Lower Thames Crossing: examination hearings close
Friday 29 December 2023
The examination hearings for the Lower Thames Crossing ended on Wednesday, December 20, CPRE Essex having taken an active role at the issue-specific hearings, along with responding to the various written questions. It is CPRE Essex’s overarching view that the adverse environmental and financial impacts of the proposed project outweigh any of its purported benefits. […] Read more >
Rough sleeping in countryside higher than some urban areas, analysis shows
Thursday 28 December 2023
The hidden rural housing crisis continues to worsen, along with its tragic impacts on people and families. This includes rates of rough sleeping, which new CPRE analysis has revealed are worse in rural areas than many of our towns and cities. Levels of homelessness have leapt 40 per cent in the countryside in just five […] Read more >
Housing crisis poses threat to survival of rural communities, CPRE report warns
Wednesday 13 December 2023
An acute and overlooked shortage of genuinely affordable housing poses a threat to the survival of communities in rural England, reveals a report published by CPRE, the countryside charity. Unravelling a crisis: the state of rural affordable housing in England sets out the causes of the problem, lays bare its impact on real people and […] Read more >
Business park at M25 junction recommended for approval
Monday 11 December 2023
Land removed from the Green Belt is likely to be used for the development of four large warehouses. Brentwood Enterprise Park is being targeted for a site next to junction 29 of the M25 – some of the site had been in the Green Belt before the Brentwood Local Plan removed most of it and […] Read more >
Rochford planners back plans for retirement complex
Friday 8 December 2023
Rochford will be hosting a “senior living village” after the local authority approved plans for a retirement complex. The scheme for more than 100 homes, a 93-bed care home and a doctors’ surgery in Cherry Orchard Lane were backed by Rochford District Council. A management company will provide a shuttle bus service from the site […] Read more >