Archive for August 2024
We need more affordable housing – but proposed changes won’t deliver
If we’re serious about building affordable homes and helping first-time buyers, just building more houses won’t do it. Instead, new housing should be well-designed, higher density, and use the minimum amount of land. The Government’s revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sees mandatory housing targets re-introduced with changes to the standard method for calculating them.…
Read MoreCPRE Countryside Day – 7th September
Countryside Day is the CPRE network’s new annual celebration of rural England, inspiring us to protect and promote it for future generations and nature with lots of different activities organised by CPRE local groups all over England. This year, CPRE local groups Oxfordshire and Berkshire have organised a joint cross-border event, putting on a day…
Read MoreRevised NPPF under consultation
At the end of July, the Government issued a revised version of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) for consultation. The NPPF acts as the rulebook for planning, advising local authorities and developers on what they can and cannot do when planning developments and includes a range of policies that ultimately determine what gets built…
Read MoreAbingdon Reservoir consultation response
Thames Water continues with their plans to build a new reservoir near Abingdon and are currently seeking responses in their consultation which closes on August 28th. It is CPRE Oxfordshire’s opinion that the consultation questionnaire does not cover several of the critical questions, so we have submitted a written response to SESRO@ipsos.com. If you have…
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