planning services.
Published on 15 Sep 2021
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- The South West
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- Throughout 2020 there was a 36 per cent increase in the number of applications, compared to 2019. *This activity has led to a huge demand on Dorset Council’s planning services.
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- Dorset Council planning services struggling with Covid demand
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Devon is aiming to bolster its position as the UK’s leading area for the Community Energy sector with the launch of a new pilot funding scheme.
Published on 15 Sep 2021
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- The South West
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- Devon is aiming to bolster its position as the UK’s leading area for the Community Energy sector with the launch of a new pilot funding scheme.
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- Challenge Fund launched to help growth of Community Energy sector
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Wiltshire Council is asking private landlords who have affordable homes which are ready to let, to get in touch as the council prepares to welcome Afghan families to Wiltshire.
Published on 15 Sep 2021
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- The South West
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- Wiltshire Council is asking private landlords who have affordable homes which are ready to let, to get in touch as the council prepares to welcome Afghan families to Wiltshire.
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- Private landlords with empty properties asked to get in touch to help Afghan families coming to Wiltshire
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Cotswold District Council has successfully identified and fined an individual for fly-tipping a large quantity of bark chips in Northleach thanks to evidence provided by a local resident who witnessed the illegal act.
Published on 15 Sep 2021
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- Cotswold District Council has successfully identified and fined an individual for fly-tipping a large quantity of bark chips in Northleach thanks to evidence provided by a local resident who witnessed the illegal act.
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- Fly-tipper caught red-handed by local resident
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Cotswold District Council has joined forces with Forest of Dean and West Oxfordshire District Councils to develop an innovative zero-carbon homes toolkit, showing builders, architects, developers and homeowners how to make new build or retrofit projects ‘green to the core’
Published on 15 Sep 2021
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- The South West
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- Cotswold District Council has joined forces with Forest of Dean and West Oxfordshire District Councils to develop an innovative zero-carbon homes toolkit, showing builders, architects, developers and homeowners how to make new build or retrofit projects ‘green to the core’
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- New toolkit shows the way forward for zero-carbon homes in Cotswold District
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Community groups, businesses and farmers can now bid into the £22,000 pot of the North Devon Coast Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty's (AONB) small grant scheme, otherwise known as the Sustainable Development Fund.
Published on 15 Sep 2021
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- The South West
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- Community groups, businesses and farmers can now bid into the £22,000 pot of the North Devon Coast Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty's (AONB) small grant scheme, otherwise known as the Sustainable Development Fund.
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- AONB - Small Grant Scheme Open for Applications
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Dartmoor National Park Authority has recently agreed draft proposals to review Dartmoor’s byelaws.
Published on 15 Sep 2021
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- The South West
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- Dartmoor National Park Authority has recently agreed draft proposals to review Dartmoor’s byelaws.
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- Consultation on draft revisions to Dartmoor's byelaws
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Awarded by Natural England’s Nature for Climate Peatland Restoration scheme, funding was secured by South West Water on behalf of South West Peatland Partnership and will help restore 2,634 hectares of damaged peatland in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, saving a total of 652,625 tonnes CO2 equivalent
Published on 15 Sep 2021
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- The South West
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- Awarded by Natural England’s Nature for Climate Peatland Restoration scheme, funding was secured by South West Water on behalf of South West Peatland Partnership and will help restore 2,634 hectares of damaged peatland in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, saving a total of 652,625 tonnes CO2 equivalent
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- South West Water secure £9m funding to tackle climate change alongside the South West Peatland Partnership
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A scheme to improve mobile phone coverage in rural parts of Devon and Somerset is being expanded.
Published on 15 Sep 2021
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- The South West
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- A scheme to improve mobile phone coverage in rural parts of Devon and Somerset is being expanded.
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- Expansion of mobile boost programme across rural parts of Devon and Somerset
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Government needs ambitious plan for levelling up countryside, says leading rural group Published on 15 Sep 2021
Prime Minister's cabinet reshuffle
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- Government needs ambitious plan for levelling up countryside, says leading rural group
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- Prime Minister's cabinet reshuffle
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CLA Senior Heritage Adviser Jonathan Thompson looks at progress in the decades-long contest over landscape heritage Published on 16 Sep 2021
Long-lasting legacy
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- Jonathan Thompson
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- CLA Senior Heritage Adviser Jonathan Thompson looks at progress in the decades-long contest over landscape heritage
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- Long-lasting legacy