RP33. RURAL SERVICES (AND ACCESSIBILITY)
SHOPS, VILLAGE HALLS, PUBS, EDUCATION, HEALTH & OTHER FACILITIES
(updated: June 27, 2006 )

OFL = Ordered for Library - please check University Library catalogue for latest on availability:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/library/
* indicates more up to date and/or useful items

Action for Market Towns (AMT), 12 Looms Lane, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 IHE,
tel. (01284) 756567, fax. (01284) 756567/761816:
'Markets - trading towards a better future' (factsheet), January 2000.
'Retail surveys: their use in small towns', April 2000.

Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE), Somerford Court, Somerford Road, Cirencester,
Gloucestershire, GL7 1TW, tel. (01285) 653477 / (01433) 670300
'Halls for the future', 1989.
'Village halls in England', (report by L. Beaton of the 1988 National Ronseal Village Halls Survey), 1990.
'Village halls in Europe', 19?
'English Village Services in the 1980s', 1990.
'Health Care in Rural England', 1992.
'Plan, Design and Build; a guide to building new village halls', 1997
'Village Halls in England 1998', May 1999.
'Report on the Status of Funding for Village Halls', January 2002.
Annual Reports.

Age Concern England, Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER,
tel. (020) 8765 7200:
'Lilac from the Garden' (need for day to day services for older people in rural areas), March 2001.

Alexander, David; Chambers, Bob & Kerven, Richard, 2003, 'Key rural services in North East England', Town and Country Planning 72 (5), June, pp162-164.

ARUP Economic Consultants, 1991, 'Provision of Basic Utilities in Rural Areas', (former) RDC (Rural Development Commission), Salisbury, Wiltshire.

ASPECT:
'ASPECT Final Synthesis Report', ?2002, http://www.region-numerique.org/aspect
'ASPECT 'Good Practice Guide', ?2002, http://www.region-numerique.org/aspect

Aston University Business School, 1991, 'Review of Rural Development Commission Social Programme initiatives; Managing Community Development in Rural Areas: an evaluation of the Rural Development Commission's Social Programme', ?

Baber, Peter, 1995, 'Time gents, please' (village pub preservation), Planning Week 3 (34), 24.8.95.

Barnados Cymru & NCH Cymru, 2003, 'The Good LIfe?', (transport, health and jobs in rural areas), Barnados Cymru & NCH Cymru, March..

Beaton, L, 1998, 'Village halls in England', Action for Communities in Rural England, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

Beatty, C & Fothergill, S, 1999, 'Labour market detachment among men in rural England', (former) Rural Development Commission, London.

Bentham, G & Haynes, R., 1985, 'Health, personal mobility and the use of health services in rural Norfolk', Journal of Rural Studies, 1 (3).

Booker Belmont Whiteside, 1998, 'Independent Rural Retailers', Durham University Business School, tel. (01733) 253000.

British Medical Association, 2005, 'Healthcare in a Rural Setting', BMA,, London, http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/healthcarerural/$file/rural.pdf

British Medical Journal, 1993, ‘Rural health and health care: unjustifiably neglected in Britain’, British Medical Journal 306, 22.5.93

Bromley, RFD & Thomas, C. 1995, 'Small town shopping decline and dependence and inconvenience', International Journal of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research 5 (4).

Brown, D, 1999, ''Care in the Country: Inspection of community care in rural communities, Social Services Inspectorate, DOH, and at http://www.doh.gov.uk/scg/poltrng

Building Design Partnership, 1986, 'Village shops: improving their chances of survival', BDP, Preston.

Business in the Community (BITC):
- website: http://www.bitc.org.uk
'Rural Action Plan', July 2001, and at http://www.bitc.org.uk

Butt, Richard, 1999, 'The Town and Country Planning Association's memorandum of evidence to the House of Commons, Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee Inquiry into the forthcoming Rural White Paper', free with an A5 s.a.e. from the TCPA, London SW1.

Cabinet Office, London
- website: http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk
(Cabinet Office Performance and Innovation Unit), 'Rural Economies', TSO, tel. (0870) 600 5522, December 1999. Document Division UK/P99/157, at:- http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/innovation
'Counter Revolution: Modernising the Post Office Network', 2000, and at http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/innovation
Sharing the nation's prosperity - economic, social and environmental conditions in the countryside/.A report to the Prime Minister by the Cabinet Office, February 2000.

Campaign for Community Banking, 2003, 'Bank Branch Relative Proximity: An Analysis of Bank Branch Networks', November, http://www.community-banking.org.uk/reports.htm

Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), 230 Hatfield Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 4LW,
tel. (01727) 867201, email: camra@camra.org.uk :
- website: http://camra.org.uk
'Rural Pubs: A Route to Success', March 2000.
'The Public House Viability Test', free, May 2000.
'The Camra National Inventory: pub interiors of outstanding historic interest', July 2003, http://camra.org.uk

Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE)
(known until June 2003 as 'Council for the Protection of Rural England'),
128 Southwark St, London SE1 0SW,
tel. (020) 7981 2800, fax. (020) 7981 2899, email: info@cpre.org
- website: http://www.cpre.org.uk
'The Real Choice report' (Impact of refusing planning permission for new superstores on the number of local and regional food suppliers around Saxmundham in East Suffolk' (author: Caroline Cranbrook), CPRE & the Plunkett Foundation, June 2006,
http://www.cpre.org.uk/news-releases/news-rel-2006/24-06.htm

Cassidy, Mark & Alexander, David, 2004, 'Key rural services and planning', Town and Country Planning 73 (6), June, pp192-195

Cherrett, Trevor, 2006, ‘Demands set for rural areas’, Planning 1664, 14.4.06, p22

Clark, David, 1988, 'Rural services for rural life', Town and Country Planning, 57 (9), September.
Clark, David & Woollett, 1990, 'English village services in the 1980s', ACRE, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

Colliers Erdman Lewis, 1999, 'The Midsummer Retail Report', CEL, London, June. (discussion of threat to small town centres; c.f. Planning no. 1324, 25.6.99, p8)

Community Fund, 2003, 'Village Halls and Community Buildings',
http://www.community-fund.org.uk/about-us/our-publications/national/comm-buildings-eval-summary.pdf

Community Matters, 8/9 Upper St., London N1 OPQ:
'Forgotten Resources?' (Village hall management), 1997.
'Are We Doing It Right?', (community building management), 1999.

