SOUTH WEST RURAL AFFAIRS FORUM

The Localism BillThe impact on Rural Communities

Brief overview

Brief overview

Brief overview

Sustainable Development

Rural Policy Statement

Issued early summer 2011?

Issues for Rural Communities • Centralisation or just premature – significant aspects to be delivered

through secondary regulation

• Sustainable development – how to ensure growth and protect the environment

• Strategic v. localism – between national and local government and local government and communities

• Entrepreneurship v. inclusion – impact of articulate communities and articulate voices within a community

• Empowering v. moribund parish councils – should they have a privileged position in this?

• Cost, cost and more costs....... Who pays?

Questions & discussions