Yesterday (15 August), the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published a new prospectus for funding to support the development of so-called ‘garden communities’ – based on an idea first proposed by Ebenezer Howard in the late 19th century.
CPRE is well positioned to help LEPs better understand and work with rural places.
Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) are business-led partnerships between the private and public sector, designed to support and promote growth in economic areas defined by local business interests and local government, and agreed with central Government.
We need to take a holistic view, which connects our landscape with housing, society with economy, nature with tourism, and farming and transport with community – all the elements of countryside life.
Among all the political chaos the Chancellor has just announced a significant investment in Britain’s…