Coulson, Andrew, 2004, 'Small can still be beautiful' (tthe tghreat to small shops etc. and the need for more diversity to build up sustainable llocal communties), Regeneration & Renewal, 14.5.04, p14

Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) (former) - see 'Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE)

Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE), 128 Southwark St, London SE1 0SW,
tel. (020) 7981 2800, fax. (020) 7981 2899, email: info@cpre.org
- website: http://www.cpre.org.uk
'Rural Rate Relief Briefing', June 1998.
'Rural Services Charter', November 1998.
'Food Webs', (links between rural services and businesses), 1999?
'Rural Services: A Framework for Action', Workshop Report by Professor Malcolm Moseley for the (former) Council for the Protection of Rural England & the Countryside Agency', available from CPRE Publications, London, 1999, free with s.a.e. ISBN 1 902786 12 1

Craig, Gary & Manthorpe, Jill, 2000, 'Rural social care - research, policy and practice agendas', York Publishing Service. ISBN 1 902633 67 9

Cranbrook, Caroline, 1998, 'The Rural Economy and Supermarkets', Country Landowners Association, available from the author, Great Glenham Farms, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1LP.
Cranbrook, Caroline, 1998, 'Food webs' (local shops and local farmers and producers), CPRE (Council for the Protection of Rural England), London.

Craze, Richard, 2004, 'Out of Your Townie Mind', White Ladder Press. ISBN 0 9543914 4 6

Department for Education and Employment, 2000, 'Raising standards, opening doors – developing links between schools and their communities', January, and at http://www.dfee.gov.uk/opendoor

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (June 2001-)
- website: http://www.defra.gov.uk
'Consultation paper on developing QUALITY parish and town councils' , November 2001.
''Rural services standard 2002' , DEFRA Publications, tel. (08459) 556000, August 2002, http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/ruralwp/index.htm
'Rural Services Standard, First Progress Report 2001/02', August 2002, http://www.countryside.gov.uk/publications/publication.asp?PublicationID=553
'Good practice guide on Locating Rural Services' (and technical notes), September 2002, http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/ruralwp/index.htm
'Rural Delivery Review - Questionnaire of stakeholders and interested parties', March 2003, http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/ruraldelrev/index.htm
'Survey of Rural Customers' Satisfaction with Services', September 2004, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=21538&heading=e-mail+alert
'Rural Services Review', November 2004, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/singleLink.asp?linkid=4236&heading=e%2dmail%20alert
'Rural Delivery Pathfinders business plans', March 2005, http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/ruraldelivery/pathfinders/default.htm

Department for Treansport (DfT) (May 2002-)
- website: http://www.dft.gov.uk
'Rural Accessibility Planning: Weald school-Travel to hospital scheme', January 2004, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=18314&heading=e-mail+alert

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR) (June 2001-May 2002)
- website: http://www.dtlr.gov.uk
'Consultation on Rural Boundaries for Rate Relief', October 2001.
'Accessibility of local services and facilities', April 2002, http://www.transtat.dtlr.gov.uk/tables/2001/fperson/local02.htm '

Department of Health publications available from
DOH Publications, PO Box 777, London SE1 6XH:
'Policy appraisal and Health: a guide from the Department of Health', 1995.
(DH & Department of the Environmen), 'Consultative Document: The Environment and Health' (A Consultative document for the environment as a Key Area in the Health of the Nation Strategy), DOE, 1996.
'Developing Health and Social Care in Rural Areas', PO Box 410, Wetherby, Yorks., LS23 7LW.
'Our Healthier Nation: A contract for health', Cm. 3852, 1998.
'Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in health', TSO, 1998.
'Saving Lives: Our Healthier Nation' (White Paper), TSO, July 1999.
'Care in the Country', November 1999.
'Care in the Country: Inspection of community care in rural communities, Social Services Inspectorate (by D Brown), 1999, and at http://www.doh.gov.uk/scg/poltrng
'Better Care, Higher Standards: A charter for long term care' DOH/DETR, 1999, and at http://www.doh.gov.uk/longtermcare
'The NHS Plan: A plan for investment, A plan for reform', TSO, July 2000, and at http://www.nhs.uk/nationalplan
'Pharmacy in the Future: Implementing the NHS Plan', DH, September 2000, and at http://www.doh.gov.uk/medicines 'National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease',. DH, 2000, and at http://www.doh.gov.uk/nsf/coronary
'National Service Framework for Mental Health', DH, 2000, and at http://www.doh.gov.uk/nsf/mentalhealth
'National Cancer Plan. DH, 2000', and at http://www.doh.gov.uk/cancer
'Modernising NHS Dentistry – Implementing the NHS Plan'. DH, September 2000, and at http://www.doh.gov.uk/dental/strategy

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (June 1997 - June 2001)
- website: http://www.detr.gov.uk
NB: DETR replaced from June 2001 to May 2002 by the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR)
'The Impact of Large Foodstores on Market Towns and District Centres', TSO, September 1998. (OFL).
*'Our Countryside: The Future - A Fair Deal for Rural England' (Rural White Paper), November 2000 (OFL on 29.11.00), http://www.wildlife-countryside.detr.gov.uk/ruralwp/index.htm
'Understanding Local Strategic Partnerships: Government guidance', March 2001, DETR Free Publications, Wetherby, tel. (0870) 122 6236, http://www.local-regions.detr.gov.uk/lsp/guidance/index.htm

Derounian, James, 1987, 'How to keep the village shops open', Town and Country Planning, 56 (2), December.

