We are the countryside

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We are the countryside

We’re passionate about making the countryside a better place for everyone to live, work and enjoy.

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What we care about

We want to connect people to the countryside. wherever they live.

Our areas of work

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Get involved

Love the countryside? Want to help us make it even better? Find out how.

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Discover our countryside

Want to know about things to see and do in the countryside near you? We can help.

Explore things to do

What gets built and where

A Barratt housing development in Consett

New NPPF: Broken housebuilding market to blame for lack of homes, we say

A revised National Planning Policy Framework has been published.

Local transport

An aerial view of a small village housing development

Our reaction to the autumn budget 2024

Find out our key learnings from the Labour Party Conference.

CPRE's director of policy and advocacy Elli Moody with David Baines MP

Labour Party Annual Conference: our key takeaways

Find out our key learnings from the Labour Party Conference.

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Five young people cross stepping stones across a stream

Latest news

What gets built and where

New NPPF: Broken housebuilding market to blame for lack of homes, we say

Farming

Sussex

CPRE calls for a better deal for farmers

The countryside next door

CPRE joins environmental charities in making case to improve Green Belt

Hedgerows

Herefordshire

Double the joy this Christmas – Help plant more hedgerows in Herefordshire!

Brownfield first

CPRE Hertfordshire

An unlimited supply of brownfield redevelopment opportunities

Hedgerows

Bedfordshire

Hedgerow Heroes in Flitton & Greenfield

Landscapes

Peak District and South Yorkshire

Celebrate your favourite National Park Protector!

Renewable energy

Report calls for reform to planning system for UK’s clean energy transition

Latest features

Why building the homes we need means re-thinking how we use land

CPRE’s CEO Roger Mortlock on the government’s changes to planning policy.

Patchwork quilt inspired by nature and green belt

All you need to know about the Sunshine Bill

You can email your MP to back the bill for rooftop solar.

New housing - Fir Tree Rise - with all houses having solar panels, Kendal, Cumbria, England UK

Aiming at the wrong target

CPRE CEO Roger Mortlock on the proposed Standard Method for housing.

A housing development in rural Worcestershire