We are the countryside

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We are the countryside

We’re passionate about making the countryside a better place for everyone to live, work and enjoy.

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What we care about

We want to connect people to the countryside. wherever they live.

Our areas of work

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Get involved

Love the countryside? Want to help us make it even better? Find out how.

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Discover our countryside

Want to know about things to see and do in the countryside near you? We can help.

Explore things to do

New build housing development, norfolk, england

Government announces wave of last-minute reforms to planning bill

The announcement came late on Monday night.

What gets built and where

‘Deeply concerning’ mega solar farm the size of Heathrow approved

A mega solar site has been approved in Lincolnshire.

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CPRE joins call to protect National Parks from rumoured government rollback

CPRE joins coalition urging government to protect National Parks

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Latest news

Landscapes

Help protect our Green Belt: petition to change the ‘grey belt’ definition

Landscapes

Somerset

Restoring Somerset’s historic signposts

What gets built and where

‘Deeply concerning’ mega solar farm the size of Heathrow approved

What gets built and where

Cheshire

CPRE Cheshire initial concerns about Adlington New Town proposals

Landscapes

CPRE joins call to protect National Parks from rumoured government rollback

Landscapes

Somerset

Somerset Vintage Motorcycle Club supports our fingerpost restoration fund

What gets built and where

Hampshire

Over 33,000 New Homes Could Be Built on Hampshire’s Brownfield Sites

About CPRE

CPRE makes case for the countryside at the Labour conference

Latest features

CPRE and NALC launch new guide to planning for the public

The guide breaks down how our planning system works.

We respond to House of Commons debate on mega solar farms

The UK is still way behind on unlocking rooftop solar.

Ten things we want to see from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill (PIB)

Brownfield site near railway line