Dowler, Elizabeth, 1999, 'Food Projects and How They Work', Joseph Rowntree Foundation, March.

Environmental Resources Management (ERM Planning), 2001, 'Post Offices and Community Needs in Rural and Deprived Urban Areas', Environmental Resources Management, London, tel. (020) 7465 7200, October.

Fabes, Ray; Payne, Bob & Wood, Jayson, 2003, 'Who says nothing ever happens round here?', The National Youth Agency, ISBN 0 886155 303 9

Farrington, John; Shaw, Jon; Richardson, Tim; Maclean, Margaret; Bristow, Gillian & Halden, Derek, 2004, 'Putting accessibility policy appraisal into practice', Town and Country Planning 73 (6), June, pp196-198

Feature, 1998, 'Concrete evidence of success' (Millennium Commission Village Halls project), RDC (former Rural Development Commission) Rural Focus, Spring.
Feature, 1999, 'Is rural life healthy life?', (former) (RDC) Rural Focus, Spring.

Fennell, Jeremy, 1992, 'Health care in rural England', ACRE, Somerford, Gloucestershire.
Fennell, Jeremy, 1993?, 'Who Cares?, (on rural needs and experience of community care), ACRE, Somerford, Gloucestershire.

Fyson, Anthony, 2001, 'Better rural services required by the poor' (discussion of the Countryside Agency report on 'Challenging the Rural Idyll'), Planning 1406, 16.2.01.

Graham Moss & Associates, Leicestershire. County Council & the Ernest Cook Trust, 1982, 'Rural services: report of the pilot study of statutory provision and accessibility in Leicestershire', ?

Granville, Mike, 1998, 'Rural Counter-Culture', (Forum for the Future) Green Futures, July/August.

Greene, F., 1998, 'Report on Interviews with Rural Independent Retailes', Durham University Business School, March.

Gwillam, Sue, 1981, 'If the village shop closes', Oxfordshire Rural Community Council.

Hale, Rita, 1999, 'Cash and the Countryside', Rural Services Partnership & Rita Hales Associates, London, July.

Haynes, Robin & Gale, Susan,?2000, 'Deprivation and poor health in rural areas: inequalities hidden by averages', Global Environmental Change B: Environment Hazards (Human and Policy Dimensions), 2 (1).

Hedges, A, 1999, 'Living in the countryside: the needs and aspirations of rural populations', Report to the Countryside Agency - Alan Hedges, Leighton Buzzard.

Hirst, J., 1996, ‘The Influence of Rurality on the Access to Health Services of Women with Young Children living in Poverty in the Peak District National Park’.

Hope, Steven; Anderson, Simon & Sawyer, Becki (System Three), ?2000, 'The Quality of Services in Rural Scotland', Central Research Unit, The Scottish Executive, Edinburgh (summary available: Rural Affairs Research Finding no. 5).

House of Commons, 1994, 'Shopping Centres and their Future', HMSO, London.

House of Commons, 2003, 'Eleventh Report: Rural Broadband', http://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmenvfru/htm#reports

House of Commons; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee,
'Rural broadband: Government reply to the Committee's report: twelfth special report', House of Commons Papers, 2002-03', HC 1174,
TSO, October 2003, ISBN: 0-215-01324-7, http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmselect/cmenvfru/1174/1174.pdf
'The delivery of education in rural areas: ninth report of session 2002-03', .House of Commons Papers, 2002-03, HC 467, TSO, June 2003, ISBN: 0-215-01098-1,
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmselect/cmenvfru/467/467.pdf

House of Commons Health Committee, 2003, 'The Control of Entry Regulations and Retail Pharmacy Services in the UK', and at http://www.planning.haynet.com

Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), 2004, 'A Tool Kit for Facilitating Rural Delivery', IDeA, London, tel. (020) 7296 6824, November.

Inglis, R, 1999, 'The Case for Rural Cinema', British Film Institute, London.

Institute of Rural Health, 2003?, 'Rural health and well-being', Institute of Rural Health, Newtown, Powys, SY16 3PW

Johnston, Bryan, 2000, 'Village pub to loss cases continue to increase', Planning 1385, 8.9.00.

Jones, Graham, 2003, 'At the centre of village life', (Village Halls management and promotion), Planning 1523, 13.6.03, p14

Jones, Peter; Pratten, John; Hillier, David & Shears, Peter, 2000, 'Calling time on rural pubs?', Town and Country Planning 69 (4), April.
Jones, Peter; Comfort, Daphne & Hillier, David, 2002, 'Market towns and retail challenges' (the Countryside Agency's Market Towns Initiative), Town and Country Planning 71 (9), September, pp234-236.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF); publications available from York Publishing Services,
64 Hallfield Road, Layerthorpe, York Y03 7XQ:
'Forgotten Resources? The role of community buildings in strengthening local communities', 1997.
'Fresh fields: Rural social care - research, policy and practice agendas', ISBN 1902633733, 2000.

Kent County Council, 2001, 'Kent Countryside 2000 - Understanding the Rural Change', Kent CC, Maidstone, tel. (01622) 221521, February.

