CPRE

Over 100 years to house council waiting list

28.01.2019

Laura Edgar

CPRE | England | Housing | Rural | social housing

It would take 130 years to house those people waiting on social housing waiting lists at the current rate of building, analysis suggests.

Green belt may hold key to unlocking the UK’s housing woes

17.01.2019

Sarah Clinch

If we're serious about building homes where they are most needed, we'll need to consider giving up a small portion of the green belt, says Sarah Clinch.

Government scraps cap on local authority borrowing to help boost housebuilding

03.10.2018

Martin Read

The prime minister has announced that the government is scrapping the cap on local authority borrowing to fund new housing development.

Loss of green areas increases by 58%, CPRE says

04.06.2018

Laura Edgar

Analysis by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has suggested that the amount of farmland, forests, gardens and greenfield land lost to housing development each year has increased by 58 per cent.

Brownfield registers show land for a million homes

12.02.2018

Huw Morris

At least one million homes could be built on brownfield land, with more than two-thirds of them deliverable within five years.

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Brownfield registers don’t consider small sites – CPRE

12.12.2017

Laura Edgar

The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has said brownfield land registers are failing to record the small plots that could deliver an extra 188,734 homes across the country.

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Celebrated landscapes under pressure from housing development

20.11.2017

Huw Morris

The number of homes built in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) has increased by 82 per cent in the past five years despite government commitments to maintain their protected status.

'Vital’ to integrate infrastructure planning with land use, report says

06.03.2017

Laura Edgar

A long-term strategic approach to infrastructure provision that can cope with future uncertainties, such as climate change, must include consideration of land use, a new report has recommended.

Big developments threaten iconic national parks

05.12.2016

Huw Morris

England’s national parks are under increasing threat from major developments because of government priorities focusing on economic growth.

Consultation tool could see communities plan their carbon future

01.12.2016

Laura Edgar

A consultation tool that aims to enable towns, villages and neighbourhoods to shape their own sustainable local energy plans has been launched.

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