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Villages and towns ‘under siege’: Communities fight back!
Many of our local towns and villages are facing the prospect of hundreds of new houses on their doorsteps, and local planning authorities seem powerless to prevent them. Local communities feel that their voices aren’t being heard in important decisions being made about the countryside they treasure. Proposed changes to planning policy could make this situation even worse.
Set up to fail
CPRE have published a new report 'Set Up to Fail' which shows that local authorities, and our countryside, are being put under huge pressure by housing targets based on flawed numbers. This is particularly relevant to our work on the West of England Joint Spatial Plan.
85,000 homes for the West of England?
Guaranteed to get the CPRE juices going, these are two new consultations on a Joint Spatial Plan and Joint Transport Study for the area covered by CPRE Avonside. We will be holding a workshop to discuss these consultations on Monday 11th January 2016 at the Jubilee Pavilion, Keedwell Hill, Long Ashton BS41 9DP (just behind the Long Ashton Community Centre) from 12.30-3.30. The event is free, just bring along your own lunch. To book, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Wise words from 'Green Hero' Alastair Sawday
We were delighted to welcome Alastair Sawday to our CPRE Avonside Annual General Meeting one very windy evening in November. Alastair arrived by bike, rather windswept, in time to have tea and chat with CPRE members and volunteers before the event. Alastair has recently been awarded ‘Green Hero’ by Bristol Green Capital 2015, and he was incredibly modest about how he could justify such a title!
Alastair Sawday speaks at CPRE Avonside Annual General Meeting
We were delighted to welcome Alastair Sawday to our CPRE Avonside Annual General Meeting one very windy evening in November.
Alastair Sawday to speak at CPRE Avonside AGM
The CPRE Avonside Branch Executive Committee cordially invite you to the Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 17th November 2015 at The Create Centre, B Bond Warehouse, Smeaton Road, Bristol BS1 6XN.
Government decision on housing numbers in North Somerset could be disastrous for the local countryside
The Campaign to Protect Rural England’s group in North Somerset was disappointed to learn of the decision by Government housing minister Brandon Lewis to uphold an increase in housing numbers for the district from 14,000 – democratically agreed with the local community in 2012 – to 21,000 - a 50% increase on the previous figure.
Eating local in the city
Low food miles, fresh food with little packaging? It’s what a lot of us look for, and for many of us CPRE supporters who don’t live in the countryside, it’s the Green Belt that provides the market garden that can deliver good, local food.
Local Food in the Green Belt
CPRE Avonside launched has launched a campaign to promote the Avon Green Belt as a source of local food for the cities of Bristol and Bath.
Rural areas must have special treatment to tackle housing crisis
CPRE argues that rural areas should be treated as a special case to protect and provide affordable housing
A new paper from the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) head office argues that the special characteristics of rural areas need to be recognised in Government housing policies, such as in the new Right to Buy proposal.
