CPRE Kent
@cprekent.bsky.social
We are CPRE Kent, dedicated to protecting Kent and Medway from inappropriate development and threats. We strive for a countryside rich in nature, accessible to all, and allowed to play a vital role in responding to the climate and biodiversity crisis.
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🎉 We’ve turned 100!
From the first Green Belts to protecting and planting hedgerows, dark skies and treasured landscapes, together we’ve stood up for our countryside – and we’re just getting started.
But first: Our past 100 years in 100 seconds.
https://bit.ly/4aG4iaV
#LoveYourCountryside
From the first Green Belts to protecting and planting hedgerows, dark skies and treasured landscapes, together we’ve stood up for our countryside – and we’re just getting started.
But first: Our past 100 years in 100 seconds.
https://bit.ly/4aG4iaV
#LoveYourCountryside
CPRE: 100 years in 100 days
2026 marks our centenary year. A milestone made possible by the dedication of our members, supporters and communities who have stood with us to protect the countryside. 100 years in 100 seconds - watch our story unfold... © CPRE 2026: Includes third-p...
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January 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
🎉 We’ve turned 100!
From the first Green Belts to protecting and planting hedgerows, dark skies and treasured landscapes, together we’ve stood up for our countryside – and we’re just getting started.
But first: Our past 100 years in 100 seconds.
https://bit.ly/4aG4iaV
#LoveYourCountryside
From the first Green Belts to protecting and planting hedgerows, dark skies and treasured landscapes, together we’ve stood up for our countryside – and we’re just getting started.
But first: Our past 100 years in 100 seconds.
https://bit.ly/4aG4iaV
#LoveYourCountryside
Hedge planting coming up near #Sittingbourne as part of our Hedgerow Heroes project.
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Hedge planting coming up near #Sittingbourne as part of our Hedgerow Heroes project.
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Join ‘Time is Ticking’ online talks run by CAGNE: Mon 17/11: Update on Gatwick’s second runway (with CPRE Sussex input); Tues 18/11: Hopes for COP30; Wed 19/11: Airport expansion: better not bigger; Thurs 20/11: River Mole River Watch. Free tickets: cagne.org/time-is-tick...
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Join ‘Time is Ticking’ online talks run by CAGNE: Mon 17/11: Update on Gatwick’s second runway (with CPRE Sussex input); Tues 18/11: Hopes for COP30; Wed 19/11: Airport expansion: better not bigger; Thurs 20/11: River Mole River Watch. Free tickets: cagne.org/time-is-tick...
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Fantastic piece from @theguardian.com here - the government needs to hear that our housing model is broken, driven by profit and not resident needs. It starves supply and is desecrating the countryside.
tinyurl.com/ytyfrf3w
tinyurl.com/ytyfrf3w
The Guardian view on Labour targeting nature: the problem isn’t snails, but a broken housing model | Editorial
Editorial: Rachel Reeves’s drive to speed up development is beginning to treat wildlife and the environment as expendable. Voters want homes built, but not at any cost
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October 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Fantastic piece from @theguardian.com here - the government needs to hear that our housing model is broken, driven by profit and not resident needs. It starves supply and is desecrating the countryside.
tinyurl.com/ytyfrf3w
tinyurl.com/ytyfrf3w
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Ugh. 11th hour amendments to Planning Bill driven by Treasury “growth of any sort at all costs” mentality, overriding local democracy and removing legal safeguards for environment and communities.
Parliamentarians must vote them down.
www.business-money.com/announcement...
Parliamentarians must vote them down.
www.business-money.com/announcement...
New Planning and Infrastructure Bill amendments: CPRE responds - Business Money
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October 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Ugh. 11th hour amendments to Planning Bill driven by Treasury “growth of any sort at all costs” mentality, overriding local democracy and removing legal safeguards for environment and communities.
Parliamentarians must vote them down.
www.business-money.com/announcement...
Parliamentarians must vote them down.
www.business-money.com/announcement...
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#SealinkProject #NationalGrid #PlanningInspectorate Your Chance to Speak Out! Register now - deadline 8th Oct.
#SealinkProject #NationalGrid #PlanningInspectorate Your Chance to Speak Out! Register now - deadline 8th Oct.
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October 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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#SealinkProject #NationalGrid #PlanningInspectorate Your Chance to Speak Out! Register now - deadline 8th Oct.
#SealinkProject #NationalGrid #PlanningInspectorate Your Chance to Speak Out! Register now - deadline 8th Oct.
Today was Countryside Day and we led a guided walk around some of the ancient woodland in North Kent. A lovely walk celebrating our truly terrific trees.
#CPRE
#CPRE
September 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Today was Countryside Day and we led a guided walk around some of the ancient woodland in North Kent. A lovely walk celebrating our truly terrific trees.
#CPRE
#CPRE
CPRE Kent are among 13 branches taking part in the latest phase of the Hedgerow Heroes project & we'll be planting around 3.5 miles of hedgerow, working with the Kent Countryside Management Partnerships. If you would like to take part, email [email protected]
www.cpre.org.uk/news/hedgero...
www.cpre.org.uk/news/hedgero...
Hedgerow Heroes Phase Five: 13 local CPREs join the mission
Phase Five of CPRE’s Hedgerow Heroes project 2025–26 will plant and restore 100 miles of hedgerows across England.
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September 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
CPRE Kent are among 13 branches taking part in the latest phase of the Hedgerow Heroes project & we'll be planting around 3.5 miles of hedgerow, working with the Kent Countryside Management Partnerships. If you would like to take part, email [email protected]
www.cpre.org.uk/news/hedgero...
www.cpre.org.uk/news/hedgero...
