Call for rural housing law change
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Rural planning policy must be radically changed, says the Assembly environment committee chairman.
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Environmental groups are calling on the Welsh Assembly Government to strengthen the law to help prevent damage caused by growing genetically modified crops in Wales.
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Western governors Saturday urged Congress to change to the Endangered Species Act and make the complex law less of a strain on private landowners.
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Rural areas are missing out on healthcare, according to a report by the British Medical Association.
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Author Bill Bryson says rural areas could be "lost forever" under new proposed boundaries for a South Down National Park.
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Councils are urged to improve housing services for people with long-term illnesses or disabilities.
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By The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  May 30--A bill introduced in the S.C. House designed specifically to short circuit actions by the York County Council would set a bad precedent if approved.   The bill recently was introduced by state Rep.
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By Matthew Leblanc, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Mar. 12--A local Libertarian group wants to change city law to protect private landowners from efforts by the city to seize their property for economic development.
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By Angie Welling Deseret Morning News  With more and more mobile home parks falling victim to expensive real-estate development, a freshman lawmaker is looking for ways to help the displaced residents.  Rep.
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Commons leader Harriet Harman says she wants the law to be changed to make it illegal to pay for sex.
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Rules covering work on listed buildings may have to be changed because of climate change, conservationists say.
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By Jessica L. De Vault, Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, S.C.  Feb. 19--A group of Hunting Country residents are exploring a number of  options to assure that their spacious, rural region is left unscathed from  high-density development.
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Business & money: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests loophole in rules means that homeowners could avoid providing a pack.
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By Michael A. Bell, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 10--HARRISON COUNTY -- County leaders have given the green light to a new alternative-housing pilot program.   The plan is to provide FEMA trailer residents with safer and better-designed emergency homes.
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By Hannah Mitchell, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 10--Among the complaints that people have about a proposed land-development code for Catawba County's unincorporated areas, rules on home businesses, minimum lot sizes and trailer homes top the list.
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A plan to build 27 houses on rough grassland will be debated by a planning committee.   Bett Homes has submitted the application to Derwentside District Council to develop land at Four Winds, on Wesley Terrace, Castleside, Consett, and the site was previously a wooded area.
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As damage to homes hit by the London tornado is assessed,  an MP calls for government help.