Local Group Web Manager: Richard Lloyd
Selected Responses to Planning Consultations
This section contains selected responses to consultations on planning policy (Core Strategies and Local Plans) and on development cases
CPRE calls for The Forest of Dean to be designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
10 March 2013
The Campaign to Protect Rural England is calling for the Forest of Dean to be designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Some Do's and Don'ts of Planning
The planning system is quite complex and people who are not familiar with it often find it difficult to know what points to raise when supporting or objecting to a planning application. CPRE Gloucestershire has produced a short guide for communities. We hope the tips in the guide will be useful for communities when responding to any application for development in their neighbourhood.
(Adapted from a note produced by Jeff Bishop (the Localism Network)
National CPRE resources
CPRE and National Association of Local Councils (NALC) booklets
CPRE National Office has published a set of three booklets on planning, jointly with NALC.
The three publications are:
- Planning explained
- How to respond to planning applications: an 8-step guide
- How to shape where you live: a guide to neighbourhood planning
CPRE planning briefings
Following publication of the Government's National Planning Policy Framework, CPRE National Office issued a series of 12 planning campaign briefings.
CPRE guidance on photovoltaics
CPRE Gloucestershire has funded work to produce good practice guidance on photovoltaic installations on buildings to ensure that it is done well and does not harm the character of the local environment. There is a detailed guide for designers, manufacturers and installers and a shorter leaflet aimed at home owners.
CPRE Housing Foresight papers
Housing Foresight papers look to provide evidence-based research that supports innovative policy solutions to critical housing issues, and provoke wide ranging discussion over the future of housing policy.
Javelin Park - a blot in the making
26 January 2015
CPRE was profoundly disappointed to learn that Eric Pickles had decided to allow the Javelin Park incinerator appeal. But, in a last minute attempt to stop this poorly conceived development, we encourage everyone to sign the e-petition demanding that the County Council terminate the contract with UBB in order to explore less environmentally intrusive options.
CPRE Gloucestershire condemns Awre solar array proposal
6 August 2015
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Gloucestershire has issued a strong objection to what could be one of the biggest solar farms in the country being built in one of the most stunning areas of Gloucestershire overlooking the River Severn at Awre.
STOP PRESS
A revised planning application was considered by Forest of Dean District Council on 19th January 2016 and refused. CPRE's concerns about the impact of the proposals on the character of the area and over the quality of the agricultural land involved featured strongly in the planning balance.
Who's who in CPRE Gloucestershire
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Planning
CPRE is concerned with planning at two levels. We input to the process of preparing the local plans in Gloucestershire which guide development management decisions by our local authorities; and we scrutise individual planning applications responding where proposed developments would be damaging, and where necessary we engage with planning appeals.
CPRE Gloucestershire Policy Statements
CPRE Gloucestershire has developed a set of policy statements. These interpret CPRE national policies in a Gloucestershire context. The polices, which are regularly reviewed and updated, should be read as a set.
60th anniversary poll shows clear support for Green Belt
3 August 2015
CPRE launches campaign calling on Government to turn rhetoric into action and protect Green Belt
