Support for rural housing target

A government target to build 10,300 new rural homes in the next three years has been welcomed.

Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has given its support to the target, which will focus on building properties in communities of 3,000 people or less.

Neil Sinden, policy director at CPRE, hailed the target as a "step in the right direction".

"There is a desperate need for subsidised housing in rural towns and villages for local people who are unable to meet their needs through the market," he revealed.

"This target is an important step in the right direction. But for it to be meaningful, it must be backed by adequate resources and the effective use of the planning system to deliver the homes that are needed in the right places.

"While CPRE welcomes these advances, there is still some way to go to meet the Affordable Rural Housing Commission's call for 11,000 affordable homes to be built each year in rural settlements with populationsunder 10,000," added Mr Sinden.

A new report from the government's rural advocate, Stuart Burgess, said that there needs to be a focus on providing more affordable housing in the UK's rural areas.

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