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Please sign this petition to help protect our Green Belt
Thursday 22 May 2025
Our friends at CPRE Hertfordshire have launched a national petition calling on the government to make urgent changes to the National Planning Policy Framework, warning that much of the Green Belt could be lost forever. The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) published in December 2024 contains inconsistencies between the NPPF paragraphs on the Green […] Read more >
Defend the wildlife of Middlewick Ranges: please sign the petition
Thursday 8 August 2024
The message is simple: Defend the wildlife of Middlewick Ranges! Environmental groups across Essex have come together to urge the government to protect one of the county’s most wildlife-rich sites, Middlewick Ranges near Colchester. As part of the wider campaign, supported by CPRE Essex, a petition has been set up calling for the wonderful Wick […] Read more >
Petition: Save the Clatterbury Oak and give ancient trees full legal protection
Sunday 25 February 2024
A petition has been launched in a bid to save an ancient Essex tree under threat of felling. Looking to build an access road as part of their proposals to put up five new houses, developers have applied for planning permission to remove the Clatterbury Oak, which campaigners in the village of Clavering believe could […] Read more >
Petition: change the housing methodology that’s costing us greenfield land
Wednesday 4 May 2022
There can’t be many of us who are unaware of the government’s ‘standard methodology’ that is artificially inflating the numbers of houses to be built on greenfield sites. Many local authorities are being forced to remove protection from large areas of countryside when in truth there is no need. In response, a petition has been […] Read more >
Join us in telling the government: don’t dilute or delay a Deposit Return Scheme
Tuesday 8 June 2021
The Essex countryside is littered with discarded single-use drinks bottles and cans. CPRE has been calling for the solution for over 10 years: a simple system that prevents the littering of drinks containers and ensures recycling rates of more than 90 per cent: an all-in Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). Yet, despite committing two years ago […] Read more >
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 >