Allen & York are a global environmental recruiter working internationally throughout the Middle East, Australia, Asia - as well as across the UK . We are based in rural Dorset and have our hearts and environmental minds embedded firmly within the countryside and rural issues. With this in mind, we are encouraged by a recent Government report on housing in rural communities, in which Liberal Democrat MP Matthew Taylor warned dozens of villages are in danger of dying out because of the shortage of affordable housing.
This has been a developing problem for us in the South West and as Margaret Beckett the Housing Minister is quoted as saying;
"All too often the high cost of homes and low wages are pricing young families out of their communities, with the average rural home costing up to 10 times the average salary in some rural areas,"
A series of measures have been announced and most interestingly for Allen & York, councils are being encouraged to develop sustainable new housing, rather than the concrete housing estates of years gone by.
On the downside Mrs Beckett also suggested that more "exception" sites on greenbelt or other restricted land be made available, which might not be so popular within the rural communities. It may be argued, as does Kate Gordon - Senior Planner for the Campaign to Protect Rural England, that instead the Councils should be rebuilding derelict buildings and developing brownfield sites.
Allen & York strongly believe in Sustainable Building & Planning and support the career progression of Natural Environment & Sustainability Professionals at all levels. We hope that affordable rural housing can be achieved without destroying our beautiful countryside!
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