Kerven, Richard, 2001, 'Helping keep the local open', (development plans and the protection of rural pubs), Planning 1448, 7.12.01, p16

Kirby, David, 1987, 'Village shops', Planning Practice and Research, no. 2, March.

Land Use Consultants for the Countryside Agency, 2004, 'The Role of Rural Settlements as Service Centres', Land Use Consultants for the Countryside Agency, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Lerner, Peter, 2000, 'Real pubs campaign deserves our support' (preseving traditional hostelries), Planning 1367, 5.5.00.

LG Connect, 2004, 'Think rural: a survey of rural proofing in local authorities', ISBN 184049069, LG Connect, London, tel. (020) 7664 3131

Lloyds TSB, 2001, 'The impact of foot and mouth disease on the economy and social life of Britain', (?exact title), Lloyds TSB, August.

Local Food Consultants F3, 2005, 'Local products and village shops', http://www.localfood.org.uk/papers/Village-Shops.pdf

Local Futures Group, 2002, 'The impact of the internet revolution on people in remote rural areas' (?exact title), Local Futures Group for IBM, tel. (020) 7520 8120, March.

Local Government Association, London, tel. (020) 7664 3000, email: info@lga.gov.uk
- website: http://www.lga.gov.uk
'Behind the Scenery: The Real Issues in the Countryside', Strategy Paper, June 1998.
'Urban Rural Compacts - case studies', April 2000.
'Open All Hours? An LGA briefing and advice report on local authority heop to village shops and post offices', CA108, free, April 2000. ISBN 1840491671
'Campaigning for local services', LGA Advice Report, CA110, April 2000 (OFL on 26.4.00)
'Does Size Matter? Rural and Small Schools and their Role in the Community', May 2000.
'Education in Rural Communities', May 2000.
'Think Rural: A Survey of Rural Proofing in Local Authorities', May 2004.
‘Community buildings: maximising assets’, March 2006, http://www.lga.gov.uk/Documents/Publication/communitybuildings.pdf

Low Pay Unit, 1996, ‘Life in Rural Suffolk’, Low Pay Unit.

Malecki, E.J, 2003, 'Digital development in rural areas: potentials and pitfalls', JMalecki, E.J, 2003, 'Digital development in rural areas: potentials and pitfalls', Journal of Rural Studies 19 (2), pp201-214,
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_origin=CONTENTS&_method=citationSearch&_piikey=S0743016702000682&_version=1&md5=c4a554d77572b5d465c3947255a9a3e4 1-214,
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_origin=CONTENTS&_method=citationSearch&_piikey=S0743016702000682&_version=1&md5=c4a554d77572b5d465c3947255a9a3e4
Marriott, Paul , 1998, 'Forgotten Resources? The role of community buildings in strengthening local communities', Report for Community Matters, York Publishing Services, York.

Macintyre, S et al., 1993, 'Area, class and health: should we be focusing on places or people?', Journal of Social Policy 22 (2), pp213-234.

Manchester University School of Management, 1999, 'Trends on Small Retail Outlets', available from Manchester School of Management, tel. (0161) 236 3311, October.

Millennium Commission, ?, 'Village Halls and Community Centres; what makes a successful application', Millennium Commission, 2 Little Smith Street, London SW1P 3DH.

Moseley, Malcolm; Harman, R.G; Coles, O.B & Spencer, M.N, 1977, 'Rural Transport and Accessibility', University of East Anglia, Norwich.
Moseley, Malcolm, 1979, 'Accessibility: the rural challenge', Methuen & Co., London.
Moseley, Malcolm & Packman, J, 1983, 'Mobile Services in Rural Areas',. School of Environmental Science, University of East Anglia, Norwich.
Moseley, Malcolm, 1999, 'Rural Services: A Framework for Action', Workshop Report for the (former) Council for the Protection of Rural England & the Countryside Agency', available from CPRE Publications, London, free with s.a.e.
Moseley, Malcolm & Chater, C, 2002, 'Trends in Rural Services and Social Housing 2001-2002: Summary', Countryside Agency, Chaltenham, Gloucestershire.

National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaus (NACAB), 1995, 'Evidence on the role of Post Offices in rural communities', NACAB

National Audit Office (NAO) London.
- website: http://www.nao.org.uk
'Financial Support for Post Offices', March 2005, http://www.nao.org.uk/pn/04-05/0405287.htm

National Council for Voluntary Organisations, 2002, NCVP Press Office, London, tel. (020) 7520 2468.
'Volunteering in rural areas', 2002.
It's You Who Know that Counts: the Role of the Voluntary Sector in the Development of Social Capital in Rural Areas', July 2003, available from email: holly.yates@ncvo-vol.org.uk

National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations, 2000, 'Think Country Child', National Coucil of Voluntary Child Care Organisations, London, tel. (020) 7833 3319.

National Federation of Womens' Institutes (NFWI), 104 New King's Road, London SW6 4LY,
tel. (020) 7371 9300, fax. (020) 7736 3652, email: hq@nfwi.org.uk
- website: http://www.nfwi.org.uk :
'Our Village', 1950.
'Your Villages', 1956.
*'The Changing Village: The NFWI's 1999 Survey into the state of rural services', July 1999. Oversize Pamphlet HT431.C4

New Economics Foundation, London
- website: http://www.neweconomics.org
(author: Andrew Simms), 'Ghost Town Britain', December 2002.
'Ghost Town 2: Death on the High Street', December 2003.

New Local Government Network, 1 Chapel Court, Borough High Street, London SE1 1HH,
tel. (020) 7357 0051/0116, fax. (020) 7357 0051, email: network@nlgn.org.uk
- website: http://www.nlgn.org.uk
- publications available from Central Books, London, tel. (020) 8986 5488
'Vitality through locality: lessons form Lewisham and Suffolk', 2004, ISBN 1903447364, http://www.nlgn.org.uk/publications

Newton, M., 1992, 'Community Care for Rural Elderly People', Community Action with Rural Elderly People Project, Help the Aged.

