A rural roundup webinar – 17th September

The Rural Solutions’ team will discuss the outlook for the rural sector and the changes to planning policy that could have far-reaching implications for rural development.

Against a backdrop of challenges for the rural sector, reforms to planning policy are creating opportunities for landowners for short-term development, diversification, and strategic land promotion.

As rural estates look at reshaping their businesses to respond to shifts in inheritance tax, the agricultural payments regime, the emergence of new nature markets, and prepare for generational succession, changes to planning policy can open up opportunities. Development can be a way to increase business resilience through establishing new income streams or releasing value from land and property assets.

With the Government’s growth agenda driving demand for land, the primary opportunity is for housing development. New mandatory housing targets, recent increases to the number of homes that can be created under ‘permitted development’, and a revised approach to development in the Green Belt present new avenues to provide much-needed homes for rural communities.

And, with planning authorities across the country reviewing how their local development plans can enable economic progress and green growth, there are opportunities for development to enable the expansion or establishment of new enterprises.

Join our experts as they discuss these opportunities and share examples of where landowners are responding to bring positive change to rural areas.

Details and how to register

Wednesday 17th September 2025

1.00 – 2.00pm

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Our webinar will be delivered via Zoom. If you are unable to make the date and time, please register anyway to receive a link to the recording of the session. If there are topics you would like us to address, please feel free to let us know in advance by emailing marketing@ruralsolutions.co.uk.