Welcome to CPRE London
Welcome to our new website. Here you will find about our activities and be able to download reports on our work. You may wonder why the 'Campaign to Protect Rural England' is active in London. The answer is simple: London has open spaces and beautiful surrounding countryside which we want to protect. We also want to improve the quality of life in London, and ensure it is the best capital city in the world.
We hope you will join us to make London a better place in which to live and work.
Donald Mitchell, Chairman
Latest (Jan 2012) - All London Green Grid
The Mayor of London has proposed a Green Grid "to create fantastic places and spaces for existing and new residents in key parts of London". CPRE London has responded to the consultation with detailed comments. Our response says that London's "green areas need to be better understood and better appreciated" and that "the new Grid has the possibility of seeing the pepper pot of open areas as a connected continuum, and as a network of fundamental importance to people." We examine specific areas in detail arguing the case to link areas in London to the outer Green Belt.
See 1-page overview :: Full response (8 pages)
Standing up for the Countryside in London
CPRE London is a charity campaigning for the countryside in London. We seek to complement the work of protecting rural England in other parts of the country. We want a beautiful, diverse and living town and country that everyone can enjoy. It is only through vigorous campaigning that we can achieve our ambition of making England a better place for present and future generations.
Our Vision
Our vision is of London as a prosperous world city. The challenge is for a better use of land and stewardship of natural resources. London should have a vibrant economy and surrounded by a pleasant countryside. London should become a sustainable city with low carbon and less waste. We want to encourage a keen sense of place, with better urban design and greener, safer neighbourhoods.
This page last updated 29th February 2012.
We are people who care passionately about our countryside and campaign for it to be protected and enhanced for the benefit of everyone.
This new CPRE website shows how to use the planning system to protect the countryside and promote urban regeneration.SEE ALSO:
Note - top two items are PDF files
This book edited by CPRE president, Bill Bryson, is available from CPRE national office. Contributors bring their own special touch, presenting an eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub signs to seaside piers (£7.99 paperback).
Our October eBulletin gives recent news on developments in the London area that are relevant to the work of CPRE London. Contents include features on the National Planning Policy Framework, the battle for London's airports, London's landscapes and environment.
> Download it here (PDF).
