The Rural Commission warmly welcome today’s launch of the Rural Coalition’s ‘The rural challenge. Achieving sustainable rural communities for the 21st century’. The document describes a future for rural England in which every rural community can thrive. It presents a shared policy agenda for rural communities, and its overriding objective is to help achieve a positive, lasting legacy of sustainable rural communities in which people enjoy living and working; which are vibrant, distinctive and in keeping with the character of their surroundings, with a full range of good-quality local services; and which enhance local landscapes, heritage and biodiversity while meeting the challenges of climate and economic change. It proposes urgent, implementable changes that pick up and respond to the concerns that the partners in the new Coalition Government have already stated they wish to address.
The Rural Coalition was formed in September 2008 and the CRC has supported the group and the chair, Matthew Taylor, with the production of the report and with technical advice on its content. The Rural Coalition comprises the following organisations:
- Action with Communities in Rural England
- The Campaign to Protect Rural England
- The Country Land and Business Association
- The Local Government Group
- The Royal Town Planning Institute
- The Town and Country Planning Association
- The Rural Coalition has been advised by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.
Download The Rural Challenge. Achieving sustainable rural communities for the 21st century
