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CPRE Shropshire Protecting Shropshire for Sixty Years Home News Campaigns & Issues Events & Debates Support CPRE About CPRE Shropshire Search CPRE CPRE Oswestry CPRE West Midlands CPRE National Website Sign up for our National Campaigns Update Join CPRE or donate	News CPRE Shropshire in the news 2010 10 March. Tesco defers planning application in Shrewsbury after CPRE Shropshire challenge. More... 4 March. “It is time to stop just talking about the countryside and to start reviving it”. CPRE Shropshire reacts to the report from the Rural Advocate. More... 24 February. Oswestry protest march 6 March. The time to make a stand. The time to say no to more supermarkets in Oswestry. The time to march is 11am 6 March. More... 14 February. Keep Our Town Special. Poster and leaflet campaign launched to save Oswestry market town from excessive retail development. More… 8 February. Support local food. Join us for the launch of Shrewsbury local food project, 18 February 2010. More... 6 January. New Government Food Strategy Fails on Local Food. "The government must work harder to ensure that more of our food is locally sourced and that people are encouraged to grow more of their own." More... 5 January. CPRE local food project comes to Shrewsbury. "This is an excellent and timely opportunity to investigate and improve local food provision in and around Shrewsbury." More... 4 January.The Rural Services Manifesto: 2010 and Beyond. CPRE Shropshire welcomes the manifesto: “It is time to stop just talking about the countryside and to start reviving it… Politicians and policy makers must pay attention to this report.” More… 1 January. Help small shops survive. A CPRE Shropshire letter published in the Daily Telegraph says allowing town halls to be given more control over planning decisions offers market towns, including Oswestry, and small traders hope. More... 2009 29 December. New planning guidance could be good news for Oswestry supermarket battle. "New rules say that the impact of the proposals on high street shops and markets must be assessed before Shropshire Council decides on the planning applications." More... 20 December. Council Skillsmart survey shows shoppers do not want new Oswestry supermarket. Over three-quarters of respondents (78%) do not think Oswestry needs a new supermarket. More... 18 December. Please shop Local for Christmas & New Year 2009. Buying from local traders and farmers will help keep our town centres, farmers and landscapes alive. More... 15 December. Are you concerned about light pollution? Are your dark skies getting lighter? Complete our national survey and let us know whether light pollution troubles you. More... 8 December. CPRE Shropshire welcomes Granville incinerator rejection. "The council should now hasten its progress towards a zero waste community.” More... 29 October. The tranquillity of the Shropshire Hills is treatened by flights as government declares tranquillity to be subjective. More... 19 October. Proposed Marina at Cheswardine. CPRE Shropshire has objected to the application for a 200-berth marina, as it will lead to significant traffic problems and is out of scale with the tranquil location. More... 7 October. Huntington Open Cast Coal Mine. CPRE Shropshire is shocked by the government's decision to allow a massive opencast coal mine below the Wrekin on the edge of Telford. This decision could set a precedent for development in the AONB. More... 1 October. CPRE remains concerned about the policy directions for Shropshire Council's Core Strategy. In its response to Shropshire Council's consultation on the Core Strategy CPRE raised strong concerns about the level of housing proposed and policies for renewable energy. CPRE broadly agrees with the policies on development of Oswestry but remains worried that Shrewsbury is destined to be overdeveloped. More... 11 August. Drilling noise. CPRE Shropshire has called for strict control of noise levels from proposed drilling for coal bed gas near St Martins and Whittington near Oswestry. More... 9 August. “Good News for Shropshire’s Countryside. Bad News for Shrewsbury.” CPRE Shropshire gives its initial opinion on the latest draft plans for Shropshire: Core Strategy Policy Directions. More... 9 August. Biomass plant approved. CPRE Shropshire is very disappointed that the planning inspector has given the go ahead for the Bishop’s Castle biomass plant in the face of near universal local opposition. More... 28 July. Oswestry supermarkets not needed. "There is no need for out-of-town supermarkets at Oswestry and they will damage the town’s existing town centre shops." That’s the message from Mike Bullen, Chairman of CPRE Oswestry, as the campaign group publishes a new critique of the retail studies that support the developments. More... 22 