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Back to the land: rethinking our approach to soil
This report from CPRE calls for a radical rethink of farming practices and soil management in order to help regenerate the soils that underpin our supply of food and environment. It sets out practical ways to restore soil and new approaches to policy.
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CPRE's response to Major Roads Network Consultation
CPRE's response to the consultation on proposals to create a major network. The response was to a report titled: ‘Creation of a Major Road Network: Moving Britain Ahead’. We set out a summary of our approach to the proposals and how we feel they could...
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Viable villages: closing the planning loophole
For decades, England hasn’t built enough genuinely affordable homes in rural or urban areas.
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CPRE Briefing
How ‘land promoters’ exploit legal loopholes at the expense of communities and the countryside
This short briefing sheds some light onto how self-styled ‘land promoters’ make lucrative profits by exploiting the planning system and working against local wishes. Land promoters persuade landowners to allow them to pursue planning permission on...
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CPRE written evidence to EAC Inquiry 25-year Plan
A submission of evidence by the Campaign to Protect Rural England
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State of Brownfield 2018
An analysis demonstrating the potential of brownfield land for housing
We have long campaigned for prioritising the use of brownfield land for housing because we believe it stops the waste of precious countryside. This research examines new brownfield registers, published by 320 local planning authorities in England. It...
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Unlocking Potential: Best Practice for Brownfield Land Registers
CPRE campaigns for a beautiful and living countryside and we do that by working to protect, promote and enhance our towns and countryside to make them better places to live, work and enjoy. As part of this we have long campaigned for prioritising use...
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Beauty betrayed
How reckless housing development threatens England's AONBs
Some of England's most beautiful landscapes are under threat.
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Fieldwork: Summer 2017
In this issue: Good news for dark skies in Cornwall; World Heritage status for the Lakes; protecting landscapes in Neighbourhood Plans; the latest on devolution; a Supreme Court judgement on planning; and the latest campaign news and ideas from parish...
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Fieldwork: Winter 2017
In this issue: A long-term plan for landscape; how to improve rural design; the volunteers tackling litter in Dorset; protecting the setting of listed buildings; campaigning for a Deposit Return System; and a look at the Clean Growth Strategy.
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CPRE's response to the Raynsford Review's Call for Evidence
The Raynsford Review is carrying out an appraisal of the kind of planning system that England needs. It aims to identify how the Government can reform the English planning system to make it fairer, better resourced and capable of producing quality...
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Impacts of a Deposit Refund System on Local Authority Waste Services
How would the introduction of a deposit refund system impact local authority waste services in England? That's what this latest report serves to find out. The research, conducted by Eunomia and commissioned by CPRE and others, addresses expressed...
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Uncertain harvest: does the loss of farms matter?
The latest paper in CPRE's Farming Foresight paper looks at the data on farm numbers and sizes and raises questions about the loss of farms and their diversity. UK data show that we have lost over a fifth of English farms in the past ten years alone....
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Needless Demand: How a focus on need can help solve the housing crisis
Needless demand: How a focus on need can help solve the housing crisis is the eighth paper in CPRE's Housing Foresight series. It analyses the current method that councils use to plan for local housing and what is being built as a result. It finds that...
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Our Green Belt: worth investing in
This report summarises the key findings of ' Nature Conservation and Recreational Opportunities in the Green Belt ', produced for CPRE by environmental consultants ADAS.
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On Solid Ground
Encouraging landowners to invest in rural affordable housing
The seventh paper in CPRE's Housing Foresight series looks at the crucial role landowners can play in helping to fix the rural affordable housing crisis. The paper explores how landowners can invest in affordable housing to benefit their communities,...
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Policy guidance note: Shale Gas
CPRE believes there should be a moratorium on shale gas extraction (fracking) in England unless it can be clearly demonstrated that fracking would: - help secure the radical reductions in carbon emissions required to comply with planning policy and...
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Energy scenarios research
Generating energy is at the heart of human society. The relationship between humans and energy has shaped our landscapes for centuries, if not millennia. We are in the midst of a massive shift in our energy system driven by technological innovation and...
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What's Special To You: Landscape Issues In Your Neighbourhood Plan
This guidance from CPRE contains advice to help community groups develop strong landscape policies in their Neighbourhood Plans, to influence future development decisions that would affect their local area. It will also be helpful for anyone who is...
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CPRE manifesto for General Election 2017
CPRE's manifesto calls on all parties in the election to recognise the countryside’s huge contribution to the economy and our sense of who we are as individuals and communities, and to develop policies that will protect and enhance rural areas.
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Fieldwork: Spring 2017
In this issue: South Downs sell-off averted; discussing the future of farming; tips on how to support local food; investing in a greener Green Belt; the latest campaign news from parish to Parliament.