Facts, figures and survey answers on England's 14 Green Belts: London (Metropolitan), Avon, Burton/Swadlincote, Cambridge, Gloucester/Cheltenham, North West, Nottingham/Derby, Oxford, Hampshire/Dorset, South & West Yorkshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Tyne & Wear, West Midlands and York

In July and August 2009, Natural England conducted 1754 interviews including questions regarding Green Belt land in England, covering the following aspects of Green Belts: awareness and attitudes; perceived importance; usage and future use. The results were used to enhance CPRE's own surveys to provide reliable data to monitor levels of engagement with the Green Belt over time by measuring number of visits, activities undertaken, distance travelled, and the profile of visitor.

This brochure considers the need for affordable housing in rural communities and how it can be built to best meet the needs of local people in the long term. Prepared by the National Housing Federation in conjunction with CPRE and other partners.

This important publication looks at the environmental benefits of reusing vacant homes to meet housing need. It includes national, regional and local measures, which could help bring empty homes back into use.

Brownfield regeneration has been one of the great unsung success stories of recent years. Land is now developed more efficiently for housing; this has improved the urban environment and protected the countryside from unnecessary sprawl. There is a real danger that short-sighted responses to current economic conditions could undermine urban regeneration schemes in the future.

Brownfield regeneration has been one of the great unsung success stories of recent years. Land is now developed more efficiently for housing; this has improved the urban environment and protected the countryside from unnecessary sprawl. There is a real danger that short-sighted responses to current economic conditions could undermine urban regeneration schemes in the future.

This report responds to one of the potentially most far reaching changes proposed in the Government’s consultation draft National Planning Policy Framework. It examines the proposals to cease giving clear priority nationally to development on brownfield sites (formally called ‘previously developed land’) before greenfield. It also considers the implications of the related recent policy changes made by the Government to drop the minimum housing density range which has until recently been recommended as national policy.

Developers continue to rely on many of the arguments made in the 2004 Treasury-sponsored Barker Review in their arguments for loosening planning controls in the countryside, to which this report provides a comprehensive rebuttal. We present evidence that there is no overall shortage of housing for sale and a massive boost in output would create needless environmental damage. Our report also looks at the factors which have been fuelling demand and what measures could be introduced to counter this.

This response presents CPRE's case for a holistic strategy to protect England's coast from ill-considered development, coastal erosion and climate change. We believe that the planning system must play a major role in delivering this by adapting to the effects of climate change and reconciling the needs of agriculture and public access to the coast. To this end, CPRE welcomes the Government's schemes to fund coastal planning and develop best practice in adaptation.