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‘A weed is only a plant in the wrong place’: RHS Chelsea garden celebrates England’s edgelands

Sarah Eberle hopes to inspire people to nurture where town and countryside meet and nature is need of protection

The Guardian - UK · May 10

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Other lives: Champion of the countryside with a joyous passion for nature

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2025

Conservationists pledge to fight 21,000-home 'new town' on Green Belt land in Greater London

Government accused of using ‘smoke and mirrors’ to make case for development on Crews Hill in Enfield

Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2025

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‘Desecration of landscape’: the fight over development in areas of outstanding natural beauty

Residents of Woodgate estate in West Sussex enjoy its open spaces and wildlife but conservationists say it has set worrying precedent

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2025

Almost 1.5m homes could be built on brownfield sites in England, report finds

Exclusive: CPRE study suggests housebuilding targets can be met without encroaching on green belt land

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2025

England's leading countryside charity calls for tougher regulation of 'exploitative' festivals in London parks

Exclusive: CPRE has urged ministers to impose stronger ‘temporal and spatial restrictions’ on large-scale events following the landmark Brockwell Park ruling

Evening Standard · May 21, 2025

Untouched parts of England’s green belt at risk amid housing target pressure

Exclusive: Campaigners accuse ministers of making misleading promises about protecting green belt sites

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2024

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Homelessness Soars In Rural England As Living Costs Hit Poor

Homelessness in rural England has risen by 40 percent in five years with many sleeping in the open air, tents or makeshift shelters, a British rural charity said on Tuesday.

International Business Times · Dec 26, 2023

Housing policy in Britain is a chaotic shambles. Thank God for nimbys, I say

Without them the green belt would have been ravaged, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2023

Green spaces in poorer parts of England more likely to be built on, study finds

More deprived areas have fewer parks and public places protected by official local green space designation

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2023

Labour wants to build 1.5m homes – but how green will they be?

Analysis: Keir Starmer promised a huge expansion of affordable housing, but made no mention of ‘climate’, ‘low carbon’ or ‘net zero’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2023

Landowner behind ‘Bromley tree massacre’ told to replant all 131 felled trees

The trees were cut down on privately-owned land near Cator Park in June

Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2023

Frustration and failure as HS2 threatens to derail

Letters: Alex Ramage, John Dunn and Mark Sullivan respond to Larry Elliott’s call to scrap the high-speed rail project

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023

Countryside charity awarded £50,000 to restore South West hedgerows

CPRE, The Countryside Charity, in Avon and Bristol hopes to reach its target of 40 by 50 by 2050

Birmingham Post · Jul 3, 2023

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Manchester Evening News · Jan 17, 2023

Long-awaited Mottram bypass delayed 'for several months' after last-ditch legal challenge

Building work on the A57 Link Roads scheme had been due to start this spring

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2022

Farmers urge UK government to fund hedge creation to bolster biodiversity

Lack of funding identified as biggest obstacle to planting and maintaining hedgerows

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022

Plans to cut affordable homes threaten to make countryside ‘millionaires’ playground’

Review could cut by 20 per cent number of cheaper homes developers must build

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022

Liz Truss sparks furious backlash with broadside against ‘anti-growth coalition’

PM’s broadside at critics branded ‘Orwellian’ by Tory former cabinet minister

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The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022

Kwarteng ‘dash for growth’ in mini-budget sparks fears for environment and economy

‘Growth plan’ will break ‘cycle of stagnation’, chancellor promises

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2022

Truss could break fracking election pledge to bypass local opposition

Exclusive: Government discussing plans to designate sites as nationally significant infrastructure projects

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2022

Sunak promises to protect green belt in bid for votes of shire Tories who will pick next PM

Liz Truss has said she would build 1 million homes in countryside and villages

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2022

Huge rise in building on prime farmland in England stokes food security fears

CPRE finds developments have increased hundredfold since 2010 and calls for a national land use strategy

The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2022

Light pollution falling amid soaring energy prices, star survey finds

Reasons behind drop include people being more conscious of energy use during cost of living crisis, says CPRE

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2022

Street votes on England planning rules ‘will not increase affordable housing’

CPRE says mini-referendums to approve bigger extensions will make homes less affordable

Chronicle Live · Mar 27, 2022

Fears that rise in holiday lets is forcing Northumberland families out of their home towns

The number of short-term holiday listings in Northumberland has risen by 2,245% in just five years

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