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Much has been made of the changes to the planning system which should make it easier for farmers to develop agricultural buildings. But the planning landscape can still be difficult to navigate, as Lucie Stone explains.

The renewable energy industry is re-assessing its development trajectory in the face of a challenging new policy environment where support mechanisms are under pressure and subsidies have been progressively reduced.

An array of rural experts from Bidwells will be joining farmers, agronomists and industry professionals at the upcoming annual Cereals Event.

Tourism generates more revenue and provides more employment for the rural sector than farming, John Hoy, Head of Rural at Bidwells, revealed at a special rural seminar last week.

A series of seminars has been delivered by Bidwells focusing on the imminent changes to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) legislation and the impact these will have on property developers and local authorities.

Insufficient time has passed to know whether February’s Housing White Paper ‘Fixing our Broken Housing Market’ will live up to its billing.

The multi-million-pound Centre for Medicine at the University of Leicester scooped a prestigious international award at the S-Lab Awards 2017.

Most rural businesses will now have received enquiry forms from the Assessor’s Office with a multitude of questions seeking to gather information about your rural business, the structure of your asset in terms of land type and quality and what opportunities it provides for shooting, fishing, stalking and related field sports.

The topping out of a new 14 storey tower was the high point at a special event held today (5 May) to celebrate the City Park West development in Chelmsford city centre.