Planning

Careful planning is one of the most important ways in which we can control and protect our environment whilst ensuring that sustainable development is possible. Whether planning in your neighbourhood or a planning application for development on your doorstep, planning decisions affect us all.

As a branch we respond to Herefordshire Council consultations, such as the Herefordshire Local Plan and Hereford by pass. In 2013, we proposed the creation of a new AONB. We are also a statutory consultee for Neighbourhood Development Plans (NDPs) at regulation 14.

Herefordshire CPRE has a small group of planning volunteers who advise and comment on inappropriate development in the countryside. We are able to do our work, thanks to the support of our membership.

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Why is Planning Important in Herefordshire?

It is essential that you exercise your right to comment on, and try to influence the outcome of any planning application that may affect you, whether locally or in the county.

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Herefordshire Local Plan

Herefordshire Local Plan

The Herefordshire Core Strategy, which was adopted in October 2015, sets out the overall vision, objectives and spatial strategy for the County.

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CPRE Herefordshire's Planning Local Area Network (PLAN)

CPRE Herefordshire’s dedicated planning volunteers keep an eye on and, where necessary, respond to planning applications at the local level. The team works hard in the face of serious threats to the landscape, such as the spreading swathe of polytunnels across parts of the Wye Valley AONB or piecemeal development in open countryside.

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Sustainable development

Sustainable Development

The countryside provides us with natural resources such as soil, water, minerals and energy. It uplifts us spiritually through its beauty and tranquillity. It supplies over 60% of our food and is a home for wildlife and over 14 million people.

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Planning 2020 - the Raynsford Review

‘Planning 2020’, the report of the Raynsford Review of Planning in England has now been published. It highlights the six key characteristics needed for a fit-for-purpose planning system, and puts forward 24 recommendations grouped under nine propositions. 

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Affordable housing

This Government Briefing Paper looks at key trends in the affordability of different tenure types. It also examines the supply of affordable housing and the role of Housing Benefit in enabling households to access and retain affordable housing.  Unfortunately it focusses on accessibility as a whole with no investigation of the specific problems of rural areas.

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