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CPRE comments on the Housing Bill
Matt Thomson, head of planning at the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), comments:
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Environment
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Ministerial support for Our Green Belt campaign
Housing and Planning Minister Brandon Lewis has responded to our letter marking the 60th anniversary of the Green Belt, recognising the support for the Green Belt shown in our survey, and emphasising the Governments commitment to protecting Green Belt.
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Transport
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Time to act on traffic noise marring London’s parks
CPRE London has used a new CPRE map to show how far the citys public green spaces are no longer tranquil.
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Transport
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Campaigners warn of funding gap in tackling rural road noise
CPRE uses new map and Government data to call for more investment and better management for rural roads
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Environment
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Litter groups and businesses unite to call on Government to take a lead on litter
Major national litter groups and business organisations have today made a joint plea to Government to take a firm lead on litter.
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Communities
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60th anniversary poll shows clear support for Green Belt
CPRE launches campaign calling on Government to turn rhetoric into action and protect Green Belt
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Environment
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Government move to scrap zero carbon homes plan is huge missed opportunity
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) was extremely disappointed to learn that the Government has decided to scrap plans to make sure all new homes (by 2016) and non-domestic buildings (by 2019) are carbon neutral.
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Communities
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Rural areas must have special treatment to tackle housing crisis
CPRE argues that rural areas should be treated as a special case to protect and provide affordable housing
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Transport
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Third Heathrow runway would be full frontal assault on Green Belt and tranquillity
Airports Commissions flawed terms of reference meant its recommendation of a destructive new runway was inevitable, say rural campaigners
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Transport
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Persuasive case for 'un-Beeching' south west railway has national implications
CPRE argues that re-opening line between Plymouth and Exeter would revitalise rural communities and provide resilience against climate change
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Communities
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Enhancing local authority powers can rebalance housebuilding sector, say countryside campaigners
CPRE paper finds nine largest housing developers have 314,000 housing plots in strategic land banks.
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Environment
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CPRE Pre-Budget Briefing
CPRE has published a summary of views on and hopes for the last Budget of the current parliament tomorrow. The Government has recently made a number of high-profile policy announcements on core CPRE issues such as brownfield housing zones and a cycling and walking strategy but there are hopes that the Government will look to introduce further measures before the election.
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Environment
By CPRE
Brownfield regeneration must be backed by better policy
CPRE paper illustrates we can do much more to ensure the highest quality housing development on brownfield land
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Environment
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Concern at u-turn on fracking protections in Infrastructure Bill
CPRE has today expressed disappointment that the Government has gone back on its previous commitment and chosen not to implement amendments ensuring greater safeguards on fracking in the Infrastructure Bill.
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Environment
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Minister for Transport declares that beauty is of vital importance to road infrastructure
Campaigners welcome pledge at CPRE-CBT lecture that aesthetics will be crucial consideration in road building plans.
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Environment
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Walking and cycling community in support of vital amendment to Infrastructure Bill
A coalition of groups, including CPRE, has written an open letter to MPs urging them to support an amendment to the Infrastructure Bill to bring about a Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.
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Environment
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Countryside groups unite to issue the Rural Challenge
With the autumn statement due to announce a roads revolution and a focus on fracking, the priorities of rural communities risk being sidelined, says Lord Robin Teverson, Chair of the Rural Coalition.