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National CPRE’s recent report on farming on the urban fringe shows that more than 1,700 farms have disappeared from the edges of towns and cities since 2010. CPRE is calling on the government to recognise the vital role of the countryside around our towns and cities and make good on its commitment to a land use framework and a brownfield-first housebuilding policy.

More than 1,700 farms…

We’re asking our supporters to sign this petition asking for homebuilding targets to be reduced to 200,000 homes per year.   The petition is asking that the government lowers national homebuilding targets to an achievable level for local councils, builders and infrastructure providers, rather than what appear…

The government has published the Planning and Infrastructure Bill as part of its commitment to ‘get Britain building.’

The new Planning and Infrastructure Bill is an opportunity to ensure key infrastructure and genuinely affordable rural homes are built in the right places.

However, delivering this requires transforming the housing market alongside planning reform. Without it, more…

A new report commissioned by CPRE shows that data from the 1940s is being used to classify and protect England’s most valuable and productive farmland, potentially undermining the UK’s ability to grow its own food.

The ALC system determines the potential productivity of farmland using data including rainfall measured between 1941 and 1970 and temperatures measured between 1961 and 1980.

The…

In her speech on the government’s plan for economic growth this morning, Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirms backing for a third runway at Heathrow, alongside other announcements on zonal planning, infrastructure and the planning system.  You can read CPRE’s response here