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Petition: Save the Clatterbury Oak and give ancient trees full legal protection

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

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

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

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 >

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