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Government Ministers confirm overhaul of housing algorithm16/11/2020
Commenting on Ministers confirming an overhaul of the housing algorithm in changes to the planning system, Tom Fyans, campaigns and policy director at CPRE, the [...]
Enough brownfield land for 1.3 million new homes, CPRE report reveals21/10/2020
There is enough brownfield land for 1.3 million new homes and over half a million already have planning permission, a new report form CPRE, the [...]
New design body must meet the rural challenge, says CPRE22/09/2020
Commenting on the appointment of Nicholas Boys Smith to establish a new design body, Crispin Truman, chief executive at CPRE, the countryside charity, said: "Good [...]
Governments homes funding looks disingenuous - CPRE09/09/2020
Commenting on the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) launching affordable homes funding, Tom Fyans, deputy chief executive of CPRE, the countryside charity, [...]
40% of homes granted planning permission go unbuilt - CPRE comment08/09/2020
Commenting on new research from Shelter, which exposes that hundreds of thousands of homes granted planning permission haven’t been built, Tom Fyans, campaigns and policy [...]
Government’s planning reforms don’t pass acid test for community voice, warns CPRE06/08/2020
Providing initial comments on the government’s Planning for the Future White Paper, Tom Fyans, deputy chief executive of CPRE, the countryside charity, said: ‘The key [...]
Government reforms equate to gross oversimplification of the planning process, warns CPRE03/08/2020
Tom Fyans, director of campaigns and policy at CPRE, the countryside charity, said: "The government’s intended reforms sound like a gross oversimplification of the planning [...]
Government ‘building back greener’ claims disappointing08/07/2020
Commenting on the launch of the government's green jobs package, Crispin Truman, chief executive of CPRE, the countryside charity, said: ‘Decarbonising our homes and buildings [...]
Simon Murray elected as new Chair of CPRE, the countryside charity25/06/2020
CPRE, the countryside charity has welcomed a new Chair, former National Trust Director Simon Murray. Simon has a longstanding involvement with the charity and is [...]
‘Government must improve dismal track record and deliver quality affordable housing’24/06/2020
Responding to calls from senior government aides for major reforms to the planning system, Tom Fyans, campaigns and policy director at CPRE, the countryside charity, [...]
Planning under fire with only one in three councils having an up-to-date local plan, according to new research by CPRE22/05/2020
Fewer than one third of local planning authorities are operating under an up-to-date plan for the purposes of deciding applications for new housing development, according [...]
Social housing waiting lists grow for over half of rural councils, according to CPRE, the countryside charity12/03/2020
Waiting lists for social housing in rural communities are on the rise which has led countryside campaigners to call for the Chancellor to announce a [...]
New housing design in England overwhelmingly ‘mediocre’ or ‘poor’20/01/2020
The design of new housing developments in England is overwhelmingly ‘mediocre’ or ‘poor’, with less-affluent communities the worst affected, according to a national audit conducted [...]

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Government Ministers confirm overhaul of housing algorithm16/11/2020

Enough brownfield land for 1.3 million new homes, CPRE report reveals21/10/2020

New design body must meet the rural challenge, says CPRE22/09/2020

Governments homes funding looks disingenuous - CPRE09/09/2020

40% of homes granted planning permission go unbuilt - CPRE comment08/09/2020

Government’s planning reforms don’t pass acid test for community voice, warns CPRE06/08/2020

Government reforms equate to gross oversimplification of the planning process, warns CPRE​03/08/2020

Government ‘building back greener’ claims disappointing08/07/2020

Simon Murray elected as new Chair of CPRE, the countryside charity25/06/2020

‘Government must improve dismal track record and deliver quality affordable housing’24/06/2020

Planning under fire with only one in three councils having an up-to-date local plan, according to new research by CPRE22/05/2020

Social housing waiting lists grow for over half of rural councils, according to CPRE, the countryside charity12/03/2020

New housing design in England overwhelmingly ‘mediocre’ or ‘poor’20/01/2020

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Government reforms equate to gross oversimplification of the planning process, warns CPRE03/08/2020