CPRE useful documents for objecting to planning applications

Planning for housing supply in England is governed by a presumption in favour of sustainable development, otherwise known as the ‘tilted balance’. The tilted balance makes the proving of harm that might result from a development much more onerous. Has the balance between public and property interests in planning tilted too far? Recorded on February…

Here is a list of a few countrywide petitions you can sign Halt Harmful Housing Produce a Farmland Protection Policy to regulate the loss of farmland to solar Ban development on agricultural land to increase food self-sufficiency Suspend major development applications on green belt and protected land

Campaign groups operating within the planning system will, at some stage, be very likely called to attend a Local Plan examination or an appeal hearing. In that situation, there will be only one arbiter: a planning inspector. It can be daunting for community representatives to attend these hearings. They will be faced with rows of…