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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 >
Missed the AGM? Then you missed something special…
Wednesday 10 October 2018
The busy world of CPRE Essex was brought into focus at the weekend during the county branch’s AGM. Marks Tey village hall was the setting on Saturday afternoon (October 6) as the necessary details of the previous year’s business were gone through in the professional manner we have come to expect from the group. Vice-chairman […] Read more >
Two top speakers will grace CPRE Essex’s AGM
Tuesday 2 October 2018
Just a little reminder: the Essex branch of CPRE is holding its AGM this weekend – and there are two very special speakers to inform and entertain you after the formal business has been completed. Sam Harding, director of CPRE’s national litter programme, will be giving a talk entitled, perhaps unsurprisingly, Litter Picking Programme. Then […] Read more >
The sorry tale of one of our favourite animals… what future for the hedgehog?
Saturday 29 September 2018
When was the last time you saw a hedgehog? Such a question usually draws the response, with either an air of resignation or a smirk as though the whole thing’s a bit of joke: “One that isn’t squashed on the road, you mean?” However, even that doesn’t ring true any more and we could just […] Read more >
Book soon for the CPRE Essex AGM!
Wednesday 19 September 2018
The Essex branch of CPRE is in great shape and wants to share with members recent successes and its plans for the future. Hence you are all invited to next month’s AGM. It is being held at Marks Tey village hall on Saturday, October 6 (2.45pm for 3pm). A busy afternoon will comprise the formal […] Read more >
If you thought the Green Belt was safe, you might want to think again
Monday 17 September 2018
Anyone who believed Green Belt designation might mean land was safe from development would appear to be sadly misguided if CPRE analysis is anything to go by. This organisation’s figures reveal that almost half a million new homes are targeted for land to be released from the Green Belt – and very few of those […] Read more >
Government’s new planning rule book: ‘it’s a developers’ charter’
Friday 3 August 2018
CPRE has slammed the government’s revised planning rulebook, the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), as a “speculative developers’ charter”. In a damning early critique, the organisation says the government has not fulfilled its promise to “build attractive and better-designed homes in areas where they are needed”. Indeed, the document, published on Tuesday, July 24, continues […] Read more >
As Essex prepares for a vast increase in population, new protocol aims to streamline planning
Monday 30 July 2018
Essex has a new planning protocol. The document, put together by local authorities and developers in the county, is intended to create “a more efficient and effective application process”, while it should also help resource planning departments”. The development of the Essex Planning Protocol was driven by “a significant predicted growth in the Greater Essex […] Read more >
CPRE Essex: we have a new chairman
Wednesday 11 July 2018
Essex has a new chairman – and he is ready and raring to go as we step up our efforts to keep the county the very special place it still is. It will not be easy. The pressures of development are arguably greater than ever before. The clamour to build houses to help fire the […] Read more >
Meet David Knight, the new man at the helm
Wednesday 11 July 2018
Taking on the chairmanship of CPRE Essex is no light task, but in David Knight we believe we have just the man for the job. Of course there is no one better placed to tell you a little about himself than David, so over to the new chairman: “I have lived in Essex all my […] Read more >