08/12/21 - Payments for access, changes to the planning rules and farmers with no electricity
Public access campaigners say they've been betrayed after DEFRA says payments for access won't be included in the Sustainable Farming Incentive in England.
Public access campaigners say they've been betrayed, after DEFRA says payments for access won't be included in the Sustainable Farming Incentive in England.
The future of the planning system shouldn鈥檛 focus on housebuilding alone, but also on 鈥渄emocratic sentiment鈥� and 鈥渆nvironmental benefit" - according to the new Secretary of State for Housing and Levelling Up, Michael Gove.
And, as the damage of yesterday鈥檚 Storm Barra is assessed, it couldn't have come at a worse time for those already hit by Storm Arwen. We hear from a farmer who was left without electricity for 11 days.
Presented by Anna Hill
Produced for 麻豆社 Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons
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