CPRE Kent

The countryside is at a crossroads.

Climate change, nature loss & decisions that risk destroying landscapes and farmland are putting pressure on the land that sustains us all.

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CPRE: 100 years in 100 days 2026 marks our centenary year. A milestone made possible by the dedication of our members, supporters and communities who have stood with us to protect the countryside. 100 years in 100 seconds - watch our story unfold... © CPRE 2026: Includes third-p...

🎉 We’ve turned 100!

From the first Green Belts to protecting and planting hedgerows, dark skies and treasured landscapes, together we’ve stood up for our countryside – and we’re just getting started.

But first: Our past 100 years in 100 seconds.
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#LoveYourCountryside

Hedge planting coming up near #Sittingbourne as part of our Hedgerow Heroes project.

Join ‘Time is Ticking’ online talks run by CAGNE: Mon 17/11: Update on Gatwick’s second runway (with CPRE Sussex input); Tues 18/11: Hopes for COP30; Wed 19/11: Airport expansion: better not bigger; Thurs 20/11: River Mole River Watch. Free tickets: cagne.org/time-is-tick...

The Guardian view on Labour targeting nature: the problem isn’t snails, but a broken housing model | Editorial Editorial: Rachel Reeves’s drive to speed up development is beginning to treat wildlife and the environment as expendable. Voters want homes built, but not at any cost

Fantastic piece from @theguardian.com here - the government needs to hear that our housing model is broken, driven by profit and not resident needs. It starves supply and is desecrating the countryside.

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Ugh. 11th hour amendments to Planning Bill driven by Treasury “growth of any sort at all costs” mentality, overriding local democracy and removing legal safeguards for environment and communities.

Parliamentarians must vote them down.

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#SealinkProject #NationalGrid #PlanningInspectorate Your Chance to Speak Out! Register now - deadline 8th Oct.

Today was Countryside Day and we led a guided walk around some of the ancient woodland in North Kent. A lovely walk celebrating our truly terrific trees.
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Hedgerow Heroes Phase Five: 13 local CPREs join the mission Phase Five of CPRE’s Hedgerow Heroes project 2025–26 will plant and restore 100 miles of hedgerows across England.

CPRE Kent are among 13 branches taking part in the latest phase of the Hedgerow Heroes project & we'll be planting around 3.5 miles of hedgerow, working with the Kent Countryside Management Partnerships. If you would like to take part, email info@cprekent.org.uk

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CPRE Kent Countryside Day - Truly Terrific Trees Join CPRE Kent for a guided walk around the ancient woodlands that make up part of the new National Nature Reserve.

There are a few spaces left on our event this Sunday. Come and join us as we celebrate the countryside as part of #CPRE Countryside Day and identify and learn about some of the ancient trees in North Kent. Booking required. See Eventbrite for details.
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We join coalition in calling for withdrawal of flawed Sea Link proposal CPRE Kent is working to enhance, promote and protect Kent's countryside. Love Kent's beautiful rural areas? Find out more and get involved.

CPRE has joined a coalition groups in writing to the Examining Authority asking that National Grid’s Sea Link Development Consent Order (DCO) application be withdrawn, citing serious legal, procedural and environmental failing:

www.cprekent.org.uk/news/we-join...

Turnden JR: disappointing result but we'll always fight for our countryside CPRE Kent is working to enhance, promote and protect Kent's countryside. Love Kent's beautiful rural areas? Find out more and get involved.

@cprekent.bsky.social's legal challenge over Turnden was disappointingly dismissed, but it brought a key legal clarification: decision-makers now have a stronger duty to actively protect & enhance England’s National Landscapes.

Thanks to everyone who backed the case. Your support means everything.

It wouldn't be the #KentCountyShow without CPRE Kent attending. Come along and see us tomorrow and this weekend (in our new tent....in the Woodland area). We'll look forward to chatting with you.

CPRE Kent are at the High Court today as the hearing of our judicial review of the government decision to allow 165 houses in the High Weald National Landscape gets under way.
Pictured in their finest attire are CPRE Kent planner Richard Thompson and director Andrea Griffiths.

CPRE Kent supported the #HandsoffourMarsh group on Sunday to raise awareness of the massive solar farms proposed for the Old Romney and Romney Marsh area
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Turnden: CPRE Kent High Court challenge to be heard on June 18 CPRE Kent is working to enhance, promote and protect Kent's countryside. Love Kent's beautiful rural areas? Find out more and get involved.

Our High Court challenge against the governments decision to allow the building of 165 properties in the High Weald National Landscape is being heard on June 18. A positive development....the Campaign for National Parks has been granted permission to intervene.
www.cprekent.org.uk/news/turnden...

We’re putting MPs on ‘Notice for Nature’, with local areas seeing huge nature declines📢

The Planning & Infrastructure Bill as it stands is an application to demolish wildlife🚨

The Bill must be made #WilderByDesign, or be rejected by Parliament👇

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We hosted a very enjoyable Woodland and Wildflower Walk today for some of our members and supporters. A lovely afternoon at Trosley Country Park.

There are still a few spaces on our upcoming Wildlife Walk on Friday 16th May. Come join us at Trosley Country Park near Gravesend.
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Plans for solar panels on all new homes a big campaign win We are CPRE, the countryside charity. Learn how we're working for a beautiful and thriving countryside that's accessible to everyone - and how to get involved.

🎉Yay! This is a big campaign win!

Now let’s get rooftop solar rolled out across warehouses, car parks, and existing homes. 🌞

www.cpre.org.uk/news/plans-f...

CPRE responds to Land Use Framework consultation We are CPRE, the countryside charity. Learn how we're working for a beautiful and thriving countryside that's accessible to everyone - and how to get involved.

We've submitted our response to the government’s consultation on the new Land Use Framework!

Our three key priorities:
🏞️Protect greenfield land
🌳Better manage urban fringes
🌌Enhance protected landscapes

Please help us to protect our National Landscapes from development We are a conservation charity that strives to protect our beautiful countryside and unique biodiversity from being destroyed by inappropriate development.

We're off to the High Court for the Judicial Review hearing in June re' Turnden near Cranbrook.
Please help us to protect our National Landscapes:

www.crowdjustice.com/case/nationa...

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Today - 28/04/2025 - BBC Sounds News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Listen to our PR Manager, David Mairs talking housing numbers in Kent on BBC Today programme at 07.32.

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Join us for a Woodland, Wildflowers and Wildlife Walk and celebrate our lovely Kent Countryside.
Venue: Trosley Country Park
Date: Fri 16th May - 1.30pm
Tickets via Eventbrite. Members half price.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/woodland-w...

A large tree sits on the edge of a field, with the sun behind its branches. The Wilder By Design logo is in the top right corner

Once again we have headlines about the loss of a crucial natural asset, with news of an ancient oak felled in Enfield

A Tree Council report is now calling for a taskforce to save our ancient trees

Government must embed stronger protections in the Planning Bill

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planning bill ‘throws environmental protection to the wind’, say UK nature chiefs Heads of 32 charities warn proposals could push species towards extinction and lead to irreversible habitat loss

🧵Planning reform that speeds up sustainable development *and* restores nature is worth fighting for. The #PlanningBill is currently one sided, weakening nature laws with scant benefit for biodiversity. But Ministers could get back on track for a win-win.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...