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Can an entire village be decarbonised? Trial scheme at Littlebury might give us the answer

Can an entire village be decarbonised? Trial scheme at Littlebury might give us the answer

Thursday 5 May 2022

Littlebury’s favourite son, Gordon Ridgewell, sends us the following tale from the village, where a pilot energy scheme is being trialled… What would be needed to decarbonise a whole village? This is the question it is hoped will be answered by a project taking place in Littlebury. Littlebury Parish Council has been asked by Essex […] Read more >

Petition: change the housing methodology that’s costing us greenfield land

Petition: change the housing methodology that’s costing us greenfield land

Wednesday 4 May 2022

There can’t be many of us who are unaware of the government’s ‘standard methodology’ that is artificially inflating the numbers of houses to be built on greenfield sites. Many local authorities are being forced to remove protection from large areas of countryside when in truth there is no need. In response, a petition has been […] Read more >

Essex Way: join Saturday’s walk from Mistley Towers to Harwich

Essex Way: join Saturday’s walk from Mistley Towers to Harwich

Thursday 28 April 2022

The 50th-anniversary celebrations of the Essex Way continue on Saturday (April 30) with a walk led by the Essex Area Ramblers. It will take the route between Mistley Towers and Harwich, with the group meeting at the towers at 10.15am for a 10.30am start. For more details, visit the Essex Area Ramblers website.   Read more >

Fifty years of the Essex Way and the celebrations have started… here are two walks for you to join

Fifty years of the Essex Way and the celebrations have started… here are two walks for you to join

Monday 25 April 2022

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Essex Way and, as the group behind the formation of the 81-mile walk, we are keen to play a big part in the celebrations. The Essex Way was conceived via a competition funded by CPRE in 1972. The route was proposed by pupils at Chelmsford Technical High […] Read more >

All About Solar: your chance to join free event tackling a contentious subject

All About Solar: your chance to join free event tackling a contentious subject

Wednesday 20 April 2022

It’s one of the countryside issues of our time: the spread of solar farms across our landscape. The subject is brought into focus tomorrow (Thursday, April 21) in a webinar entitled All About Solar, during which CPRE Essex’s own Richard Haynes will be speaking on the impact of solar farms on landscape and heritage setting. […] Read more >

Uttlesford council blocks plan for solar farm

Uttlesford council blocks plan for solar farm

Tuesday 19 April 2022

Uttlesford District Council has refused permission for a solar farm that would have crossed into another local authority area. The scheme, proposed by Endurance Energy, would have covered 115 hectares near Bishop’s Stortford in a development called Wickham Hall Solar Farm straddling Uttlesford and East Herts district councils. However, on Wednesday, April 13, Uttlesford District […] Read more >

Heybridge North Garden Suburb: first phase backed by councillors

Heybridge North Garden Suburb: first phase backed by councillors

Tuesday 12 April 2022

The contentious Heybridge North Garden Suburb is on the way to becoming reality with approval granted for its first phase. Maldon District Council has backed the building of 160 properties by Countryside Properties at Maypole Road – the initial tranche of a 1,138-home development that had initially been refused by councillors. They had turned the […] Read more >

Gordon gives us a taste of spring from Newport

Gordon gives us a taste of spring from Newport

Monday 11 April 2022

We haven’t been treated to a Gordon Ridgewell picture for a while, so let’s put that little anomaly to rest… He tells us: “I went to Newport church yesterday to photograph a Role of Honour they had found and Imperial War Museums Memorials asked if I could get a picture. “After leaving the church I […] Read more >

Last talk of our winter series focuses on the challenges of farming… and also the joys

Last talk of our winter series focuses on the challenges of farming… and also the joys

Monday 11 April 2022

The final talk of our CPRE Essex winter series, entitled Challenges of Farming: Past, Present and Future, was presented by Christy Willett, formerly billed on these pages as an AHDB farmer but who had in fact given up that role in 2020. No matter, she stressed her time with the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board […] Read more >

Stort crossing backed by councillors

Stort crossing backed by councillors

Tuesday 5 April 2022

A scheme to build a four-lane bridge over the River Stort at Harlow has been approved by councillors. The scheme, known as the Eastern River Stort Crossing, is linked to Harlow and the proposed Gilston Garden Town and aims to link housing development at Pye Corner in Gilston with Harlow’s River Way. When built, the […] Read more >

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