planning
Read the CPRE Essex response to the Land Use Framework consultation
Friday 30 May 2025
The Land Use Framework should prove a vital element in the future of our countryside and in January the government opened a 12-week consultation on how it should develop. CPRE Essex planner Michael Hand has put together an excellent response from our organisation that you can read here. In launching what it called its “‘national […] Read more >
Land Use Framework: national CPRE responds to consultation
Tuesday 6 May 2025
CPRE has submitted its response to the government’s consultation on a new Land Use Framework for England. The government launched a 12-week “national conversation” in January to gather views from farmers, landowners, businesses and environmental groups. CPRE has long called for a national land use strategy and welcomes this opportunity to take a more joined-up […] Read more >
Need help with a tricky planning application? Then here’s our new guide to planning for the public
Thursday 17 April 2025
The first update to our much-loved planning guidance for the public has been published today (Thursday, April 17) by CPRE and the National Association of Local Councils (NALC). How to Respond to Planning Applications is an updated version of our previous guidance, which is likely to be the longest-established guide to engaging with planning from […] Read more >
Government starts consultation on changes to the planning system
Tuesday 30 July 2024
The government has today (Tuesday, July 30) announced a consultation on an update to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The NPPF is a 78-page document that acts as the rulebook for planning. It advises local authorities and developers on what they can and cannot do when planning developments and includes a range of policies […] Read more >
Big builders exploiting loophole to push greenfield developments through on appeal, CPRE research shows
Tuesday 13 June 2023
Deep-pocketed developers are winning on appeal against cash-strapped councils by exploiting a planning loophole Individuals and firms proposing small-scale projects have far less chance of successfully challenging planning decisions – the system appears weighted in favour of big builders Major developments on greenfield land use the ‘five-year housing land supply’ rule to override Local Plans […] Read more >
Planning seminar: the highlights from a fascinating day
Monday 5 June 2023
Andrew Wood, former CPRE planner, returned to his former haunts (spiritually if not geographically) when he led a workshop in Chelmsford entitled How the planning system works, and how to influence it. Held at the Essex Record Office Conference Centre, Chelmsford, on Friday, May 19, the workshop proved an undoubted success as everyone present got […] Read more >
Join us for a free talk: ‘How the planning system works, and how to influence it’
Wednesday 10 May 2023
We have something rather special for you this month – a FREE planning seminar. Andrew Wood, former CPRE planner, will be giving a talk entitled How the planning system works, and how to influence it at the Essex Record Office Conference Centre, Chelmsford, on Friday, May 19. For the event we will use real-world examples […] Read more >
Planning reforms consultation: CPRE ‘deeply concerned’
Friday 23 December 2022
CPRE has given a decidedly cool response to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) prospectus consultation, which was published yesterday (Thursday, December 22). Paul Miner, acting director of campaigns and policy at CPRE, the countryside charity, said: “We are deeply concerned that the government appears to be backsliding on promises it made just a few weeks […] Read more >
Campaign success as planning changes give more power to communities
Thursday 8 December 2022
The government has set out new measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that give communities more say on local housing targets, as well as encouraging brownfield development and controlling short-term lets. Commenting on the government’s vital changes to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, Tom Fyans, interim chief executive of CPRE, the countryside […] Read more >
‘Deregulation on steroids’ – the CPRE response to planned investment zones
Friday 30 September 2022
Kwasi Kwarteng, the new Chancellor, has announced plans that strip away the protection of the planning system from swathes of the countryside. These new ‘investment zones’ will threaten many of our most loved landscapes. Responding to the announcement Tom Fyans, interim chief executive of CPRE, the countryside charity, said: “This government’s obsession with driving growth at […] Read more >