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Tackling Embodied Carbon with Local Natural Materials

Building better: Architect and Head of Design Malcolm Birks on the importance of embracing natural, local materials.

What makes good rural housing development?

The availability, affordability and suitability of rural housing remains one of the UK’s most pressing and contentious challenges.

Q&A with Professor Alastair Driver

Advice for landowners making the first steps into nature recovery.

With great power comes great responsibility

We’re delighted to welcome real estate solicitor Jamie Goldberg of Farrer & Co to share his thoughts on what landowners should know about datacentres.

Rich Mills: Associate Director, Consulting

On days spent out in the countryside, building trusting relationships with clients, what sets Rural Solutions apart, and Rutland Water.

Unlocking Opportunity Through Planning Reform

Director Sally Ormiston shares her thoughts on how new planning policies are enabling the placemaking role of rural estates.

Rural housing development – placemaking or place-breaking?

Rural housing development is a topic that sparks strong opinions. Sally Ormiston discusses new housing targets for Yorkshire.

Government launches key consultations to streamline planning and biodiversity net gain implementation

A series of consultations are underway by the Government aimed at improving planning processes, including two focused on biodiversity net gain.

The ‘first conversation’ on future land use and development in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire Council are in the process of creating the first area wide plan, which will guide local decision making on what can be developed, and how land will be used, over the next 15-20 years.

Growing our Design Team with a new acquisition

Rural Solutions is delighted to announce the acquisition of NineTen Architects and welcomes Alexander McDow to the team.

The Land Use Framework explained

The Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra), has launched what they hope will be a ‘national conversation’ about land use, through a Land Use Consultation running until the end of April 2025.

Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Nature Restoration Fund and Compulsory Purchase

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill introduced by the Government in March 2025 includes a series of actions to ‘get Britain building again and deliver economic growth’.