Meeting
Coming soon: Informal meeting to discuss building the district team up. We need new recruits and active volunteers in our district to keep a close eye on the many part approved and planned large developments in our immediate area. Watch this space!
Adur Local Plan
The proposed Plan includes threats to open country and fields on the edges of many of our villages and towns.
Thursday 1st November 2012
8:30am-5.00pm
Pulborough Village Hall
Swan View, Lower Street, Pulborough West Sussex RH20 2BF
Our second FREE one-day event hosted by CPRE Sussex is designed to help Parishes in Sussex get started with their Neighbourhood Plans. The workshop will provide the necessary information and support to allow communities to start work on their Neighbourhood Plans with confidence.
25 September 2012
The Bexhill - Hastings Link Road will destroy countryside classified as a High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
17 September 2012
Members of CPRE Sussex recently attended a meeting to explore the impacts of Fracking, hosted by the Wiggonholt Association in Pulborough West Sussex.
We are concerned about the potential risk of major environmental harm to the Sussex countryside in particular by water contamination, earth tremors, HGV traffic generation and the industrialisation of the area in the event of large scale drilling, and that these could outweigh any potential benefits from energy generation or the creation of jobs.
Rural Statement: It’s not JUST the economy stupid
Written by CPRE Sussex
September 13 2012
Rural campaigners have welcomed the long awaited publication of the Government’s Rural Statement but here at CPRE Sussex we are are disappointed by the sidelining of environmental issues.
July 2012
A tractor-trailer ride through Sir Charles Burrell’s estate near Horsham gave our group a fascinating insight into how landowners in England are adapting their farming practices to meet sustainable environmental objectives.
Victory in campaign against Easton Farm glasshouses
Written by William Shaw
17 August 2012
CPRE Sussex is delighted that, after a lengthy enquiry, permission to construct 50 acres of glasshouses at Easton Farm on the Manhood Peninsula has been refused.
9 August 2012
The Government is consulting on plans to relax the rules relating to change of use of buildings. This change, if approved, could have serious implications for the way farm buildings are used in the countryside, with impacts such as additional traffic from commuting.
26 July 2012
Our Neighbourhood Planning event on 24 July was a great success and brought villages together from across the county to discuss local issues and learn how to take forward their own Neighbourhood Plans.
