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Beauty and design go hand in hand with a democratic planning system, says CPRE01/02/2021
Commenting on the government’s response to the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, Crispin Truman, chief executive of CPRE, the countryside charity, said: ‘Good design and [...]
Government ‘out of touch’ with own MPs on new planning system and must rethink23/11/2020
While the damaging changes to planning would hand more power to developers, over three quarters (78%) of backbench Conservative MPs surveyed think large housebuilders will [...]
Government Ministers confirm overhaul of housing algorithm16/11/2020
Commenting on Ministers confirming an overhaul of the housing algorithm in changes to the planning system, Tom Fyans, campaigns and policy director at CPRE, the [...]
Enough brownfield land for 1.3 million new homes, CPRE report reveals21/10/2020
There is enough brownfield land for 1.3 million new homes and over half a million already have planning permission, a new report form CPRE, the [...]
New design body must meet the rural challenge, says CPRE22/09/2020
Commenting on the appointment of Nicholas Boys Smith to establish a new design body, Crispin Truman, chief executive at CPRE, the countryside charity, said: "Good [...]
Governments homes funding looks disingenuous - CPRE09/09/2020
Commenting on the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) launching affordable homes funding, Tom Fyans, deputy chief executive of CPRE, the countryside charity, [...]
40% of homes granted planning permission go unbuilt - CPRE comment08/09/2020
Commenting on new research from Shelter, which exposes that hundreds of thousands of homes granted planning permission haven’t been built, Tom Fyans, campaigns and policy [...]
Government’s planning reforms don’t pass acid test for community voice, warns CPRE06/08/2020
Providing initial comments on the government’s Planning for the Future White Paper, Tom Fyans, deputy chief executive of CPRE, the countryside charity, said: ‘The key [...]
Government reforms equate to gross oversimplification of the planning process, warns CPRE03/08/2020
Tom Fyans, director of campaigns and policy at CPRE, the countryside charity, said: "The government’s intended reforms sound like a gross oversimplification of the planning [...]
Social housing in rural areas a ‘long ignored scandal’28/07/2020
Commenting on the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee report into social housing, Crispin Truman, chief executive of CPRE, the countryside charity, said: ‘It has [...]
Government ‘building back greener’ claims disappointing08/07/2020
Commenting on the launch of the government's green jobs package, Crispin Truman, chief executive of CPRE, the countryside charity, said: ‘Decarbonising our homes and buildings [...]
Simon Murray elected as new Chair of CPRE, the countryside charity25/06/2020
CPRE, the countryside charity has welcomed a new Chair, former National Trust Director Simon Murray. Simon has a longstanding involvement with the charity and is [...]
Social housing waiting lists grow for over half of rural councils, according to CPRE, the countryside charity12/03/2020
Waiting lists for social housing in rural communities are on the rise which has led countryside campaigners to call for the Chancellor to announce a [...]
New housing design in England overwhelmingly ‘mediocre’ or ‘poor’20/01/2020
The design of new housing developments in England is overwhelmingly ‘mediocre’ or ‘poor’, with less-affluent communities the worst affected, according to a national audit conducted [...]
CPRE reaction: National Planning Policy Framework25/07/2018
Matt Thomson, Head of Planning at the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), said: "Rather than delivering ‘what communities want’ as it claims to promise, [...]

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Beauty and design go hand in hand with a democratic planning system, says CPRE01/02/2021

Government ‘out of touch’ with own MPs on new planning system and must rethink23/11/2020

Government Ministers confirm overhaul of housing algorithm16/11/2020

Enough brownfield land for 1.3 million new homes, CPRE report reveals21/10/2020

New design body must meet the rural challenge, says CPRE22/09/2020

Governments homes funding looks disingenuous - CPRE09/09/2020

40% of homes granted planning permission go unbuilt - CPRE comment08/09/2020

Government’s planning reforms don’t pass acid test for community voice, warns CPRE06/08/2020

Government reforms equate to gross oversimplification of the planning process, warns CPRE​03/08/2020

Social housing in rural areas a ‘long ignored scandal’28/07/2020

Government ‘building back greener’ claims disappointing08/07/2020

Simon Murray elected as new Chair of CPRE, the countryside charity25/06/2020

Social housing waiting lists grow for over half of rural councils, according to CPRE, the countryside charity12/03/2020

New housing design in England overwhelmingly ‘mediocre’ or ‘poor’20/01/2020

CPRE reaction: National Planning Policy Framework25/07/2018

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Government reforms equate to gross oversimplification of the planning process, warns CPRE03/08/2020