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2008

• December. "No" to wind farms in the AONB. CPRE is taking a firm stand against wind farms in the Shropshire Hills AONB but believes that small, sensitively sited single turbines are acceptable. More...
• November. Granville Incinerator. CPRE Telford and Wrekin has objected to the plans for the incinerator, which will be within Telford's green network in breach of local plans, and will have a significant visual impact, including on Granville Country Park. More...
• November. Oswestry Smithfield. CPRE Oswestry District has called on Oswestry Borough Council to refuse the Liberty Mercian planning application for the Smithfield site. More...
• October. Caughley Quarry, Broseley. CPRE Shropshire has objected to the extension of the quarry, expressing concern about disturbance to neighbours, stockpiling, and damage to ecology. More…
• October. Unitary housing. CPRE broadly supports the emerging housing strategy. Housing policy has a major role to play in maintaining and enhancing the sustainability of rural settlements. The strategy should champion ambitions to create a ‘living, working countryside’ and build affordable rural homes. More…
• October. Saving Oswestry: The Battle against the Bland. CPRE has found that analysis being used to justify out-of-town centre retail parks in Oswestry is severely flawed. More...
• September. Norton-in-Hales Wind Farm. CPRE Shropshire has strongly objected to the proposal by Nuon UK Ltd to site seven turbines at Lower Farm, Norton-in-Hales, Bearstone, near Market Drayton. More...
• September. Unitary planning. County planners have begun planning for the future of the county under unitary authority. CPRE Shropshire has made detailed comments on the first stage of the local development framework (county plan) and has called on planners to raise their game. More...
• September. Housing numbers. "The new housing projections in draft unitary authority plans do not stack up." That's the view of CPRE Shropshire in response to topic papers issued by the Implementation Executive for the unitary authority. Analysis by Roger Carlyle for CPRE shows that projections for new houses in Shropshire are far too high and conflict with existing regional plans. It could lead to damaging and unnecessary loss of countryside. More…
• May. Sarah Bury is the new president of CPRE Shropshire. More...

2007

• November. Tranquillity. Is Shropshire the rural retreat it once was? Alwyn Lewis, chairman of the CPRE in Shropshire talks to the Shropshire Magazine about rural tranquillity.

Landscapes

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• Landscapes Autumn 2008

CPRE Shropshire in the News Online

2008

• 24 October. Selby Martin comments on noise in the countryside (Shropshire Star)