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We are the countryside

Join us

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

What gets built and where

CPRE and NALC launch new guide to planning for the public

The guide breaks down how our planning system works.

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Our response to the new Planning and Infrastructure Bill

Our response to the new Planning and Infrastructure Bill published today.

Countryside for all

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CPRE makes progress on EDI, according to RACE report

CPRE have implemented almost twice as many of the Report’s recommendations

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Latest news

Renewable energy

Plans for solar panels on all new homes a big campaign win

Climate emergency

CCC report ‘a clarion call to think differently about land’, we say

What gets built and where

CPRE responds to Land Use Framework consultation

What gets built and where

Derbyshire

Objection to Solar Application in Denby

What gets built and where

Cheshire

CPRE plays major role in keeping Wirral Green Belt protected

What gets built and where

CPRE and NALC launch new guide to planning for the public

Hedgerows

Bedfordshire

Our Hedgerow Heroes pilot site one year on

About CPRE

Berkshire

Read all about it! The Spring 2025 issue of Berkshire Voice is out now…

Latest features

CPRE and NALC launch new guide to planning for the public

The guide breaks down how our planning system works.

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

Brownfield site near railway line

All you need to know about the Sunshine Bill

You can email your MP to back the bill for rooftop solar.

Housing in the countryside with rooftop solar