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We are the countryside charity

We’re passionate about making the countryside a better place for everyone to live, work and enjoy. In West Yorkshire, CPRE works to protect, promote and enhance our amazing, beautiful countryside.

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Ways of Seeing West Yorkshire

This is our project for 2019-2020, to gather stories about how the West Yorkshire countryside is seen, used and experienced – and how this can inform our plans for the future.

Ways of Seeing Project

Planning Case Studies

Explore the work that we do through our planning case studies

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Find out our plans for 21st Century Countryside in West Yorkshire

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Local planning matters

Calderdale Local Plan hearing – Stage 2 Consultation

A summary of CPRE WY’s consultation response to the Calderdale Local Plan

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Local planning matters

Local Democracy in Planning: Under Threat

An unprecedented attack our say on our built environment

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Local planning matters

Planning Reforms and the Future of Town Centres

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Dark skies

West Yorkshire

Star Count 2020 – Review

Community

West Yorkshire

News Update April 2020

Ways of Seeing Project

West Yorkshire

Meditations from Home in Lockdown

Community

Norah McWilliam of the Queensbury Tunnel Society

West Yorkshire

Queensbury Rules!

Calderdale Local Plan hearing – Stage 2 Consultation

A summary of CPRE WY’s consultation response to the Calderdale Local Plan

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Local Democracy in Planning: Under Threat

An unprecedented attack our say on our built environment

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Planning Reforms and the Future of Town Centres

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CPRE The countryside charity@CPRE·

Our analysis has shown that if we don't restore peatlands, efforts to cut carbon by other means, such as tree planting, will be severely undermined.

This means taking urgent action to restore and re-wet all our existing peatlands by 2030. https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/peat-soggy-soil-for-net-zero-carbon-emissions/

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Matt Adam Williams @mattadamw·

Crucial research by
@CPRE
showing that unless we restore our peatlands, planting trees will be a wasted effort (from a strictly carbon point of view). We must see all UK peatlands restored to wet and healthy conditions or managed sustainably.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-53684047

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Garden Heritage @Garden_Heritage·

Worried that there aren’t enough changes proposed in the Planning White Paper? Then you will be delighted to hear that another planning consultation has been launched today. Consultation on ‘Changes to the Current Planning System’ closes on 1 Oct (https://bit.ly/30zQxWR). [1/3]

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Shelter@Shelter·

📢 BREAKING: Social housing could face extinction if the government removes the requirement for developers to build it.

It makes no sense to remove section 106 agreements without a guaranteed alternative.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/aug/05/englands-planning-reforms-will-create-generation-of-slums

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CPRE The countryside charity@CPRE·

The government’s planning reforms risk undermining local democracy, we warn today.

@TomFyans says: 'The key test for planning reforms is community involvement and on first reading, it’s not clear how this will work under the proposed zoning system.'
https://news.sky.com/story/planning-laws-sped-up-and-red-tape-cut-in-once-in-a-generation-shake-up-12043259

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River Holme @HolmeRiver·

We are starting Japanese knotweed treatment work this week in the Holme Catchment. Keep an eye out for our teams wading up a river near you! @YISF__INNS @EnvAgency #INNS #INNSOUT #Japaneseknotweed

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Tom Fyans @TomFyans·

Withering analysis of planning reforms from Oliver wainwright, hard to disagree with any of it. Let battle commence! Race to the bottom: reform to planning system in England could be catastrophic https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/aug/06/race-to-the-bottom-reform-to-planning-system-in-england-could-be-catastrophic?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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Sarah McMonagle @SarahMcMonagle·

Go @PaulMiner3 ✊🏻! https://twitter.com/CPRE/status/1291277629912424448

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CPRE The countryside charity@CPRE·

Morning! Paul Miner, CPRE’s acting head of planning, will be on @BBCr4today from 8.50am today talking about the government's planning reforms, which we believe do not pass the test for community voice.

Make sure you tune in! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_fourfm

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Campaign against Climate Change @campaigncc·

We should have had all new homes built as zero carbon since 2016, but Cameron & Osborne scrapped this in their ‘green tape bonfire’. New planning changes would bring in a target of... 2050. Woeful from #COP26 host.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/climate-change-uk-government-planning-reforms-robert-jenrick-a9656161.html

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Crispin Truman @CrispinTruman·

Proposed planning reforms would 'cut democratic input... by half'. That's not the way to achieve better results. @CPRE https://twitter.com/TomFyans/status/1291261303164731393

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TCPA@theTCPA·

Unless the government has a detailed plan delivering affordable housing, the removal of section 106 poses a huge risk for the people who need it.

“Section 106 is all we have got – rip it up and you will deliver no affordable housing.” says @HughEllisTCPA to @insidehousing https://twitter.com/insidehousing/status/1290944023708893185

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Calder Valley CLT @CVCLT1·

The partnership between our community land trust and a local almshouse trust has created six new bungalows. #communityledhousing Our case study is at http://www.caldervalleyclt.org.uk/docs/HLINViewpoint.pdf https://twitter.com/wellsalmshouses/status/1290632531394650112

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cprewestyorks @cprewestyorks·

These are critical questions...

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Crispin Truman @CrispinTruman·

Regenerate the countryside to regenerate ourselves, #JoinTheRegeneration with @CPRE https://twitter.com/CPRE/status/1290906892013895680

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Queensbury Tunnel @QburyTunnel·

What more can we say except 'thank you'.

The response to @HighwaysEngland car-crash tunnel abandonment scheme has been overwhelming and unprecedented.

We now need @bradfordmdc to reject the planning application. There are so many reasons to do so.

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Calder Rivers Trust @RiverCalder·

Only 1️⃣0️⃣ days left to apply to become our new Project Manager - working to improve rivers and waterways in Calderdale, Kirklees, and Wakefield.

👇 details here 👇
http://www.calderandcolneriverstrust.org/web/about/work-for-us/project-manager-recruitment-july-2020/

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Environment Agency - Yorkshire & North East@EnvAgencyYNE·

This is what #JapaneseKnotweed looks like in different seasons. It takes over river banks & increases #flood risk. Help us tackle it in #Calderdale. Report it using irecord app or https://ywt-data.org/inns-mapper/home but don't pull it up & spread it #knowaboutknotweed http://www.nonnativespecies.org/index.cfm?sectionid=47

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CPRE The countryside charity@CPRE·

There's still time to take part in @savebutterflies #ButterflyCount!

Take 15 minutes to count the butterflies you can see near you, and download your ID chart at http://bigbutterflycount.org 🦋🦋🦋🦋

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Sarah McMonagle @SarahMcMonagle·

Deregulating the planning process is not the answer to boosting economic growth! The govt claims its reforms will still be 'people-focused' but the devil is in the detail... We're expecting the paper to be published tomorrow @CPRE | via @telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/08/01/radical-necessary-reforms-planning-system-will-get-britain-building/

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