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Local CPRE Groups in Herefordshire
We are keen to help volunteers to set up active groups, to add to our
Planning Local Area Network, across the
county: for example in Leominster District, in Bromyard, in South Wye
and in North West Herefordshire. We welcome offers of help from existing
members or from potential new CPRE members.
If you think you could help with
our Planning network, please telephone David Ward 01684 540204.
Volunteers will be given full support with information and training.
Ledbury & North East Herefordshire District Group
Apart from the county branch, CPRE Herefordshire has one active local
group: Ledbury & District. An energetic group of volunteers monitor
planning applications closely and lobby
on other local issues.
They work closely with other organisations in the
area.
| Mapping Local Food Webs |  |
| Planning Applications | |
| Pressure from Housing Development | |
| Quiet Lanes | |
| Street Clutter |
Mapping Local Food Webs
The launch of the Mapping Local Food Webs (pdf. 837kb) project, on Thursday 4th June, was a success. More and more people recognise the importance of buying local produce, which benefits the environment as well as, local economies and communities. Please join us. To find out more about CPRE's National campaign, click on Local Foods
Planning Applications
Protection of townscapes and landscapes cannot be confined to addressing major threats: ordinary, run-of-the-mill planning applications also require constant vigilance. This means a weekly scrutiny of all planning applications, identifying potentially harmful developments, dialogue with Planning Officers and letters of objection where appropriate. It is our determination that no proposal which might be detrimental go unchallenged. The steady involvement of CPRE has its influence and means that the Council are kept aware of CPRE and their persistence on protecting local heritage from undesirable developments - small as well as large - while accepting that some change is inevitable and may be beneficial to the livelihoods of farmers and others. Planning proposals are so numerous and varied that they would be difficult to characterise. Phone masts, polytunnels, barn conversion and infill are among the applications obviously needing scrutiny.
Pressure from Housing Development
Pressure from housing developers is a constant threat to the character
of Ledbury and protests against undesirable proposals are not enough.
To help secure sympathetic development, we pressed for the production
of a Parish Plan for Ledbury and are contributing to its contents.
Bromyard Road Industrial estate is a potential target for housing
development now that the Government has indicated support for redesignating
industrial land for housing where appropriate. The recent massive growth
in housing in Ledbury is likely to require an increase in job opportunities
and it will be important to retain capacity for future industrial development.
Press reports also indicate that Ledbury football and cricket grounds
are being eyed by a developer for a major housing scheme.There are now
few open spaces in Ledbury and we think it would be a serious and obviously
irrecoverable loss if these sports grounds disappeared under a housing
estate. This land was designated in the Unitary Development Plan as recreational
open space.
The UDP is soon to be replaced by the Local
Development Framework - have your say in the consultation process
Quiet Lanes
For several years we have tried to persuade Herefordshire Council to set up a Quiet Lanes network in this area and at long last some action is promised, in the Wellington Heath area, albeit on a modest scale.
Street Clutter
In pursuit pf CPRE's litter campaign,
we have promoted and led a drive to remove street clutter from Ledbury,
with the cooperation of the Town Council, Civic Society and Herefordshire
Council's Highways and Transportation Dept and significant progress has
already been made.
Cyril Stone
Chair, Ledbury & District group.
Could
you help in setting up an active local CPRE group in Herefordshire?
Please click on the above link if you are interested or would simply like
to know more, with no committment.
Learn more about CPRE Herefordshire and policy issues in Herefordshire
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.