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Defining Rural Sustainability
is a set of criteria for sustainable developments in the countryside drawn
up by the Rural Planning Group of The Land is Ours. It provides a set of standards
for local councils, planners, and green developers to assess the environmental
merits of projects which claim to be sustainable or low-impact.
Planning for Sustainable
Woodlands is a submission to the Forestry Forum regarding reform
of the Town and Country Planning System to implement 'A New Focus for England's
Woodlands', the England Forestry Strategy- by Lucy Nichol, Simon Fairlie, Ben
Law aand Russell Rowley
Planning precedents is a set of legal documents
which may be useful to others seeking to develop their planning appeals.
DIY Planning Briefings for
Low Impact Developers are a series of documents designed to help
ordinary people deal with all the problems associated with putting in a low
impact planning application.
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Policy Statements
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Sustainable Homes and
Livelihoods in the Countryside : Suggestions for the Forthcoming Revision or
Replacement of Planning Policy Guidance 7 by Chapter 7 and the PPG7
reform group
Government Reports
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Low Impact Development - Planning Policy and Practice the first ever
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of the west of England- Land Use Consultants
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