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Broadband in Rural Areas
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This report is the result of a review of 13 early community broadband projects in England. The purpose of the review was to identify best practice activities by communities, local authorities and individual businesses to overcome the lack of broadband services in villages, small towns and rural business parks. Countryside Agency, CA 148, Sept 2005.
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Common Land: Good practice guide on managing the use of common land (DETR)
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This guide draws upon direct experiene of the management of common land to give advice and information on practical solutions and problems. Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR), 1998.
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Hedgerows: Their Socio-economic Benefits
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Within the UKs Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) there is a specific Habitat Action Plan for ancient and/or species-rich hedges. This leaflet summarises a study commissioned by English Nature & Countyside Agency which showed that the implementation of BAP targets can have socio-economic benefits for the local economy in terms of wealth and employment creation. Countryside Agency, 2001.
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Rural Development Programme for England 2007-2013 - A summary
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The full details of the Rural Development Programme for England 2007-2013, as formally approved on 7 December 2007, are set out in a lengthy document. This document summarises the content of the 16 Chapters that make up the full version. For full details of any element of the Programme, please refer to the complete document. Defra, 2008.
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Sustainable Development in Rural Areas (PPS7)
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The policies set out in this PPS will need to be taken into account by regional planning bodies in the preparation of Regional Spatial Strategies, by the Mayor of London in relation to the Spatial Development Strategy in London and by local planning authorities in the preparation of local development documents. They may also be material to decisions on individual planning applications. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Planning Policy Statement 7, 2004.
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