Posted on Thursday, 11th March 2010 at 12:10pm

Our recent visit to Exmoor National Park was led by the Chief Planner Steve Quatermain. The visit held on March 4 and 5, was attended by 17 delegates including Ann Skippers, the President of the Royal Town Planning Institute and David Hackforth, the...

Posted on Wednesday, 10th March 2010 at 2:12pm

Today we have published the results of a comprehensive survey which took place during late 2009, on the perceptions and priorities of rural people. ...

Posted on Friday, 5th March 2010 at 2:43pm

The Government has announced that a new body ‘Broadband Delivery UK’ is to be responsible for rolling-out next generation broadband across the UK. At the same time a major report forecasting the future reach of next generation broadband across the UK...

Posted on Thursday, 4th March 2010 at 1:58am

Our Chairman and the Government's Rural Advocate, Dr Stuart Burgess, has launched his Rural Advocate Report 2010 to the Government today (Thursday 4 March)....

Posted on Tuesday, 2nd March 2010 at 12:23pm

The new planning regime for nationally significant infrastructure was ‘switched on’ for the energy and transport sectors earlier this week....

Event date Thursday, 4th March 2010 at 8:40am

The CRC will be running two seminars and an exhibition at the Integrating Employment and Skills Conference 2010. The theme for these seminars is ‘Delivering effective employment and skills support to vulnerable rural communities’....

Event date Tuesday, 16th March 2010 at 11:00am

Rural communities form a fifth of England’s population but rural evidence often seems so difficult to find. As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science the Commission for Rural Communities (CRC) are running an event that offers a new generation of...

Event date Wednesday, 17th March 2010 at 10:30am

The Commission for Rural Communities is collaborating with the Department of Health (DH), the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to present a major free conference on the heal...

Event date Wednesday, 24th March 2010 at 10:00am

The Commission for Rural Communities and The Stroke Association are hosting a landmark event exploring the challenges around service delivery for those affected by stroke in rural England....