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Petition to pause and review East West Rail (EWR)

Bedford Station by M J Richardson

Bedford Station by M J Richardson

Please sign this petition to request that the EWR project be paused and re-evaluated.  Its current  routing is effectively a route to practically nowhere east of Cambridge, the existing single line…


Why tranquillity matters for the future of the countryside

In 2024 National CPRE and Natural England have been working together to find out how people feel about tranquillity – what adds to it and what detracts from it. We wanted to find out how it had changed since we last mapped tranquillity almost 20 years ago, when there were 44 factors that together defined what tranquillity is for people around England. 


Cambridgeshire ACRE blog post: Understand the risks of flooding

In Cambridgeshire ACRE’s latest blog post, Senior Community Development Officer, Rachael Brown, shares her knowledge on flooding, helping you understand the risks it poses.

Unfortunately, flooding is in the news again and is unlikely to go away in the long term. With increasingly wetter winters and heavier rainfall events, it is important to understand the types of flooding which could affect…


Report calls for reform to planning system for UK’s clean energy transition

National CPRE, alongside the Aldersgate Group and RenewableUK, has produced a report which outlines a series of urgent recommendations to reform the UK’s planning system. The report lays out practical steps to enable the swift roll-out of renewable energy and grid-infrastructure projects that are needed to meet the government’s ambitious 2030 clean power and 2050 net zero targets, while safeguarding…


Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP): an update

Honey Hill by Andy Field

Honey Hill by Andy Field

We’ve written in the past about our concerns regarding Anglian Water’s proposal to relocate the Cambridge WWTP from Milton to Honey Hill, which is in the Cambridge Green Belt.  We’ve previously responded to Anglian Water’s…