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CPRE calls for a better deal for farmers
CPRE Sussex seeks to defend countryside at Billingshurst
CPRE Sussex seeks to protect West Chiltington countryside from development
CPRE Sussex calls for more genuinely affordable rented housing
CPRE Sussex responds to autumn budget
Low Weald must not become ‘dumping ground’ for Mid Sussex housing
Mid Sussex District Update October 2024
Benfield Valley is wrong site for proposed development
Research reveals scale of potential for rooftop solar in Sussex
CPRE Sussex submits further statements on Mid Sussex District Local Plan
Help to protect local wildlife sanctuary – developer’s appeal now withdrawn
Logs brought into city kill Brighton & Hove’s precious elms
What Sussex needs from planning reforms
Protect Our Elms
CPRE Sussex advises refusal of development west of Bewley Road, Angmering
Catastrophic consequences for nature
Brighton & Hove Notable Trees Map and Tree Trails
Planning reforms will overwhelm Sussex with more development
Patcham Court Farm Royal Mail development
CPRE Sussex calls for ‘carbon cap’ if Gatwick runway gets go-ahead
‘New standard method’ increases Sussex housing needs by 23.3%
What proposed planning changes mean for Horsham district – respond now
Brighton & Hove Tree Festival
Take part in consultation on planning reform
Planning changes will put more pressure on nature and landscapes in Sussex
Water neutrality at risk from Billingshurst housing application
Arundel bypass decision is a win for Sussex
Mid Sussex District Update July 2024
‘NIMBYs’ incorrectly blamed by the Government for housing shortfalls
Blackbird numbers are plummeting in southern England – help to find out why
Residents flock to meeting on sustainable development in Lewes district
Rooftop solar – a win for climate change and the Sussex countryside
UK scientists call on Party Leaders for ambitious action on climate change
CPRE Sussex joins local objectors to Brighton Royal Mail delivery depot
Planning win in Horsham district for community groups backed by CPRE Sussex
Wealden District Update May 2024
Calls for major urban tree planting programme in Brighton & Hove
Gatwick Airport second runway application: housing provision issues
Objection to major High Weald housing development at Sharpethorne overruled
CPRE Sussex backs campaign for affordable rural housing
Gatwick Airport second runway plan is contrary to national aviation policy
400 houses plan east of Westergate ignores affordability and biodiversity
Secluded valley near Hailsham is wrong site for industrial development
First Brighton & Hove Tree Festival programme announced
CPRE Sussex response to Horsham District Local Plan 2023-40 (Regulation 19)
Sussex hedgerow planting is a huge success
CPRE Sussex argues against Gatwick Airport ‘second runway’
Including solar panels on new build homes is a ‘no brainer’
Mid Sussex District Council’s draft District Plan Review lacks ambition
Mid Sussex District Update February 2024
Spatial options for Lewes District Local Plan are ‘developer-inspired’
Events enjoyed by members, supporters and volunteers in 2024
Horsham District Local Plan 2023 – 2024 housing target
Champion School Trees launches in Brighton & Hove
Gatwick Airport ‘second runway’ inquiry must address climate change
Wealden Local Plan should take more account of ‘exceptional circumstances’
Outline application for development at Burgh Hill should be refused
New photographic competition celebrates Brighton & Hove’s trees
No to UK Oil & Gas application for delay to site restoration
Enjoy the wonder of starry skies
Proposed solar photovoltaic farm would have significant landscape impact
Horsham District Local Plan Wastewater Treatment
Looking for a volunteering opportunity in 2024?
Horsham Draft Local Plan 2023-2040: Regulation 19 Consultation coming up
Cuckfield development is unsustainable and contrary to planning policies
Essential requirements should be stipulated in local plan policy
Have your say on the future of transport in East Sussex
Support the Brighton & Hove Green Spaces Forum
Lewes DC approves development application supported by CPRE Sussex
CPRE Sussex joins fight against 1,450-house “Cuckstye” scheme
Deadline for registering Gatwick Airport objection extended to 19 November
Rampion 2 wind farm onshore works are ‘needlessly destructive
Concern as Gatwick Airport consultation registration closes early
CPRE Sussex objects to Gatwick expansion
High Weald AONB Management Plan
Relaxing barn conversion rules will threaten protected landscapes
Dismay over Balcombe High Court decision
Sussex Grazed
Councils are not the issue
Can you help us to protect the Sussex countryside?