Nottinghamshire Rural Community Council, 1997, 'The Regeneration of Village Shopping Centres', NRCC, Southwell, April.

Office for National Statistics (ONS), 1998, 'Population Trends 91' (including a comparison of urban and rural Britain), TSO, March.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (took over responsibility for local government, planning, housing and regeneration
from the DTLR in May 2002)
- replaced in May 2006 by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
- website: http://www.odpm.gov.uk
'Methodology Guide for the Area Cost Adjustment 2004-05', October 2003,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=17052&heading=e-mail+alert
Planning Policy Statement 7: Sustainable development in rural areas', August 2004, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=20998&heading=e-mail+alert

Palmer, Henry, 2001, 'Sub-post offices look for a lifeline', Regeneration & Renewal, 26.10.01, p12.

Peak District Rural Deprivation Forum, Hope, Derbyshire (PDPRF):
‘An Alternative Rural White Paper’, A report by the Peak District Rural Deprivation Forum', October 1996 (OFL).
‘Health, Community and Social Care in the Peak National Park’. 1997?

Peters, Toby, 1999, 'Comeback for the Corner Shop' (Community owned retailing project in Sheffield), Urban Environment Today, 29.4.99.

PostWatch, Triangle & HI Europe, 2002, 'The Impact of Post Office Closures in the Rural Community', http://www.postwatch.co.uk/pdf/Research/24.12.02Summaryruralclosuresresearch.pdf

Pratten, John & Lovatt, Chris, 2000, 'Rural pubs - a plea for consistent treatment', Town and Country Planning 69 (12), December.
Pratten, John, 2002, 'Rural pub futures', Town and Country Planning 71 (2), p54
Pratten, John & Lovatt, Chris, 2002, 'Planning decisions and the interests of rural communities', (the changing fortunes of one hamlet's pub),Town and Country Planning 71 (2), p54.

Pybus, Julie, 2002, 'Hole-in-the-walls village lifeline', Regeneration & Renewal 17.5.02, p21

Ribchester, C & Edwards, B., 1999, 'The centre and the local: policy and practice in rural educational provision', Journal of Rural Studies 15 (1), January.

Rogers, R, 1993, 'Schools under threat: a handbook on surplus places and school closures', Advisory Centre for Education.

Rowley, Sheila, & Woollett, Stephen, 1992, 'Entertainments, Events and Exhibitions: Bringing art to Village Halls', ACRE, Spomerford, Gloucestershire.

Rural Churches in Community Service, 2001, 'Open All Hours', Rural Churches in Community Service, ?Church House, London SW1.

Rural Development Commission (RDC); merged with the Countryside Commission on 1 April 1999 as the
Countryside Agency; RDC publications now available from Countryside Agency Postal Sales, Wetherby:
'Help for rural communiites', RDG1 (free)
'Telecommunications in Rural England', 1989, HE8094.T4
'The Village Shop', Cameron, Hollis & David & Charles Publishing, 1990.
'Survey of Rural Services', 1991.
'Village Shops: A report on community action,' (by S. Woollett), RD13, 1993. ISBN 1 869964 30 6
'Survey of Rural Services' (BRMB International), 1994.
'Rural services: Challenges and Opportunities', 1994.
'Village shops Mean Business', RDG3, 1994. (free)
'Village shops in rural England - help and advice available' (Introductory brochure), RDG4, (free).
'Rural Services: challenges and opportunities', RDP5, 1994. (free)
'1995 Survey of rural services' (by BMRB International Ltd), RD18, 1995. GP5511.BMR
‘Focus on Village Halls’, RDG5, 1995.
'Village Halls in rural England', RDG6 (free).
'Help for rural communities: supporting essential rural services and the voluntary sector' (booklet), 1995.
'Trends in rural services and social housing', 1996. Oversize GP5511.TRE
'Fair shares for rural areas? An assessment of public resource allocation systems' (Research Report 22), RDR22, 1996, ISBN 1 869964 49 7
‘The Regeneration of Village Shopping Centres’, April 1997.
'Local authority services in rural England', RD17, 1997. ISBN 1 869964 61 6
'1997 Survey of rural services', RD18, 1998. ISBN 1 869964 63 2
'Youth services in rural England', RDI9, 1998. ISBN 1 869964 0
'Young People in the Countryside: Making Things Happen - A Good Practice Guide', 1998 (OFL)
'The Joint Provision of services' (Research Report 34), RDR34, 1998. ISBN 1 869964 63 2

Save Britain's Heritage publications, available from
SAVE, 70 Cowcross St., London EC1M 6EL, tel. (020) 7253 3500:
- website: http://www.savebritainsheritage.org
'Time Gentlemen Please' (pubs), ?
'Mind over Matter' (mental hospitals), ?
'The Fall of Zion' (chapels), ?
'Deserted Sepulchres' (cemeteries), ?
'One Damned Building after another' (neglected historic buildings in England and Wales), 1995.
'Beacons of living' (historic school buildings), 1995.
'Hospitals - A Medical Emergency', 1997.
'Damned Beautiful: 16th Annual Report', Save Britain's Heritage, London, tel. (020) 7253 3500, http://www.savebritainsheritage.org

Save Britain's Heritage publications, available from
SAVE, 70 Cowcross St., London EC1M 6EL, tel. (020) 7253 3500:
- website: http://www.savebritainsheritage.org
'Beacons of living' (historic school buildings), 1995.
'Hospitals - A Medical Emergency', 1997.
'Blink and You'll Miss It: Northern Ireland's Heritage in Danger', June 2001.
'Don't Butcher Smithfield', February 2004.
'Damned Beautiful: 16th Annual Report', Save Britain's Heritage, London, tel. (020) 7253 3500, http://www.savebritainsheritage.org

Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations (SCVO),
tel. (01463) 235633, email: david.martin@scvo.org.uk
'Brass Tacks: Making Community Projects', 2002, £7.

