Policy paper

2010 to 2015 government policy: economic growth in rural areas

How the government helps rural businesses.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Natural England and The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss
• Published: 9 April 2013
• Last updated: 8 May 2015
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  1. 8 May 2015

     Policy document from the 2010 to 2015 government preserved in a different format for reference

  2. 26 March 2015

     Updated to reflect the current programme's investment plans across the 4 elements of the programme.

  3. 26 March 2015

     Updated the entry about the Rural Development Programme.

  4. 23 December 2014

     Background section updated to reflect the latest available figures.

  5. 1 October 2014

     Sections all updated to reflect latest work on this topic.

  6. 14 February 2014

     Added link to the 'Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme (FFIS)' information on the RDPE website.

  7. 1 October 2013

     Updated actions with Village green planning changes: housing boost section to reflect changes to law effective 1 October on town and village greens.

  8. 14 August 2013

     Updated the Rural growth network pilots supporting page.

  9. 1 July 2013

     Rural Community Energy Fund details updated

  10. 9 April 2013

      First published.

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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