Mid Sussex District Update August 2023
Dismay as Gatwick Airport expansion application accepted by Planning Inspectorate
Help to make Brighton & Hove greener
Lewes District AGM 2023
Horsham DC urged to refuse Horsham Golf Park planning application
MPs pledge to be a voice for ‘common-sense’ solar in Parliament
Alarm over ‘ridiculously high’ housing targets for Lewes district
Plant Your Postcode July 2023 newsletter
Help us to fight a 2nd Gatwick runway at the Planning Inquiry
Tell your MP: No 2nd runway at Gatwick
Sign our petition: No 2nd runway in a climate crisis
Crawley Draft Local Plan – representations on water issues
Back Balcombe High Court bid to remove drilling threat
Serious Water Stress and inadequate failing water structure
Grants available to improve landscape of High Weald AONB
Crawley Draft Local Plan housing need should be adjusted
Look forward to a better transport future
Help to protect Chichester Harbour AONB from development
Sandgate Nursery, Henfield – wrong site for major development
Big builders exploiting loophole to build on greenfield land
Rooftops and car parks can power Sussex to solar energy targets
Join Hedgelife Help Out and show your support for homes for nature
CPRE Sussex urges rejection of West Hoathly Brickworks application
Star Count data backs up picture of a divided Sussex
Give your views on Gatwick night flights by 9 May
Solar panels on new homes
Save the trees in green corridor at entrance to Lewes
CPRE Sussex supports application to move historic auction house to Ringmer
CPRE Sussex joins call for ban on oil and gas flaring by 2025
CPRE Sussex opposes bid for holiday park on historic Sussex site
Release housing target information and letters before local elections
New trees for Brighton’s North Laine
Uckfield and surrounding villages threatened by deluge of greenfield development
CPRE Sussex launches new free tree resources for kids
More tree planting planned for Brighton
A27 Arundel Bypass delay is good news for the Sussex countryside
Join Norwich Drive/Taunton Way Brighton community orchard planting, 9 March
Come and help to plant community orchard, Bristol Estate, Brighton, 9 March
Events enjoyed by CPRE Sussex members in 2023
Horsham DC must seize opportunity to avoid catastrophic housing target
Let’s rewild the Sussex night sky – sign up for Star Count by 26 February
Drilling threat returns to Balcombe
Wake up Sussex! Have your say in pivotal consultation
Respond to consultation on reforms to national planning policy
CPRE Sussex welcomes Center Parcs’ decision to drop Oldhouse Warren plan
Support needed for community planting events in Brighton
Let’s protect Sussex countryside – use brownfield sites first
Lewes District Update January 2023
Be a cosmic citizen scientist!
Consultation on reforms to national planning policy
Mid Sussex District Update January 2023
Bristol Estate, Brighton planting plans
Are your favourite trees protected?
CPRE Sussex urges withdrawal of draft Mid Sussex Review Plan
CPRE Sussex delivers festive cheer in Brighton
Sign petition to save Bewl Water wildlife haven
Farmers want funding to extend hedgerow network and boost nature
Tree planting in Brighton to honour Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
Help to protect Sussex countryside – object to A27 Arundel bypass proposal
Save Our South Coast Alliance: November Bulletin
Act now – Mid Sussex local plan review threatens countryside and wildlife
CPRE Sussex celebrates its 50th anniversary on November 21, 2022
Adur River Restoration Project put at risk
Join community action to protect Chichester Harbour AONB
Land north west of Southwater: CPRE Sussex objection to development
Latest news on Center Parcs’ proposed Oldhouse Warren development
Reneging on commitment to a ‘nature positive future’
Tell the Government to rethink its fracking plans
Growth Plan would trash the natural world we depend on for our survival
Rother & Hastings District Update September 2022
Aircraft pollution affects your home life and the planet
Campaigners condemn fracking announcement
Government’s Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan is not on target
CPRE Sussex questions call for sites in South Downs National Park
Joined-up planning needed to prevent water shortages and pollution
Gatwick Airport current situation – summary by CAGNE
Upgrade of wastewater treatment works only in Chichester District by 2030
Big win for the Sussex countryside
CPRE Sussex objects to Gatwick Airport expansion
Report roadside advertising signs
CPRE Sussex calls on residents to help stop Gatwick Airport expansion
Obscure New Planning Rules Could Silence Local Communities
Brighton Downland Estate Plan: CPRE Sussex response
Invitation to the Lewes District CPRE Sussex District Group AGM
Are councils aware of the ramifications of Gove’s Bill?
Mid Sussex District Update June 2022
Wealden District Update June 2022
Adur & Worthing District Update June 2022
Join the Save Rural Southwater Campaign
Exhibition raises funds for Brighton tree planting
Let’s have more wildflowers in Crowborough’s roadside verges
Council should act now
Rother & Hastings District Update June 2022
MPs need to understand new planning laws before voting on Levelling Up Bill
Greening Up Hanover, Elm Grove & Tarner
Plant Your Postcode May 2022 newsletter
Consequences of new legislation must be fully understood
Join campaign to save over 1400 acres of Low Weald landscape and habitat
Horsham District Update, April 2022
Save ancient woodland at Hammerpond Road, Horsham
ReForest Brighton free training days
Event: Community engagement in Hove – improving our environment
Exciting project sees more than 100 trees planted in Brighton
Tree planting brings back fond memories for Portslade resident
Call for more resources for protected landscapes in Sussex
Community comes together for Woodingdean tree planting
Community comes together for Jubilee tree planting in Brighton
CPRE Sussex supports JPI Media’s campaign to protect countryside
Save our countryside from excessive house building
Save Oldhouse Warren ancient woodland – find alternative Center Parcs site
Plan Policies still hold weight
Join the Nature for Everyone campaign
Protect the environment – stop Balcombe fracking
Installation of solar farm north of Huddlestone Farm, Steyning
Help to stop the damaging Arundel Bypass
Special offer: Dark Skies greeting card packs only £3 + P+P
Jubilee tree planting event in Brighton
Reckless, never-mind-the-consequences approach to planning must stop
CPRE Sussex leads green revolution in Brighton and Hove
Toads Hole Valley, Hove planning application
Government demotes nature
Celebrating new trees in Elm Grove, Brighton
Be a stargazer – join the CPRE Star Count 2022
Your views wanted on National Parks and AONBs
10 things you may not know about light pollution
Another chance to say ‘No’ to the Arundel Bypass scheme
East Sussex minerals and waste proposals are not fit-for-purpose
Planning for the future of our roads – time to do better
Halt harmful housing with new Environmental Planning Law
Tree planting in Elm Grove, Brighton
Plant Your Postcode News Winter 2021
Mid Sussex District Update December 2021
CPRE Sussex representation on West Chiltington development application
More trees for Brighton – let’s get planting!