Sherlock, Jan, ?1999, 'Through the Rural Magnifying Glass' (Rural mental health), Publications Department, Good Practices in Mental Health, 380-384 Harrow Road, London W9 2HU.

Sherwood, Kenneth B & Lewis, Gareth, J, ?2000, 'Accessing health care in a rural area: an evaluation of a voluntary medical transport scheme in the English Midlands', Geoforum 31 (4).

Sigsworth, Alan, ?, 'The Small Rural Primary School,' ?

Spilsbury, M & Lloyd, N, 1997, '1997 survey of rural services: A report to the Rural Development Commission', RDC (former), Salisbury, Wiltshire.

Stinchcombe, Paul, 1998, 'Rural shopper has needs too', Planning 1266, 1.5.98.

Stone, M., 1990, 'Rural Childcare', (former) RDC (Rural Development Commission), Salisbury, Wiltshire.

Somerset Trust for Sustainable Development, Old Town Hall, Bow Street, Lagnport, Somerset, Ta10 9PR,
tel. (01458) 259400, fax. (01458), 253401, email: julianbrooks.stsd@ukonline.co.uk
- website: http://www.sustainablehousing.org.uk :
'A Guide to Sustainable Construction for Community Buildings and Village Halls', January 2001.
'A Guide to Sustainable Construction for Council, School and Public Buildings', June 2001.
'Sustainable Constriuction: Making it Happen - A Guide to Local, County and Regional Sustainable Construction Strategies', June 2001.
'Planning for Sustainable Development and Construction: A Guide to Positive Planning for 21st Century Buildings and Development', May 2001.

SPARSE, 2004, 'The Rural Council Tax Gap', (Sparsity Partnership for Authorities Delivering Rural Services), August and at: http://www.sparse.gov.uk

Spilsbury, M & Lloyd, N, 1998, '1997 Survey of Rural Services - a Report to the Rural Development Commission', (former) Rural Development Comnission, Salisbury, Wiltshire.

The Commission for Rural Communities,
- website: http://www.ruralcommunities.gov.uk/
'Beyond Digital Divides? The Future for ICT in Rural Areas', April 2005, http://www.ruralcommunities.gov.uk/article2.htm

