Local councils struggling to meet government housing targets are caught in an impossible ‘catch 22’ under existing planning laws, warns CPRE Sussex.  

Local councils struggling to meet government housing targets are caught in an impossible ‘catch 22’ under existing planning laws, warns CPRE Sussex.  

Anti-fracking campaigners in Kirdford and Wisborough are celebrating after the secretary of state for communities and local government ordered fracking company Celtique Energy to pay legal costs.

Ahead of the Government's spending review, the Department for Transport has provisionally agreed to cut its spending by a massive 30%. Tell the Chancellor to protect funding for everyday transport, especially the Bus Service Operators Grant.

There is an important opportunity for MPs to tell the Government about the value of National Parks and to highlight why their funding should be protected in the upcoming spending review. The fact that millions of people participate in outdoor recreation in National Parks every year makes a significant contribution to the nation's economy and our health and well-being but these benefits are currently at risk due to cuts in funding.

27 October 2015

Andy Boddington writes: Last week, the government published the Housing and Planning Bill.

This is a centralising bill taking decision-making from local councils to ensure the government’s ambitions of more housing and greater house ownership are met.

Fifty members and friends of CPRE Sussex gathered in Billingshurst on October 24 2015 to thrash out the focus for the Branch’s work for the next few years, leading up to CPRE’s centenary in 2026.

CPRE Sussex has several district groups.

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Brighton & Hove
Chichester South
Horsham & Crawley
Lewes
Mid-SussexNational Park (Chichester North)
Rother & Hastings
Wealden North
Wealden South

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The Annual General Meeting of the Lewes District was held on Saturday 10 October in Cooksbridge. The meeting was well attended by CPRE members. Following Professor Critchley's re-election as Chairman, Maria Caulfield - MP for Lewes (also pictured) spoke about her interest in farming and supporting rural communities against the threat of inappropriate development. Mr Ian Everest gave a very interesting presentation about Southdown Shepherds.