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  Minibike Madness
James Sims Williams walks 54 miles with the smallest bike in the London to Brighton charity bike ride and raises £2,700 for charity.

Press Release
03.07.2007
  Go green for profit
Nicholas Woolley speaks at the recent CLA conference, 'Clean, Green and Viable - our buildings past, present and future'.

CLA Conference
27.04.2007
  Construction industry 'is run by dinosaurs'
Sarah Chambers meets up with a man who believes you can help the environment while still getting the best value out of your land and assets.

East Anglian Daily Times
07.04.2007
  The secret to achieving sustainability in rural areas...
Those of us working in, or advising, local authorities in rural areas have a particular responsibility to set the direction for a more sustainable future.
Rural Focus April 2007
  Combating Climate Change
Sustainability offers a win/win for us and the environment. The technology is here now so what are we waiting for...

East Anglian Daily Times
10.03.2007

Archive of Past News ...

  New Local Development Framework
All District Councils are now obliged to prepare a Local Development Framework (LDF) to replace our old local plans...

CLA Press Release
15.01.2006
  Beef & Sheep Pages Launched
A new free guide on making the most of your livestock is launched today by the Undergrazing Project Partnership - researched and edited by Woolley & Company.
CLA Press Release 06.06.2005
  Prince's Foundation Conference
Conference on Structuring Settlements: Tools for the New Urban Challenges...
Conference 17.03.2005
  New Approach to Development Appraisal
Property professionals Woolley & Company have launched an innovative new approach to development appraisal called Intelligent Community Planning (ICP).
Press Release 04.07.2004
  Essential Aid to Focus on Sustainability
The long overdue changes in farming policy are beginning to take shape and the emphasis for land managers is now to focus on sustainable agriculture...

East Anglian Daily Times
19.04.2003
  Couple win in nursery battle
A couple are jubilant after winning an appeal to open a day nursery facility in Lakenheath.

Bury Free Press
18.04.2003
  Couple in nursery decision challenge
Plans to create a day nursery in Lakenheath are under threat after planning permission to set it up was refused ...

Newmarket Weekly News
14.11.2002
  Broadband in Rural Areas
Dear Minister - As one who runs his business from rural Suffolk, I can speak from firsthand experience on the frustration of present IT links and the huge need for broadband connections ...
Letter to Minister 17.10.2002
  Farm as though you mean to live forever
Suffolk farmers have been the first to trial a new method for appraising sustainability - The results of the Suffolk Farm Sustainability Study will be on display today in the Diversification Tent at the Suffolk Show...
Press Release 07.06.2002
  Auditing Model Charts Sustainable Practices
Findings from trials of a new integrated method for auditing sustainable farming practices will be officially unveiled at the Suffolk Show next week...

East Anglian Daily Times
01.06.2002
  CPA - Towards Sustainability Research
The government's Planning Green Paper, quite rightly, makes great play of the need to engage communities both in setting the proposed Local Development Frameworks...
Local Gov. Association Article 08.04.2002
  RICS Presents Sustainability Research
The recently published RICS Comprehensive Project Appriaisal (CPA) research was presented to officials from the European Commission...

European Alert 01.11.2001
  I recommend this as a better way to consult
Sir - Your editorial on Wednesday, July 4, rightly identifies real fears of ill-thought through developments...

East Anglian Daily Times
10.07.2001
  Model Means to assess sustainability
A Prototype system for evaluating any development's sustainability was launched this week...
Estates Gazette 26.05.2001
  Towards Sustainability is launched by RICS and Environment Agency
At RICS headquarters at Westminster, Comprehensive Project Appraisal - 'Towards Sustainability' was finally launched and received an excellent reception...
RICS Press Release 23.05.2001
  New Approach to Sustainable Development
Research published today (23 May) by RICS holds out the promise of a new tool for planners and project managers that will allow the comprehensive appraisal of projects and processes...

RICS Press Release 23.05.2001
  Potential of disaster colossal for farmers
Farming is once again in crisis, facing a potential disaster of colossal proportions. Thanks to full coverage in the media, I believe that the plight of livestock farmers is now becoming appreciated and acknowledged by all...
East Anglian Daily Times 10.03.2001
  Great hooves are kinder to delicate habitats
Sir, - All three animals which make up the famed Suffolk Trilogy are most precious in this wonderful county of ours, but probably the Suffolk Punch is best known and therefore loved throughout the world...
East Anglian Daily Times 05.03.2001
  Blinkered attitudes leave us with nothing
Sir, - I agree entirely with Nicholas Woolley (letters, February 27) about the closure of Freckenham village school...

East Anglian Daily Times 01.03.2001
  School closure has big knock-on effect
Sir, - The planned closure of the Ambridge school is a real-life situation, which has faced so many people in rural areas all over the country - and the effect goes far beyond its immediate community...
East Anglian Daily Times 27.02.2001
  How to gain community acceptance of planning applications and why developers need to change
When we look around the countryside and also many towns, we see, all too often development which is dull, ugly, constantly copying old designs (usually badly) and too frequently built of poor quality materials...

Woolley & Company Comment 15.02.2001
  NHS counts the cost of poor bus services
Sir, -Your article (EADT, December 8) about the imminent cut in the bus service to East Bergholt is sadly topical...
East Anglian Daily Times 13.12.2000
  Abbatoirs may be for the chop
Agromenes's encouraging reference to the Comprehensive Project Evaluation (CPE) research project last week is well placed...
Country Life 07.12.2000
  Caring for the Land
All English farmers have now received a twee little letter from Nick Brown, the Agriculture Minister. Couched in language reminiscent of leaflets from 'Avon Calling' ...
Country Life 23.11.2000
  Research trials show how conservation can pay off
Trials of a technique for evaluating sustainability have been sufficiently impressive for the Environment Agency to try it out itself. Comprehensive Project Evaluation was started in 1997...

Estates Gazette 07.10.2000
  Closures Punish Elderly
Sir, - You are to be congratulated on your campaign to protect the future of sub-post offices...
East Anglian Daily Times 28.01.2000
  Sustainability measure put to test
In a radical approach to site evaluation, a practical appraisal for measuring sustainability and its benefits is being tested at three trial locations...
Estates Gazette 31.07.1999
  Consider the environment
Farming to high environmental standards need not be a loss-making process, says Nicholas Woolley...
Anglia Farmer 01.05.1999
  How developers turn your land into legal minefields
For just a few thousand pounds a time a developer can lock up every potential development site in any given area through option agreements...
Farming News 04.12.1998
       
       
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