CPRE Sussex opposes parking charges in Ashdown Forest
Celebrating new trees for Surrenden Road, Brighton
CPRE Sussex opposes Gatwick Airport expansion
Letter: Water issue means the housebuilding target must be reduced
Horsham District Update November 2021
Help us stop Center Parcs’ development in Worth Forest
Transcript of Horsham District Council Cabinet meeting 15 July 2021
Chichester District Update November 2021
Should people pay to park in Ashdown Forest?
Housing minister dismisses appeal for Brighton Marina development
Wealden District Update November 2021
Rother & Hastings District Update November 2021
Mid Sussex District Update November 2021
Adur & Worthing District Update November 2021
Brighton & Hove District Update November 2021
Message to COP26
Why is Gatwick expansion really necessary?
Stop urbanisation of the Manhood Peninsular
CPRE Sussex has appointed its first Hedgerow Champion
Planning application for clay quarry and recycling facility, Loxwood
‘Walk like a hedgehog’ for wildlife
Letter: Party diktats must be resisted
Horsham District Update, August 2021
Plant Your Postcode Summer 2021 Newsletter
The West Sussex County Times, 22 July 2021 report:
Support the CPRE hedgerow campaign
Center Parcs picks wrong site for Sussex development
‘No’ to variation to Horsham incinerator application
Development near Knepp Estate threatens Sussex biodiversity
Turning IKEA pull-out into an opportunity
Public inquiry needed into developers’ political donations
Plant Your Postcode: planning the planting, July 2021
Horsham District Local Plan Regulation 19 Update
Arundel Bypass protests continue
Webinar: Want to know more about the planning system?
Letter: Concreting over the countryside
Letter: Environment Bill: Nature Recovery at risk
Brighton & Hove District Update May 2021
CPRE Sussex Children’s Night Vision Photographic Competition 2021 Results
Wealden District Update May 2021
Plant Your Postcode projects
Lewes District Update May 2021
Special trees of Brighton & Hove
Rother & Hastings District Update May 2021
Creating Brighton & Hove’s first tree trail map and tree app
Chichester District Update May 2021
Mid Sussex District Update May 2021
Letter: Manifesto ignores need for affordable homes and importance of ‘green spaces’
More ‘Crown jewels’ of Sussex countryside under threat – pressured not protected
Help us create thriving places for people and wildlife
Housing threat to nature network: Knepp Estate, West Sussex
Stars over Sussex brighter during Lockdown
CPRE submits comments on the draft Worthing Local Plan
Letter: L&G’s plans for Horsham miss social responsibility commitment
Next steps against Arundel bypass
Chichester’s coastal plain at a tipping point
CPRE Sussex applauds rejection of Chatsmore Farm development
Land south of Newhouse Farm, Old Crawley Road, Horsham
New Monks Farm – roundabout update
Tell your MP to support climate-friendly Eurostar
Climate change threatens iconic Sussex landscape
CPRE Sussex seeks ban on Gatwick night flights
Still time to have your say on Brighton Downland Estate Plan
CPRE Sussex welcomes Balcombe oil exploration decision
CPRE Sussex shocked by Balcombe oil exploration recommendation
Tell your MP and local council to keep green gaps
Planning objection: land north of Horsham
Sylvan Hall orchard now planted
Quiet Lanes in Arun District
Tell us where you’d like Quiet Lanes
Discover your New Superpower: We launch a lockdown challenge
Letter: Why are councils allowing newbuilds without solar panels?
Volunteers needed for Sylvan Hall orchard
ITV News on CPRE Sussex’s Eye Spy Spring
Seeing Stars
CPRE Sussex responds to Wealden Direction of Travel consultation
Let’s get a gold standard planning system for Sussex
A different future for farming in Sussex?
Mid Sussex District Update December 2020
Wealden District Update November 2020
Rother & Hastings Update December 2020
Chichester District Update December 2020
Arun District Update December 2020
Adur & Worthing Update December 2020
Horsham District Update, December 2020