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Joined-up planning system needed for net zero success

New interim findings from the Aldersgate Group, RenewableUK, and CPRE show that the planning system for energy infrastructure needs increased strategic direction, stronger resourcing, and improved engagement to deliver net zero whilst protecting landscapes and nature. Click here to read…


Sunnica Somersault: Democracy or Dictatorship?

Solar Panels by Chandra Marsono

Solar Panels by Chandra Marsono

We say Energy Secretary Ed Milliband’s trigger-happy go-ahead for a 2,500 acre solar farm on the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk border smacks more of dictatorship than democracy, and we’re calling for a judicial…


NIMBY? We won’t have a back yard to NOT build in!

Building site - Cambridge - geograph.org.uk - 2438424

Building site - Cambridge - geograph.org.uk - 2438424" by Sandy B

We say that Cambridgeshire residents who resist major developments could never be accused of nimbyism – because they won’t have a backyard…


National CPRE welcomes the new Labour government

CPRE stands ready to work with the incoming government to deliver our vision of a thriving and beautiful countryside for everyone.

In its manifesto, Labour committed to doing things CPRE have long campaigned for: protecting the Green Belt, making homes more affordable and creating a land use framework that joins up decision making about our finite land.

We will always stand up for…


Time to call time on Greater Cambridge Partnership

New Building West Cambridge site by Hugh Venables

New Building West Cambridge site by Hugh Venables

In our latest press release, we’re calling for the abolition of the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP), an unelected organisation which is out of touch,…