News

Strategic opportunities for rural estates: housing

As a rural estate owner, understanding the potential your land holds is crucial, especially in a time when national planning policies are shifting, and the tax implications of land ownership and development are changing.

Project show and tell – Darwin Green, Cambridge

Rural Solutions’ landscape architects have designed a multifunctional landscape setting with community facilities and extensive open space at its heart for Darwin Green, a new development in Cambridge by Barratt David Wilson Homes.

Webinar – a rural roundup

Join us for our next webinar, where the Rural Solutions’ team will discuss the outlook and opportunities for the rural sector as we take stock of what has been an eventful year.

Applying rural landscape design best practice to create greener communities

Time spent in nature is vital to our wellbeing, yet one third of people do not have access to good quality outdoor space within 15 minutes of their home. Sally Ormiston explores the benefit of taking a landscape-led approach to housing development design.

Housing targets – must haves or madness?

Unlocking the planning system to boost the building of new homes is a top priority for the government. Sally Ormiston, Head of Consulting at Rural Solutions discusses the need for homes in rural Yorkshire.

Our response to the government’s planning policy consultation

The government’s proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) are aimed at unlocking development and driving growth. We support the move but believe the changes need to go further to support the rural sector.