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.

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..

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!

We were delighted to welcome Alastair Sawday to our CPRE Avonside Annual General Meeting one very windy evening in November.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.