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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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Night Blight 2016: Background report and methodology
Background report and methodology for Night Blight 2016
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Brownfield comes first
Why brownfield development works
To investigate the extent to which brownfield is a viable option for development, CPRE commissioned construction analysts Glenigan to compare the speed of residential development on brownfield sites with development on greenfield, once these sites have...
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Set up to fail: why housing targets based on flawed numbers threaten our countryside
Our new research has found that housing assessments produced by local authorities (SHMAs) are inaccurate, inflated and unreliable. The housing figures produced by SHMAs are not being balanced with sensible planning for infrastructure, consideration of...
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Smarter SHMAs: A Review of Objectively Assessed Need in England
This report by Housing Vision with Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design reviews the methodologies used to determine Objectively Assessed Need (OAN) for housing and the problems caused by unclear and unhelpful guidance. It provides solid evidence and...
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Fieldwork: Summer 2015
In this issue: Cleaning up Yorkshire; engaging the next generation of campaigners; delivering CPRE's charter to Downing Street; the campaign for a community right of appeal; the latest on England's changing land use
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EmPower Communities - Community energy workshop
In July 2015, CPRE held a workshop for community representatives − the majority from rural areas − to provide a practical introduction to community energy and help them to initiate and get involved in community energy projects. You can download the...
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A Living Countryside
Responding to the challenges of providing affordable rural housing
The fifth paper in CPRE Housing Foresight series identifies a range of solutions to increase and sustain affordable housing in rural areas. These include better funding and guidance, incentives to identify suitable sites, and rural exemptions from...
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Rural Reconnections
The social benefits of rail reopening
The cost of reinstating railway lines to modern standards can be significant. This is therefore only likely to happen where there is a compelling reason to do so. But with the demand for rail growing year on year, investment in rail capacity between...
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Beautiful by design
A new aesthetic for the road network
This landmark speech was given in March 2015 by the Rt Hon John Hayes MP, when he was roads minister, to CPRE and the Campaign for Better Transport. It outlines a noble vision of greater harmony between our road network and our priceless countryside....
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Getting Houses Built
How to accelerate the delivery of new housing
This fourth report in CPRE's Housing Foresight series looks at how to accelerate the delivery of new housing in England.
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Give peace a chance
Has planning policy contributed to rural tranquillity?
Tranquillity is a natural resource, and an essential quality of the countryside. It is a much valued aspect of human experience that CPRE has long championed. Although found in many places, it is the countryside that gives us the best chance to...
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Warm and Green
Achieving affordable, low carbon energy while reducing impacts on the countryside
This report, and the research underpinning it, sheds new light on the scale of the energy problems we face and the solutions needed to tackle them. It explores the current realities of greening rural homes and community buildings. This report also...
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A beautiful countryside to sustain us all - CPRE manifesto briefing
We need to value and protect the countryside for the countless benefits it provides to our health, prosperity and wellbeing. This is a detailed briefing based on CPRE's manifesto for the 2015 General Election.
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Better Brownfield
Ensuring Responsive Development on Previously Developed Land
CPRE's third Housing Foresight paper argues that large scale brownfield sites require a comprehensive approach to development which should adopt best practice from Europe. It also considers the development of small-scale brownfield sites in England,...
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National Networks National Policy Statement
A CPRE briefing for the House of Commons designation debate
The National Networks National Policy Statement ('the NPS') is the first long-term planning document for the Strategic Road Network, railways and Rail Freight Interchanges. We welcome the creation of this NPS, which was originally due to be finalised...
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Landscapes for everyone: creating a better future
A shared vision of why we must treasure our landscapes and how Government can help
CPRE has been leading the development of ‘Landscapes for Everyone: Creating a Better Future’. It is supported by 33 organisations including the National Trust, the Campaign for National Parks, the Ramblers, the John Muir Trust, the Open Spaces Society,...
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From Wasted Space to Living Spaces
The availability of brownfield land for housing development in England
The Campaign to Protect Rural England commissioned University of the West of England (UWE) researchers to calculate an accurate figure for housing capacity on suitable brownfield land and specify how such land might be brought forward for development....
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Better not bigger
Why strategic roads need a green retrofit programme
This report, produced by CPRE and the Campaign for Better Transport, sets out aspirations for roads retrofitting programme, to reduce environmental impacts. Measures could include improved conditions for cycling and walking, plus restoring tranquillity...
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Removing obstacles to brownfield development
With recent statistics showing that housing development is decreasing on previously developed sites but increasing on the Green Belt, Removing obstacles to brownfield development calls for Government to implement a range of inventive policies to...