The Countryside Agency (formed in April 1999 from the merger of the Countryside Commission with the
Rural Development Commission) Publications: Postal Sales, PO Box 125, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7EP,
tel. (0870) 120 6466, fax. (0870) 120 6467, Minicom (0870) 120 7405
- online sales via: http://www.countryside.gov.uk
TCA 1999:
(The Countryside Agency & CPRE), 'Rural Services: A Framework for Action', Workshop Report by Professor Malcolm Moseley for the Council for the Protection of Rural England and the Countryside Agency', available from CPRE Publications, London, tel. (020) 7976 6433, 1999, free with s.a.e. ISBN 1 902786 12 1
'Rural services and social housing 1997-1998', CAX 17, 1999
TCA 2000:
'The State of the Countryside', Report CA44, April 2000, ISBN 0 86170 638 2 (OFL on 28.4.00)
'The economic significance of post offices in rural areas', CAX 30, 2000.
'Information technology and rural services' Working Paper CAX 44, 2000
'Living in the Countryside: The needs and aspirations of rural populations' (a report on qualitative research carried out for the Countryside Agency by Alan Hedges), CAX 28, November 2000. GP5515.LIV
'New Forest National Park draft boundary - public consultation report', CA 19, 2000
TCA 2001:
'The state of the countryside 2001', CA61, ISBN 0 86170 650 1, April 2001.
'Rural Proofing: policy makers' checklist', CA35, 2001, free, and c..f. http://www.countryside.gov.uk/information/ruralproofing/default.htm
'Revitalise your village: equipping communities to shape their future', CA 42, 2001
'People make the difference: A good practice guide for involving residents in rural regeneratiion', CAX 43., 2001, free.
'Review of state of the countryside indicators', Working Paper CAX 60, 2001
'Service provision in rural areas', Working Paper CAX 61, 2001
'Foot and mouth disease: The State of the Countryside', August 2001.
'Moving Mountains: improving access to services for people in dispersed rural communities', Working Paper, CAX 57
'Rural Services in 2000', November 2001, http://www.countryside.gov.uk/ruralservices
'The Pub is the Hub: Good Practice Guide', report produced by the British Beer and Pubs Association with the Countryside Agency and Environmental Resources Management, co-sponsored by Business in the Community, December 2001.
'The State of the Countryside 2001', December 2001, free, and at http://www.countryside.gov.uk/whatsnew.asp
TCA 2002:
'Rural proofing', CA 107, April 2002, free and at http://www.planning.haynet.com
'The State of the Countryside 2002', May 2002, £15 and at http://www.planning.haynet.com
'Rural Services in 2000', 2002, - individual reports for each region (all priced at £2):-
-The North East (CAX 86)
-'The North West' (CAX 87)
-'Yorkshire and the Humber' (CAX 88)
-'The East Midlands' (CAX 89)
-'The West Midlands' (CAX 90)
-'The South East and London' (CAX 92).
-'The South West' (CAX 93).
'Local Strategic Partnership and Community Strategy rural checklist' (CA93), 2002, free.
'Examination of Planning Inspectors' Appeal Decisions Concerning Rural Public Houses', Research Note CRN39, 2002.
'Trends in Rural Services and Social Housing 2000-01: Summary', July 2002, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=7369&heading=e-mail+alert
'Working Paper: Rural Services in 2000 - Technical Report' (CAX 96), 2002,
'Rural Services Standard: First Progress Report 2001/02', 2002, http://www.countryside.gov.uk/publications/files/20082002145207_AARuralServicesstandardPDF.pdf
'Rural Proofing: Policy makers' checklist', http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=12699&heading=e-mail+alert
TCA 2003:
'Information Communication Technology and Rural Inclusion', January 2003, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=13784&heading=e-mail+alert
'Parish Plans: Guidance for town and parish councils', March 2003, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=14607&heading=e-mail+alert
'Promoting rural communities: a summary of a Suffolk rural regeneration project', CA 117, 2003.
Sustaining sustainable rural communities: a guide', CA 118, 2003.
'Sustaining rural communities: a summary booklet', CA 119, 2003.
'Breathing new life into rural communities', CA 120, 2003.
'Made to measure - how to measure the success of local community action', CA139, 2003.
'Rural Proofing Report 2002-03', CA146, June 2003, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=15450&heading=e-mail+alert
'Rural Services Standard Second progress report 2002/03, July 2003, available from tel. (01242) 521 381 and http://www.countryside.gov.uk
'State of the Countryside 2003', September 2003, http://www.countryside.gov.uk/stateofthecountryside/default.htm
'Broadband in Rural Areas', September 2003, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=16673&heading=e-mail+alert
The Implementation of Connexions in Rural Areas', October 2003, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=17364&heading=e-mail+alert
'Setting up One Stop Shops', CA153, 2003.
'Connecting the countryside: an evaluation of Capital Modernisation Funded UK online centres in rural areas', CA157, 2003,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=18067&heading=e-mail+alert
'Delivering Effective Services to Children and Families in Rural Areas: The early lessons from Sure Start', December 2003,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=18066&heading=e-mail+alert
TCA 2004:
'Delivering services to children and families in rural areas', CA151, 2004.
'Rural Proofing the Delivery Chain', June 2004, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=20328&heading=e-mail+alert
'Rural Proofing in 2003-04', July 2004, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=20537&heading=e-mail+alert
'Rural Services Standard 2003-04', July 2004, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=20777&heading=e-mail+alert
'Planning for Vital Communities: Good practice in linking parish plans, market town plans and community plans', July 2004, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=20776&heading=e-mail+alert
'Ageing and the Countryside Conference Report', August 2004, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=21279&heading=e-mail+alert
'Access to Healthcare', September 2004, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=21650&heading=e-mail+alert
'The Benefits of Providing Transport to Health Care in Rural Areas', 2004, and at http://www.PlanningResource.co.uk
'Rural Services Standard: Third Progress Report 2003/04', CA 179, 2004.
'The role of rural settlements as service centres', CRN 82, 2004.
'Local Public Service Agreements: Thinking rural', CAX 165, November 2004, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=22276&heading=e-mail+alert
'Researching the rural dimension of Local Public Service Agreements', CAX 166, 2004.

The Countryside Agency Research Notes series, available from
TCA Postal Sales, Two-Ten Communications, Ltd,
PO Box 125, Wetherby, Yorkshire, LS23 7EP,
tel. (0870) 120 6466, fax. (0870) 120 6467, minicom (0870) 120 7405,
email: countryside@twoten.press.net
- website http://www.twoten.press.net
- versions can be found on the TCA website: http://www.countryside.gov.uk
CRN1: 'Communicating with the public: Monitoring Report', April 1999.
CRN2: 'Design Initiatives in the countryside', April 1999.
CRN3: 'Locally Distinctive Hedgerows', April 2000 (free).
CRN4: 'In-Migration - Impacts of Migration into Rural England', 2000 (free)
CRN5: 'Integrating the Environment into the CAP', 2000.
CRN6: 'Evaluation of a Health Walks Scheme - Led Walks in the Thames Valley', 2000 (free)
CRN7: 'Mapping access land - an emerging approach', April 2000 (free).
CRN8: 'Public Expenditure in Rural Areas', February 2001 (free).
CRN9: 'Millennium Greens', February 2001 (free).
CRN10: 'The Organic Farming Environment', 2000 (free).
CRN11: The Impact of Visitor Centres in Rural Areas', 2000 (free).
CRN14: Local Product Directories', 2000. (free)
CRN15: The Economic Impact of Recreation and Tourism in the Countryside', January 2001 (free)
CRN16: Living in the Countryside', free from Peter Burbridge, tel. (01242) 521381, October 2000.
CRN17: Matching 'New Deal' to rural needs', July 2000 (free).
CRN19: English Countryside Day Visits' (free).
CRN21: The Economic Significance of Post Offices in Rural Areas', 2000 (free)
CRN26: Policy Integration: The integration of social, economic and environmental issues in the countryside', February 2001 (free).
CRN34. 'Foreign product labelling schemes: their application in the United Kingdom', July 2003
CRN37. 'Farmers' markets in the south-east of England: their economic, environmental and social performance', August 2001 (free).
CRN39. 'Examination of Planning Inspectors appeal decisions concerning rural public houses', 2002, free.
CRN44. 'The Market Towns Healthcheck: lessons from the pilot studies', 2002, free
CRN45. 'Market Towns regeneration in the West Midlands', 2002, free.
CRN46 'Urban/Rural Interdependency', 2002, free.
CRN47, 'Are villages sustainable?', 2002, free.
CRN51. 'Information Communications Technology (ICT) and Rural Inclusion', January 2003, free.
CRN60, 'Market towns monitoring and evaluation', March 2003.
CRN62, 'Older people in rural England', April 2003.
CRN63. 'Processes in and out of low income', June 2003.
CRN68. 'Rural proofing by local authorities: a feasibility study', 2003, free.
CRN73. 'Setting up One Stop Shops: A summary of the good practice handbooki on linking services', September 2003
CRN44. 'The Market Towns Healthcheck: lessons from the pilot studies', 2002, free
CRN45. 'Market Towns regeneration in the West Midlands', 2002, free.
CRN46 'Urban/Rural Interdependency', 2002, free.
CRN47, 'Are villages sustainable?', 2002, free.
CRN48, 'Traffic and transport issues in planning applications for farm diversification', January 2003, free.
CRN50. 'Stimulating entrepreneurial activity in market towns and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty', January 2003, free.
CRN51. 'Information Communications Technology (ICT) and Rural Inclusion', January 2003, free.
CRN68. 'Rural proofing by local authorities', 2003, free.
CRN 76: Rural proofing the delivery chain', 2004, http://www.countryside.gov.uk/Publications/articles/Publication_tcm2-19353.asp
CRN 77:Three market town healthcheck stories', 2004, http://www.countryside.gov.uk/Publications/articles/Publication_tcm2-18751.asp

