Please sign our petition to government: don’t deregulate planning
Thursday 24 September 2020
The government has devised some new plans that could pose a huge risk to the countryside and the communities living and working within it. Ministers want to take decision-making powers away from communities and local councils, handing it over to housing developers and central powers in Westminster. Under these new proposals, our ability to shape […] Read more >
Our AGM is on Saturday, October 3. Please join us… it has never been more important that we stand together
Tuesday 22 September 2020
We know things are difficult for many of us at the moment and we can lose track of all that’s going on, so here’s a gentle reminder that this year’s CPRE Essex Annual General Meeting is being held ‘virtually’, by Zoom, on Saturday, October 3, at 10.30 am. CPRE chief executive Crispin Truman will be the […] Read more >
Inspector dismisses developer’s pandemic claim in appeal against Tiptree homes refusal
Thursday 17 September 2020
A developer has failed in its appeal against Colchester Borough Council’s refusal of plans for 255 new homes in Tiptree. Bloor Homes had argued that the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic meant the council could not demonstrate it had a five-year housing land supply, claiming important sites were now “undeliverable”. However, the planning inspector […] Read more >
Planning consultancy will consider ‘art of the possible’ at sites across Southend
Wednesday 16 September 2020
A planning consultancy is to assess the development potential of sites across Southend-on-Sea. Troy Planning + Design has been appointed by the borough council to “consider the art of the possible” at 10 sites, most of which are owned by the local authority. A consultancy statement said: “Our work is feeding into a strategic assessment […] Read more >
Council wins High Court injunction to block work at South Ockendon site
Tuesday 15 September 2020
Thurrock Council has obtained an interim High Court injunction to stop unauthorised work in the Green Belt at South Ockendon. It is the latest intervention by the council in a bid to limit illegal work on a travellers’ site there. The council announced that, after a hearing on Thursday, August 6, it had been granted […] Read more >
Bocking to get 265-home development after Gladman wins appeal
Monday 14 September 2020
Gladman has struck in Bocking. The land agent has won an appeal it launched in 2017 against Braintree District Council’s failure to rule on its application for a housing development within the statutory 13-week period. The site, off Church Street, had been targeted with two proposals: one for 265 units and the other for 300. […] Read more >
A120 dualling scheme ‘will add £2.2 billion to Essex economy’
Wednesday 9 September 2020
THE A120 is to be dualled between Braintree and the A12. The scheme has been included in the government’s latest Investment Strategy RIS2, which runs from April 2020 to March 2025. Highways England will take over work on the project from the county council, which prefers Option D, running from Galleys Corner at Braintree to […] Read more >
CPRE Essex Annual General Meeting: you can read the documents here
Wednesday 2 September 2020
As already announced, this year’s AGM of CPRE Essex is being held ‘virtually’, by Zoom, on Saturday, October 3, at 10.30 am. CPRE chief executive Crispin Truman will be the guest speaker. If you wish to ‘attend’ the AGM, please let us know by Friday, September 18, at office@cpre-essex.org.uk or RCCE House, Threshelfords Park, Inworth Road, […] Read more >
Cello Concert with Birdsong
Wednesday 2 September 2020
The writing of Anne Boileau that has graced this website during recent months has both captured the spirit of the age and cast a reflective light of history on where we are today. Here Anne presents Cello Concert with Birdsong, which she describes as “a story with an Essex slant”. “Beatrice Harrison could not have […] Read more >