The Lower Thames Crossing… a helping hand for a serial killer?
Wednesday 28 November 2018
With the prospect of the Lower Thames Crossing between Essex and Kent threatening swathes of countryside on both sides of the river, Alex Hills, chairman of Gravesham CPRE, offers his view on government roads policy while also asking if we’re all doing our bit to tackle air pollution By continuing to build poorly planned new […] Read more >
Stansted expansion approved but fight is not over yet
Monday 26 November 2018
Plans to expand the number of passengers using Stansted Airport have been approved. However, the decision by Uttlesford District Council’s planning committee to back the planning application was a tight call and depended on the chairman’s casting vote. The Essex airport had applied to grow passenger numbers to 43 million a year (a 66 per […] Read more >
Red, white and grey… a standardised national landscape
Wednesday 21 November 2018
This is the second blog that Ben Nourse, a graduate researcher working with the Cambridge Design Research Studio and studying to become a Master of Architecture in Urban Design, is sharing with CPRE Essex. In 1955, Ian Nairn famously coined the phrase ‘subtopia’, a term referring to the suburban monotonisation of English landscapes. Architectural critic […] Read more >
Advice day will focus on rural crime
Tuesday 6 November 2018
It has been described as one of the countryside’s biggest growth industries, but rural crime is no laughing matter for those afflicted by it. The issue is being brought into focus at an advice day being held this month near Braintree at which you can get crime-prevention advice and information from Essex Police and exhibitors. […] Read more >
Involved with your Neighbourhood Plan? Then we have some good news
Monday 5 November 2018
They don’t always get the attention they should, but Neighbourhood Plans represent one way in which people can get involved in the planning process for their local area. Although you needn’t be a planning expert, the prospect of tackling such an important issue might at first seem a little daunting, so two training sessions have […] Read more >