The Home Office, London:
'Rural Crime: England and Wales', March 2002, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=5786&heading=e-mail+alert

The Rural Group of Labour MPs - publications available from
Cathie Hewitt, Room 517a, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, tel. (020) 7664 3131:
'Equity is the Issue - Delivering to Rural Communities - The Case for Fairer Local Government Funding', November 1998.
'Rural Audit - A Health Check on Rural Britain', June 1999.
'Serving Rural Communities - A Guide to the Best Practice of English Local Authorities', February 2000.
'A Manifesto for Rural Britain', £7.50, April 2000. ISBN 0 9536094 1 3

The Scottish Executive, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ, - publications available from
The Stationery Office, 71 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9AZ
- website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk:
'Social Exclusion in Rural Areas', Scottish Executive Central Research Unit, June 2000.
'Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee 4th Report: Inquiry into Fuel Prices in Remoter Rural Areas', April 2001, and at http://www.scotland.gov.uk:
'The Impact of internet retailing on small market towns and suburban areas' (?exact title), TSO, tel. (0870) 606 5566, September 2000.
'Services in Rural Scotland', January 2001, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/development/surp-oo.asp
'Rural Accessibility', May 2002.
Better Communities in Scotland: Closing the Gap', July 2002, available from tel. (0131) 244 1537 and at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/social/bcis-00.asp
'Services in Rural Scotland', October 2002, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/development/snrp-00.asp
'The Availability of Services in Rural Scotland', October 2002, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/rural/asrs-00.asp'
'People, Communities and Living Community Budgeting - Responses to a Consultation on Local Services and Community Enlargement', November 2002, and at http://www.scotland.gov.uk
'Social Focus on Urban and Rural Scotland 2003', May 2003, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/

The Scottish Office, 1997, ‘Small shops and Retailing’, Scottish Office, 7 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9AZ, available from TSO, Edinburgh, tel. (0131) 622 7050.

Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA), 17 Calrton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AS,
tel. (020) 7930 8903, fax. (020) 7930 3280:
'Policies and principles for the Rural White Paper', Town and Country Planning 68 (11), November 1999.
'The Town and Country Planning Association's memorandum of evidence to the House of Commons, Environment, Transpoft and Regional Affairs Committee Inquiry into the forthcoming Rural White Paper', prepared by Richard Butt, free with an A5 s.a.e. from the TCPA, London SW1, 1999.

Townroe, P., 1990, 'The Impact of Community Post Office status on rural sub-post offices', (former) RDC (Rural Development Commission), Salisbury, Wiltshire.

University of Newcastle, 2004, 'Exploring the Current and Future Role of Market Towns in Servicing Their Hinterlands', available from University of Newcastle, tel. (0191) 222 7850.

Walsh, Bernadine, 1997, 'Pillow the Community' (changes in Post Offices), Urban Environment Today, 18.9.97.
Walsh, Bernadine, 1997, 'Helping small shops fight for survival', Urban Environment Today, 13.11.97.

Ward, Colin, 2002, 'Reviving rural community self-help', Town and Country Planning 71 (9), September, pp238-240.

Warhurst, Pam, 1999, 'Access all areas' (access to services in rural areas), (Forum for the Future) Green Futures, no. 17, July/August.

Wilkinson, Alan, 1997, 'Plan, Design and Build: 21st Century Halls for England', Action with communities in Rural England (ACRE). ISBN 1 871157 48 X

Williams, Colin C, 2002, 'Harnessing Community Self-Help: Some Lessons from Rural England', Local Economy (Taylor & Francis) 17 (2), May, p136, http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=LLVGD1R1MFCN1Y95 ,

Wood, Mark, 2001, 'The rural dilemma of supply and demand' (development control and the loss of rural facilities), Planning 1425, 22.6.01, p18.

Woollett, Stephen, 1981, 'Alternative rural services', Bedford Square Press, London.
Woollett, Stephen, 1986, 'Village ventures,' Rural Voice/Bedford Square Press, London.
Woollett, Stephen, 1993, 'Village shops: a report on community action', (former) RDC (Rural Development Commission), Salisbury, Wiltshire.

Young, C., 1990, 'Planning for Rural Care,' Rural Team, NCVO, 26 Bedford Square, London, WC1 3HU.

Youth Clubs UK, 1997, 'A Place in the Country', YCUK, London EC4.