Government fails to make the CAP deliver value
Written by William Shaw19 December 2013
CPRE expressed disappointment at today's announcement by Defra on how much money rural development measures, including green farming schemes, will receive.
Our response to Horsham District Planning Framework
Written by CPRE SussexHorsham District CPRE submitted a strong response to Horsham District Council's 'Horsham District Planning Framework Preferred Strategy Putting the Economy First' (August 2013) which was open to public consultation between 16 August and 11 October 2013.
Gatwick Airport included on airport expansion shortlist
Written by CPRE Sussex
17 December 2013
The Government-appointed Airports Commission has included Gatwick Airport in its shortlist of three options for runway expansion.
Reacting to the announcement, Georgia Wrighton, Director of Campaign to Protect Rural England (Sussex) said:
“A second runway at Gatwick, together with sprawling development and car parks anticipated on a massive scale, would concrete over cherished open countryside. A heady cocktail of increased flights, HGV traffic and cars would erode the tranquillity of rural communities, and the health and quality of life of people living under its shadow.
Gatwick Airport included on airport expansion shortlist
Written by William Shaw
17 December 2013
The Government-appointed Airports Commission has included Gatwick Airport in its shortlist of three options for runway expansion.
Reacting to the announcement, Georgia Wrighton, Director of Campaign to Protect Rural England (Sussex) said:
“A second runway at Gatwick, together with sprawling development and car parks anticipated on a massive scale, would concrete over cherished open countryside. A heady cocktail of increased flights, HGV traffic and cars would erode the tranquillity of rural communities, and the health and quality of life of people living under its shadow.
17 December 2013
Gatwick included in short-list
Joint media release by CPRE Sussec and Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign (GACC)
This is no surprise. For the past year GACC has assumed that Gatwick would be included in the short-list of potential sites for a new runway.
Brendon Sewill, chairman of GACC, said: ‘Now the battle is for real. The battle lines are drawn.’
Local campaigners, led by Campaign to Protect Rural England (Sussex) Trustee, Anne Reynolds, were successful in their bid to halt the controversial application to build a 375 pupil boarding school which was turned down at last Thursday’s South Downs National Park Authority planning committee meeting.
Media release: Durand Academy plans "inappropriate"
Written by William ShawMonday 16 December 2013
Media release: Durand Academy’s plans to build new state boarding school ‘inappropriate’ in the South Downs National Park
Local campaigners, led by Campaign to Protect Rural England (Sussex) Trustee, Anne Reynolds, were successful in their bid to halt the controversial application to build a 375 pupil boarding school which was turned down at last Thursday’s South Downs National Park Authority planning committee meeting.
13 December 2013
Land at Shoreham Airport earmarked for development by Adur Council flooded last week as photographs taken by a CPRE member on 6 December shows. The Adur District Plan identifies 15,000 sq m of land north east of the airport for potential business development.
4 December 2013
Hansard have published yesterday's debate in Westminster Hall on Mayfields Newtown, featuring local MPs Nicholas Soames and Nick Herbert.
