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Obsession with centralised planning 'will destroy countryside'
Obsession with centralised planning ‘will destroy countryside’

Huge swathes of countryside are seriously threatened due to government disregard, a report from the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) revealed today. Over 27,000 hectares – roughly 36,000 football pitches – could be lost by 2020 due to the government’s housing plans, the CPRE discovered. Much of this land is currently designated as greenbelt…. Read more »

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Report urges more inner-city development
New homes ‘do not have to be built on greenbelt’

Government targets to build 240,000 new homes a year can be achieved without sacrificing the greenbelt, an independent review has concluded. The Calcutt review said today new development should focus on brownfield sites, especially plots of disused land in inner-cities and urban areas. In August, the Social Market Foundation thinktank argued the government must consider… Read more »