The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) hopes to be able to welcome much of the new development plan for the North West, to be published in early September.

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Measures proposed by the Policy Exchange in their report, Cities Unlimited: Making Urban Regeneration work, would fail communities and lead to extensive loss of countryside throughout England, say campaigners CPRE.

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Reporting for BBC’s Panorama on Monday 11 August, in a personal and passionate account, CPRE's President Bill Bryson says he's appalled at how we now treat our surroundings like a rubbish tip, and castigates our apparent inability to walk or drive anywhere without leaving a trail of litter.

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Countryside campaigners CPRE are urging the British Standards Institution (BSI) to change their plans for guidelines on tree safety.

‘The BSI has generated anxiety and confusion with proposals which could threaten the future of trees valued for their public amenity,’ said Tom Oliver, Head of Rural Policy at CPRE. 

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The Government should be congratulated on making an urgently needed move to protect the environment on farmland. 

This is the verdict of CPRE to the decision by Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for the Environment, to take forward the key recommendation by Sir Don Curry’s expert group for a replacement for the set aside scheme. This will require farmers to put a percentage of their land into primarily environmental management.

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Countryside campaigners CPRE welcome the publication of two reports setting out the Government’s latest thinking on eco-towns. They describe standards that eco-towns should achieve, the planning process and timetable.

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