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More About CPRE Herefordshire
Herefordshire is still one of England’s more rural counties. Its
beautiful countryside, interspersed with historic market towns and villages,
continues to support a traditional way of life. Retaining
the character of Herefordshire yet supporting development
and growth is about deciding what is appropriate and supporting
that, whilst opposing plans which are inappropriate.
The Branch Committee work very hard
to ensure that our views are heard where it matters – where the
decisions are taken.
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Working Locally |
| Keeping England Green | |
| Getting results | |
| A Voice for the countryside | |
| Can we help you? |
Working Locally
CPRE is widely respected as a forceful campaigning organisation that wins arguments through the quality of our research and the persuasiveness of our ideas. We take the countryside's case to the nation's policymakers. At county, regional and local level, we work to influence planning policy, oppose developments that threaten the countryside, support beneficial change and campaign on rural policy issues. We also work with other voluntary organisations on matters of common interest. For example, we have been recently working with the Civic Trust on ways of regenerating our towns and making them better places to live. back to top
Keeping England Green
Our work matters because today our countryside is threatened as never before. Huge areas of what William Blake called our 'green and pleasant land' have already been lost in the past half century. In each decade between 1945 and 1990 an area larger than Greater London was lost to make way for urban development. CPRE believes we have a duty to ourselves and to future generations to stop the needless destruction of the countryside.
Getting Results
CPRE is an organisation that turns good ideas into action. For example,
the Government is increasingly accepting our ideas for protecting the
countryside by redeveloping land in towns and cities rather than building
on greenfield sites.
We are influencing local authorities to adopt
rural transport strategies, including action to protect our country
lanes.
We are winning the argument for tighter controls over quarrying and opencast
mining. Around the country we are also fighting a great many local battles
to stop rural land being swallowed up by
development.
The campaign for our countryside is a continuing battle. With your support,
and that of thousands of other people who care about rural England, it's
a battle we can win.
A Voice for the Countryside
CPRE exists to promote the beauty, tranquillity and diversity of rural
England by encouraging the sustainable use of land and other natural resources
in town and country. We promote positive solutions for the long term future
of the countryside and to ensure change values its natural and built environment.
Our Patron is Her Majesty The Queen. We have 57,000 supporters, a branch
in every county, eight regional groups, over
200 local groups and a national
office in London.
Membership is open to all. Formed in 1926,
CPRE is a powerful combination of effective local action and strong national
campaigning. Our President is Bill Bryson.
CPRE has contributed a great deal to Herefordshire over the last 70 years, an achievement that has only been possible because of the support of the membership. All the talk today is of a countryside in crisis, a situation it may be hard to appreciate in this county but the challenges facing Herefordshire today are many, complex and serious. It has never been more important for CPRE to have a large, strong and vocal membership – we need to increase our membership and spread our messages more widely.
Please consider whether you are able to help us. If you are interested in ensuring that the CPRE voice is even more effective in helping keep Herefordshire the place that you love and care for, do get in touch
CPRE Herefordshire is a registered Charity: No: 213951. The Campaign to Protect Rural England exists to promote the beauty, tranquillity and diversity of rural England by encouraging the sustainable use of land and other natural resources in town and country.