CPRE Sussex
Letter sent to sent to MPs by CPRE Sussex
The following letter was sent to all Sussex members of Parliament on 11 December 2018.
Can you help us in these difficult times by shopping for Sussex?
Whilst at home you can help support CPRE Sussex when doing online shopping. If you haven’t already heard about easyfundraising, it’s a scheme where you can raise funds for your chosen cause (ie CPRE Sussex!) every time you shop online. Over 3,300 retailers are part of the scheme including Amazon, Argos, John Lewis, ASOS, Booking.com, eBay, Boden, M&S and Waitrose. We have just registered CPRE Sussex with the scheme and we would love all of our members and supporters to sign up to it so that we can raise more funds for our work.
Articles: Pagam's housing situation "will get worse"
Countryside campaigners have warned Pagham area residents the worst is yet to come. Michael Warden, Chair of CPRE Sussex's Arun group warns that Pagham and surrounding parishes are having unachievable numbers of houses thrust upon them in two local newspaper articles downloadable below.
Please help us challenge “rigged” new planning rules
CPRE Sussex is urging people to take action after the government revealed that it plans to switch its most recent housing figures with outdated data from 2014 in a move which will force more houses onto the Sussex countryside.
Act now: Reject the Gatwick plan
Reject Gatwick's plans for 3 runways
Stand up for Sussex's unique natural environment:
- Reject the environmental impact of over 90,000 extra flights a year
- Reject the destruction of nature; animal habitats, wildlife corridors and biodiversity
- Reject the loss of countryside for the houses and infrastructure needed to accommodate the 12,000 extra workers for the expanded airport
- Reject increasing congestion on road and rail caused by an additional 50 million passengers and over 200,000 tonnes of haulage
- Reject the loss of clean air, peaceful woodlands and dark, starlit skies.
Members benefits
Join CPRE Sussex and as a member you and your family can enjoy discounted entry to around 200 of England’s most splendid houses and gardens.
Gatwick: Stand up for your countryside before it’s too late!
You have until January 10 to object to proposals to expand Gatwick Airport from one to potentially three runways.
CPRE Sussex Responds to Wealden Local Plan
Volunteers from CPRE Sussex worked round the clock to prepare a response to the Wealden Local Plan.
Gatwick expansion: campaigners declare a Sussex "state of emergency"
CPRE Sussex has taken the unprecedented step of declaring a “Countryside State of Emergency” in response to Gatwick Airport’s new expansion ‘Master Plan’, published last week (Oct 18).
Council miscalculation could lead to a developer free for all, warns CPRE Sussex
CPRE Sussex is urging Lewes District Council to urgently update its housing figures after discovering that the council could lose control of its Local Plan due a ‘mis-assessed’ shortfall of just 6 houses.
