Environmental stewardship
Policy Consultation 4 March 2005
Comment from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Liberal Democrats, the Woodland Trust, the Countryside Agency and the National Farmers Union.
Rural strategy
Policy Consultation 22 July 2004
Comments from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Action within Communities in Rural England, the Countryside Alliance, the Countryside Agency and the Woodland Trust
Forum Brief: Countryside access
Policy Consultation 13 July 2004
Comments from the National Farmers' Union, the Countryside Agency, English Nature and the Countryside Alliance.
Forum Brief: Affordable housing
Policy Consultation 10 May 2004
Comments from Shelter, the Countryside Agency and the Construction Products Association
Forum Brief: Broadband
Policy Consultation 28 April 2004
Comment from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Country Land and Business Association, the Countryside Agency and the Countryside Alliance
Forum Brief: Rural services
Policy Consultation 29 March 2004
Comment from the Countryside Agency and the Countryside Alliance.
Forum Brief: CAP reform
Policy Consultation 13 February 2004
Comment from the Woodland Trust, the Countryside Agency and the National Trust.
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Forum Brief: Rural review
Policy Consultation 14 January 2004
The government has released the first results from new research which shows in detail the changing nature of England's rural economy and society.
Rural merger unlikely before election
Press Review 19 November 2003
Forum Brief: Haskins review
Policy Consultation 11 November 2003
Lord Haskins has set out plans for a radical overhaul of the way the government delivers rural services.
Forum Brief: Rural planning
Policy Consultation 24 October 2003
The Countryside Agency has launched new planning guidance for local planning authorities.
Forum Brief: Rural housing
Policy Consultation 15 October 2003
Sir Ewen Cameron, chairman of the Countryside Agency, has argued that tackling the shortage of affordable housing in the countryside is crucial in order to create sustainable rural communities.
Forum Brief: Rural transport
Policy Consultation 3 September 2003
Transport in rural Britain is not working and letting people down, according to a report published jointly by Transport 2000, the Countryside Agency and Citizens Advice.