CPRE Essex

@CpreEssex

We do all we can to help ensure this most beautiful of counties remains such a special place in which to live

Joined December 2020

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The Telegraph@Telegraph · Jun 7

🗣️ Lord Norman Foster: ‘We should be growing the green belt, not eroding it’ telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/0…

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James Dansey@JamesDansey · May 18

The beautiful Essex countryside. Worth fighting for. 🇬🇧❤️

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𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛@car_witter · Jun 18

Dart Charge Dartford crossing tolls leap 40% as government tries to "manage demand" ift.tt/0kdiM2f

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CPRE Essex@CpreEssex · Jun 19

The church returned to former glories cpressex.org.uk/the-church-ret… #DuddenhoeEnd

CPRE Essex@CpreEssex · Jun 19

CPRE responds to Chancellor’s spending review statement cpressex.org.uk/cpre-responds-…

CpreEssex's tweet card. CPRE has responded to the spending review delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves. We highlight the urgent need for investment in rural housing and transport: Rural communities need homes that match...

CPRE Essex@CpreEssex · Jun 19

Renewed fears for Middlewick Ranges as potential buyer makes offer cpressex.org.uk/renewed-fears-…

CpreEssex's tweet card. The future of Middlewick Ranges seems as uncertain as ever with news that the wildlife-rich site near Colchester could be sold by the Ministry of Defence. There was widespread delight when Colchester...

CPRE Essex@CpreEssex · Jun 19

Read the CPRE Essex response to the Land Use Framework consultation cpressex.org.uk/cpre-essex-has…

CpreEssex's tweet card. The Land Use Framework should prove a vital element in the future of our countryside and in January the government opened a 12-week consultation on how it should develop. CPRE Essex planner Michael...

CPRE Essex@CpreEssex · Jun 19

We respond to announcements on small housebuilders and planning committees cpressex.org.uk/we-respond-to-…

CpreEssex's tweet card. The government has announced a consultation on planning committees alongside plans to support smaller and medium-sized housebuilders by ‘streamlining’ planning rules. Paul Miner, CPRE’s head of...

CPRE Essex@CpreEssex · Jun 19

CPRE publishes new briefing on value of local planning committees cpressex.org.uk/cpre-publishes…

CpreEssex's tweet card. The Planning & Infrastructure Bill is set to curb the role of local planning committees and place new limits on local democracy. A new briefing published by CPRE sets out how government proposals to...

CPRE Essex@CpreEssex · Jun 19

Please sign this petition to help protect our Green Belt cpressex.org.uk/please-sign-th…

CpreEssex's tweet card. Our friends at CPRE Hertfordshire have launched a national petition calling on the government to make urgent changes to the National Planning Policy Framework, warning that much of the Green Belt...

CPRE Essex@CpreEssex · Jun 19

CPRE submits evidence to Lords Committee on new towns cpressex.org.uk/cpre-submits-e…

CPRE Essex@CpreEssex · Jun 19

CPRE responds to House of Commons debate on mega solar farms cpressex.org.uk/3863-2/ #solar

CpreEssex's tweet card. A general debate took place on large-scale solar farms in the House of Commons yesterday (Thursday, May 15), called by MP Dr Caroline Johnson. Responding to the debate, Roger Mortlock, CPRE chief...

CPRE Essex@CpreEssex · Jun 19

Land Use Framework: national CPRE responds to consultation cpressex.org.uk/land-use-frame…

CpreEssex's tweet card. CPRE has submitted its response to the government’s consultation on a new Land Use Framework for England. The government launched a 12-week “national conversation” in January to gather views from...

CPRE Essex@CpreEssex · Jun 19

Redundant? ‘Beautiful’ would be a better description… cpressex.org.uk/3875-2/

CpreEssex's tweet card. Photographer Gordon Ridgewell has, as ever, been out with his trusty camera… “I recently visited the redundant church that is St Mary’s Chickney, which is five miles from Thaxted on the B1051. “The...

CPRE Essex@CpreEssex · Jun 19

Need help with a tricky planning application? Then here’s our new guide to planning for the public cpressex.org.uk/need-help-with…

CpreEssex's tweet card. The first update to our much-loved planning guidance for the public has been published today (Thursday, April 17) by CPRE and the National Association of Local Councils (NALC). How to Respond to...

CPRE Essex@CpreEssex · Jun 19

Lower Thames Crossing approval shows an outdated approach to transport cpressex.org.uk/lower-thames-c…

CpreEssex's tweet card. The announcement that the Lower Thames Crossing Development Consent Order has been approved by Heidi Alexander, Secretary of State for Transport, raises profound concern at CPRE Essex. We have...

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CPRE Essex@CpreEssex · Jun 19

Spring Statement: ‘The Chancellor has misplaced confidence the “grey belt” will solve the housing crisis’ cpressex.org.uk/spring-stateme…

CpreEssex's tweet card. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has delivered her Spring Statement, outlining plans for housing and planning. CPRE chief executive Roger Mortlock said: “Addressing the housing crisis is about so much more...

CPRE Essex@CpreEssex · Jun 19

What a handsome fellow! cpressex.org.uk/what-a-handsom…

CpreEssex's tweet card. Lensman Gordon Ridgewell captures the mood… “Spring is in the air! I just captured this male pheasant, one of a pair in my garden looking for nesting spot.”

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Thames Crossing Action Group@tcaginfo · Jun 18

We warned this will happen. This is just the beginning. Tolls at Dartford have just gone up 40%. Govt are getting you used to higher tolls, prior to selling off Dartford and Lower Thames Crossing to foreign investors. Tolls at both will be hiked further gov.uk/government/spe…

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CPRE Essex@CpreEssex · Jun 19

Planning and Infrastructure Bill: ‘a brilliant opportunity’ cpressex.org.uk/planning-and-i…

CpreEssex's tweet card. The government has published the Planning and Infrastructure Bill as part of its commitment to ‘get Britain building.’ The new Planning and Infrastructure Bill, published today (Monday, March 10), is...