Tag Archives: CPRE

All Croydon parks ‘under threat’ says environmental campaign

Posted on March 23, 2022 by insidecroydon

A shocking report from charity CPRE London highlights how the council’s Local Plan has put every open space in the borough at risk from development, writes PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent Croydon, and its planning protection-lite revised Local Plan, has … Continue reading →

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CPRE tells Mayor Khan to make Farmlands a new public park

Posted on January 27, 2021 by insidecroydon

Beddington Farmlands, the site of disused 20th-century landfill and sewage works, should be turned into one of 10 new parks for London, according to an environmentalist charity. The Campaign for Preservation of Rural England has picked the wildlife-rich but sometimes … Continue reading →

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Tory-run Bromley looking to sell or develop public parks

Posted on January 7, 2021 by insidecroydon

Tory-run Bromley Council has drafted a policy which seeks to identify parks and green spaces “for development or disposal”. Today is the closing date for residents to submit their comments on Bromley’s Open Spaces Strategy. The Campaign for the Preservation … Continue reading →

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CPRE makes appeal: just one week left to save the Green Belt

Posted on January 13, 2020 by insidecroydon

Conservation charity the CPRE has added its voice to residents’ associations across the borough calling on the public to take urgent action to try to save Croydon’s green spaces from development. Last week, Inside Croydon reported how the Labour council’s … Continue reading →

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