Colchester greenfield site approved for 420 new homes
Monday 24 June 2019
Another 420 homes are coming to Colchester. The borough council has approved a hybrid planning application by Mersea Homes and Hills Residential for the 17-hectare greenfield site at Heath Road, Stanway, on the edge of town after planning officers had concluded the development met both local and national planning policy. The application had sought outline […] Read more >
Climate change rally in London: your chance to join thousands of others in getting the message to our MPs
Monday 24 June 2019
Some 10,000 people are expected at Westminster this week (Wednesday, June 26) to call for urgent action on climate change. Do you want to join them? The rally has been organised by Greener UK and The Climate Coalition, which says: “The government has taken a step forward by setting the long-term target of ending our […] Read more >
Here’s your chance to contribute to a green strategy for Essex
Wednesday 19 June 2019
Essex, as most of are aware, is earmarked for extensive urban growth in the coming years, but all is not necessarily lost for our natural environment. The county council has produced a draft Green Essex Strategy to highlight the importance of establishing green infrastructure and spaces to accompany development over the next 20 years. And, […] Read more >
Elections prove our countryside matters to people, says Green Belt council
Monday 17 June 2019
The extraordinary change in the composition of Uttlesford District Council resulting from May’s local elections was charted here, but there were of course eye-catching returns from much of the South East after the polls had closed. Such was the widespread shift in allegiance that the London Green Belt Council was moved to comment: “One of […] Read more >
Petition launched for Stansted application to be reconsidered
Wednesday 12 June 2019
Campaigners are still pressing for the recent decision to approve passenger numbers at Stansted Airport from 35 million to 43 million a year to be reconsidered. Stop Stansted Expansion has drafted a petition calling on that application to be referred back to Uttlesford District Council’s planning committee. Last month’s dramatic change of control at the […] Read more >
Thousands of homes and a media village could be coming to Purfleet
Wednesday 12 June 2019
Always keen to highlight the positives in planning, we are happy to share news of a project that appears to represent genuine urban regeneration. Purfleet has been earmarked for a £1 billion project that could bring almost 3,000 homes to the town as well as a “media village” and a range of enhanced facilities. Thurrock […] Read more >
All change at Uttlesford. And at Stansted, too?
Monday 10 June 2019
As most must now be aware, last month’s local-government elections saw some extraordinary results, one of the most remarkable of which occurred right here in the Tory heartland of Essex, where the Conservatives lost control of Uttlesford District Council to the Residents’ Association. CPRE Essex always takes a politically neutral stand, but the Tories’ loss […] Read more >
What Thames estuary growth plans could mean for climate change… and accountability
Monday 10 June 2019
The government’s backing of proposals to target the Thames estuary for massive development flies in the face of wider calls to tackle climate change, according to one of CPRE’s leading lights in the area. In June last year the Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission published a report calling for the building of more than a […] Read more >