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CPRE reaction to Government Plans for High Speed Rail

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:46:09 GMT

Ralph Smyth, Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Senior Transport Campaigner responds to the Government plans for High Speed 2 (HS2)

Judgement Day For High Speed Rail

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT

As the country awaits plans for a new London to Birmingham High Speed Rail (HSR) line, due to be announced, Campaign to Protect Rural England is calling for the plans to live up to environmental expectations.

Planning For The Environment

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:30:14 GMT

Fiona Howie, CPRE Head of Planning and Regions responds to the launch of two new consultations on planning, one for a healthy natural environment and another for climate change and renewable energy.

Hydropower needs to be sensitively placed

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:53:52 GMT

Dustin Benton, Senior CPRE Policy Officer, responds to a new Environment Agency report into potential locations for hydropower energy generation.

Sheringham wins in appeal against superstore

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:24:55 GMT

James Frost, Director of CPRE Norfolk, comments on the landmark decision to prevent a new Supermarket development in the centre of the largely unspoiled sea side town of Sheringham

Keep Britain Tidy must not forget 90% of Britain

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT

In response to today’s (Thursday) publication of a new manifesto by Keep Britain Tidy, Samantha Harding, Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Stop the Drop Campaign Manager, says:

This new Keep Britain Tidy manifesto adds strength to the campaign to rid our towns and countryside of unsightly and environmentally damaging litter. We are pleased to see Keep Britain Tidy setting out its priorities at such an important point before the General Election.

RSPB and CPRE respond to Government report on future land use

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The RSPB and the CPRE have broadly welcomed a government report, launched today (Friday), which highlights the many challenges facing the use of land in the UK in the 21st century.

Court bid to block third runway

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Today sees the start of court proceedings challenging the Government’s controversial decision to give the go ahead to a third runway at Heathrow.

A coalition of thirteen organisations is backing the legal challenge. It is made up of local councils, leading green groups and residents’ groups, representing millions of people. The coalition’s lawyers will be claiming in court that the consultation process was fundamentally flawed and that the decision to expand Heathrow is at odds with the UK’s overall climate change targets. If they win, the Government’s decision to proceed with the runway will be overturned.

Environment must be centre-stage in the conservatives new age of agriculture

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

CPRE today welcomed the Conservative Party’s agenda for farming, ‘A New Age of Agriculture’, but cautioned against excessive deregulation that could risk a return to destructive practices which in the past have damaged the countryside.

Conservatives should reform planning for the right reasons

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

If radical changes to the planning system are to deliver a more attractive environment and a successful democracy the Conservative Party’s proposals should mark the start, rather than the end, of a detailed policy debate.

This is the Campaign to Protect Rural England’s response to the Conservative Planning Green Paper published today (Monday).

Do we have the energy? The future for energy generation and the countryside

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

New power stations are often contentious due to their scale and their environmental and visual impacts. The Government has recently reformed how we plan for nuclear and conventional power stations, renewables, electricity transmission lines and other major infrastructure. This has been one of the most controversial changes to planning in over 60 years and these changes will come into force next week.

General Election 2010: Make the countryside count

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:53:06 GMT

‘This year’s General Election is a critical moment for England’s countryside. The promises politicians make now will determine whether the countryside becomes a better, more beautiful and more inspirational place, or is condemned to death by a thousand cuts.’

Green Belts: More than lines on a map

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:37:56 GMT

The first major survey of the environmental state of Green Belt land and the benefits it provides for people and wildlife is published today in Green Belts: a Greener Future - a joint report produced by Natural England and the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE).

End of the beginning not beginning of the end of supermarket domination?

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:55:42 GMT

‘This is an important and overdue step forward in reining in the excessive power big supermarket chains can wield over our food system’. This is the response of the Campaign to Protect Rural England to the announcement today (Wednesday) that the Government will set up a supermarket ombudsman.

Food security and a beautiful countryside: two sides of the same coin

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:08:13 GMT

CPRE today welcomed the recognition in the Government’s new food strategy, "Food 2030", of the vital role of the countryside in the future well being of the nation, but cautioned against a return to environmentally damaging intensive farming.

Planning for housing must not lock us into environmentally damaging decisions

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:14:58 GMT

In the face of increasingly volatile demographic trends the Government’s household projections should not be used as housebuilding targets if we are to safeguard the countryside from unnecessary development.

Light pollution survey: is your life blighted by light?

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:56:05 GMT

Countryside campaigners and astronomers are together asking people to tell us how their lives have been affected by poorly directed or excessive lighting.

60 years on; a brighter future for our special landscapes?

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:48:44 GMT

In the 60th anniversary year of the Act of Parliament that gave our finest landscapes special recognition, countryside campaigners CPRE welcome progress to improve their protection. In particular, CPRE welcomed the recent confirmation of the South Downs National Park and the prospect of extensions to the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks.

Count your money and make it count when buying seasonal food this Christmas

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:45:28 GMT

The Campaign to Protect Rural England is encouraging people to spend their money locally when buying Christmas lunch this year. Charles Dickens’ three visions of Christmas are a useful reminder of how we have changed our food buying habits in recent years, and what future Christmases could look like if we don’t reconsider how and where food money is spent.

South Downs National Park confirmed at last!

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:49:43 GMT

It has been more than 60 years in the making but today sees the South Downs finally becoming England’s 9th and the United Kingdom’s 14th National Park.