Hinder Rural Development

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We have now seen some of the main arguments for how planning can hinder rural development, but what is key is how plans can change to be made more supportive of these economies to ensure sustainable and vibrant rural communities. Foremost, a decisive switch needs to be made in all planning literature, whilst the current system comes from the point of view of no business unless it provides a clear benefit and only in certain areas, it should instead take the position of promoting all business in all rural areas, unless there is clear negatives. This is because many of the benefits of new employment opportunities are unlikely to be clear at first. Plans should be more open to the idea of business in rural areas as a whole. It is evident from …show more content…

As mentioned in the first section it is unlikely that industrial attraction will prove successful, there is little motivation for external businesses to move in to rural areas, so premises should be catered towards small businesses looking to expand. Due to the scale and remoteness of these businesses it is unlikely that they will be on private property developer’s radars so local government should prioritise assisting business owners in making these connections. When it comes to planning policies, as stated earlier, the legislation should be more relaxed about where and what type of business can be formed. Policy should encourage all development of business premises, subject to assessment. A redaction of policy denying proposals based on their lack of public transport links such as that found in PPG13 would also allow for more remote areas like vacant farmland to be …show more content…

Although it was earlier stated that businesses should be allowed to form without the current provision of public transport, that is not to say that it should not be highly prioritised in policy to allow for easier commutes and increased communication between business. In this spirit of connectivity, broadband should also be a major point in planning to boost productivity, rolling it out across remote areas with the best possible speed is one of the easiest ways to assure they can remain competitive in an economic sense. Creating and maintaining a skilled workforce is imperative to attracting higher wage businesses to the area, by focussing on skill training in rural areas, and providing subsidised apprenticeships it is possible to improve the current workforce as well as keep young graduates in the area rather than have them migrate to more urban

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