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Housing sprawl

Urban regeneration undermined by greenfield development says new report

01 July 2009
A groundbreaking study published today (Wednesday) by countryside campaigners, CPRE, demonstrates that an excess of greenfield land with planning permission can render brownfield development unviable.

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Local foods

Why support local food: National campaign comes to Penrith

25 June 2009
An innovative new project is set to explore the benefits of local food to the local community, economy and the countryside around Penrith. The project, part of a national initiative led by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), will support the local community to map their local food network, or ‘food web' in and around Penrith.

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Roads

Countryside at a Crossroads - A blanket speed limit or a million new speed signs?

24 June 2009
An unplanned consequence of the Government’s new Road Safety Strategy could be a million new speed limit signs in the countryside, according to analysis by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE).

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Local foods

Bringing people together over local food: national campaign comes to St Austell

18 June 2009
An exciting new project is set to bring people together to explore the benefits of local food in and around St Austell.  The project, part of a national initiative led by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), will support the community in investigating their own local food network or ‘food web’, and its impact on the community, and the economy and countryside of the area.

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Local foods

Why support local food? National campaign comes to Otley

15 June 2009
An exciting new project is set to bring people together to explore the benefits of local food in and around Otley.  The project, part of a national initiative led by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), will support the community in investigating their own local food network or ‘food web’, and its impact on the community, economy and countryside of the area.

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Will Dr Beeching be turning in his grave?

15 June 2009
Over a million people across England could gain access to the rail network, if the recommendations of a new report due out on Monday 15 June are taken up by the Government and regional bodies.  The vision, Connecting Communities – Expanding Access to the Rail Network, published by the Association of Train Operating Companies, has been strongly welcomed by the Campaign to Protect Rural England.

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Bill Bryson CPRE's new President

In his inaugural speech as President, Bill Bryson celebrates the ‘miracle’ of the British countryside and warns that we need to redouble our efforts to safeguard it.

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