July. North West Relief Road funding. “We’ll have spent £85 million, destroyed a swathe of the ecologically valuable landscape near the town and achieved nothing but increased carbon emissions.” CPRE Shropshire and the No Way! Group express dissappointment that the government has announced potential funding for the Shrewsbury North West Relief Road. More... 15 July. Bearstone wind farm. CPRE Shropshire welcomes the decision to refuse permission for this intrusive wind farm. More... 8 July. Wirescapes. CPRE welcomes Shropshire Council's call for the Legacy to Oswestry power line to be buried underground. More... 6 July. Wind debate. As part of a CPRE debate, energy and climate change secretary Ed Milband partially withdrew his controversial statement that it should "be socially unacceptable to be against wind turbines in your area". Speaking for CPRE Shropshire Mary Robinson said "Whilst Mr Miliband's latest statement is welcome it does not go far enough to alleviate the fears of rural communities and the rest of the British public." More... 26 June 2009. Housing. "Shropshire’s countryside is too valuable to be sacrificed for statistical dreams" warns CPRE as the regional planning inquiry considers housing numbers. More... 18 May. "Homes needed at the centre of rural lives". Letter to the Shropshire Star. More... 18 May. For the sake of ten minutes, Shrewsbury's most distinctive fields will be lost. CPRE and the No Way! Group have issued a press release calling on the government to reject Shropshire Council's bid for funding for the Shrewsbury North West Relief Road. More... 16 May. No Way! to the NWRR. The No Way! Coalition tells the government that the controversial and environmentally damaging North West Relief Road should not be funded. More... 31 March. It is time for county planners to raise their game. "Will the new unitary authority spread bland uniformity across the county?" This is the question being asked by CPRE Shropshire as the county's five District Councils are abolished. More... 25 March. No to wirescapes. An alliance of countryside groups led by CPRE's national teamis leading an alliance calling for any new high-voltage lines to avoid areas of outstanding natural beauty and green belt land. They call for the use of “innovative” new pylon designs and measures to reduce demand for transmission via a "smarter" grid. More… 23 March. AONB wind turbines. CPRE has given a cautious welcome the amended wind turbine polices for the Shropshire Hills AONB. More... 17 March. Planning Shropshire's future. CPRE Shropshire has responded to the unitary authority's plans for Shropshire's future. We say that the natural and historic environment is given too low a priority; the plans ignore the spatial distinctiveness of different areas of Shropshire; and that the assumptions of how many houses are needed are too high. More… 10 March. Real England, Real Shropshire. Paul Kingsnorth and Jim Hawkins (BBC Radio Shropshire) debate whether England is becoming bland at the expense of local character. Recording... 10 February. Call to drop bid for NWRR funding. CPRE calls on the Government Office for the West Midlands to remove the damaging North West Relief Road (NWRR) from its bid for government transport funding. More… 26 January. Is urban sprawl the only choice for Shropshire? Too many houses are due to be built on green fields in Shropshire over the next twenty years. That's the verdict of CPRE Shropshire after the new Shropshire Council issued its options and choices for the future of the county. More... 22 January. Oswestry coalition formed. A coalition has been formed to fight out-of-town the retail plans: Oswestry21 (OS21) , CPRE and Oswestry Civic Society, with an affiliation with the Oswestry Chamber of Commerce. More... 18 February 2009. Uplands Inquiry. CPRE Shropshire gave evidence to the Commission on Rural Communities inquiry today. More... 13 January. Real England, Real Shropshire. Join us for a debate on the future of Shropshire on 13 March. More... 12 January. Shropshire's future. On 26 January, the new unitary Shropshire Council will be launching a consultation on the future of Shropshire. The Issues and Options Statement will be a crucial document in shaping the future of our county over the next twenty years. More… 2008 December. "No" to wind farms in the AONB. CPRE South Shropshire 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... May. Reeves Hill. CPRE Shropshire has objected to the proposal for a wind farm at Reeves Hill near the South Shropshire border. 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 Our quarterly newsletter: Landscapes Autumn 2009 Landscapes Summer 2009 Annual Report Spring 2009 Landscapes Spring 2009 Landscapes Autumn 2008 CPRE Shropshire in the News News headlines & clippings
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