Passionate about the Gloucestershire countryside

Wow! More than 15,000 people have signed our petition for a green and fair recovery from coronavirus 😎

Will you add your name to tell the chancellor to put the countryside and nature at the heart of plans to build back from the pandemic? https://takeaction.cpre.org.uk/page/64246/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=twitter

Our countryside has never mattered more. Will you help make sure it’s there for every one of us, and for generations to come?

#JoinTheRegeneration

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Dividing up England into areas for ‘protection, renewal & growth’ would be a gross over-simplification of the planning system.

This would only serve to undermine local democracy and hand yet more power to developers.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/councils-lose-power-to-thwart-housebuilders-9blc5pghs

One quarter of the UK's mammals are at imminent risk of extinction - including hedgehogs. Just let that sink in...

This is why it's more important than ever to restore and protect the countryside and wild places on which these animals depend. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/30/quarter-of-native-uk-mammals-at-imminent-risk-of-extinction

Thought-provoking article on how access issues are as much cultural as physical these days. https://www.tgomagazine.co.uk/news/the-spirit-of-the-kinder-trespass-why-we-need-to-rethink-the-right-to-roam/#.XyCFU0oXRBc.twitter

An incredible 10,000 of you have already joined our collective call for a green recovery from coronavirus that has the countryside, nature and people at its heart.

Will you add your name? Sign and share 👇 https://takeaction.cpre.org.uk/page/64246/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=twitter

Further deregulation of the planning system would erode the foundations of any green and just recovery long before the first brick is laid - the exact opposite of ‘building back better’.

Our letter to @BorisJohnson with 18 other organisations @WCL_News
https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/limit-planning-deregulation-says-cpre-and-other-charities/

The UK has lost 7.5m acres of wildflower meadow & flower-rich grassland since the 1930s. But nearly 1400 insect species rely on them for survival. Let's protect our last 3% of meadows, plant wildflowers, and allow more green spaces to be less over-mown 🐝

Last week I met our government in the courts to continue my legal case against #HS2 , the judges are now deliberating & will announce a decision soon.

In the meantime here are 10 reasons why HS2 should be stopped immediately , for people and planet.