There are a few spaces left on our event this Sunday. Come and join us as we celebrate the countryside as part of #CPRE Countryside Day and identify and learn about some of the ancient trees in North Kent. Booking required. See Eventbrite for details.
www.eventbrite.com/e/cpre-kent-...
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CPRE Kent Countryside Day - Truly Terrific Trees
Join CPRE Kent for a guided walk around the ancient woodlands that make up part of the new National Nature Reserve.
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September 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
There are a few spaces left on our event this Sunday. Come and join us as we celebrate the countryside as part of #CPRE Countryside Day and identify and learn about some of the ancient trees in North Kent. Booking required. See Eventbrite for details.
www.eventbrite.com/e/cpre-kent-...
www.eventbrite.com/e/cpre-kent-...
CPRE has joined a coalition groups in writing to the Examining Authority asking that National Grid’s Sea Link Development Consent Order (DCO) application be withdrawn, citing serious legal, procedural and environmental failing:
www.cprekent.org.uk/news/we-join...
www.cprekent.org.uk/news/we-join...
We join coalition in calling for withdrawal of flawed Sea Link proposal
CPRE Kent is working to enhance, promote and protect Kent's countryside. Love Kent's beautiful rural areas? Find out more and get involved.
www.cprekent.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
CPRE has joined a coalition groups in writing to the Examining Authority asking that National Grid’s Sea Link Development Consent Order (DCO) application be withdrawn, citing serious legal, procedural and environmental failing:
www.cprekent.org.uk/news/we-join...
www.cprekent.org.uk/news/we-join...
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@cprekent.bsky.social's legal challenge over Turnden was disappointingly dismissed, but it brought a key legal clarification: decision-makers now have a stronger duty to actively protect & enhance England’s National Landscapes.
Thanks to everyone who backed the case. Your support means everything.
Thanks to everyone who backed the case. Your support means everything.
Turnden JR: disappointing result but we'll always fight for our countryside
CPRE Kent is working to enhance, promote and protect Kent's countryside. Love Kent's beautiful rural areas? Find out more and get involved.
www.cprekent.org.uk
June 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
@cprekent.bsky.social's legal challenge over Turnden was disappointingly dismissed, but it brought a key legal clarification: decision-makers now have a stronger duty to actively protect & enhance England’s National Landscapes.
Thanks to everyone who backed the case. Your support means everything.
Thanks to everyone who backed the case. Your support means everything.
It wouldn't be the #KentCountyShow without CPRE Kent attending. Come along and see us tomorrow and this weekend (in our new tent....in the Woodland area). We'll look forward to chatting with you.
July 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It wouldn't be the #KentCountyShow without CPRE Kent attending. Come along and see us tomorrow and this weekend (in our new tent....in the Woodland area). We'll look forward to chatting with you.
CPRE Kent are at the High Court today as the hearing of our judicial review of the government decision to allow 165 houses in the High Weald National Landscape gets under way.
Pictured in their finest attire are CPRE Kent planner Richard Thompson and director Andrea Griffiths.
Pictured in their finest attire are CPRE Kent planner Richard Thompson and director Andrea Griffiths.
June 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
CPRE Kent are at the High Court today as the hearing of our judicial review of the government decision to allow 165 houses in the High Weald National Landscape gets under way.
Pictured in their finest attire are CPRE Kent planner Richard Thompson and director Andrea Griffiths.
Pictured in their finest attire are CPRE Kent planner Richard Thompson and director Andrea Griffiths.
CPRE Kent supported the #HandsoffourMarsh group on Sunday to raise awareness of the massive solar farms proposed for the Old Romney and Romney Marsh area
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June 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
CPRE Kent supported the #HandsoffourMarsh group on Sunday to raise awareness of the massive solar farms proposed for the Old Romney and Romney Marsh area
@cprecountryside.bsky.social
@cprecountryside.bsky.social
Our High Court challenge against the governments decision to allow the building of 165 properties in the High Weald National Landscape is being heard on June 18. A positive development....the Campaign for National Parks has been granted permission to intervene.
www.cprekent.org.uk/news/turnden...
www.cprekent.org.uk/news/turnden...
Turnden: CPRE Kent High Court challenge to be heard on June 18
CPRE Kent is working to enhance, promote and protect Kent's countryside. Love Kent's beautiful rural areas? Find out more and get involved.
www.cprekent.org.uk
May 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Our High Court challenge against the governments decision to allow the building of 165 properties in the High Weald National Landscape is being heard on June 18. A positive development....the Campaign for National Parks has been granted permission to intervene.
www.cprekent.org.uk/news/turnden...
www.cprekent.org.uk/news/turnden...
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We’re putting MPs on ‘Notice for Nature’, with local areas seeing huge nature declines📢
The Planning & Infrastructure Bill as it stands is an application to demolish wildlife🚨
The Bill must be made #WilderByDesign, or be rejected by Parliament👇
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
The Planning & Infrastructure Bill as it stands is an application to demolish wildlife🚨
The Bill must be made #WilderByDesign, or be rejected by Parliament👇
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
May 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
We’re putting MPs on ‘Notice for Nature’, with local areas seeing huge nature declines📢
The Planning & Infrastructure Bill as it stands is an application to demolish wildlife🚨
The Bill must be made #WilderByDesign, or be rejected by Parliament👇
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
The Planning & Infrastructure Bill as it stands is an application to demolish wildlife🚨
The Bill must be made #WilderByDesign, or be rejected by Parliament👇
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
We hosted a very enjoyable Woodland and Wildflower Walk today for some of our members and supporters. A lovely afternoon at Trosley Country Park.
May 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We hosted a very enjoyable Woodland and Wildflower Walk today for some of our members and supporters. A lovely afternoon at Trosley Country Park.
There are still a few spaces on our upcoming Wildlife Walk on Friday 16th May. Come join us at Trosley Country Park near Gravesend.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/woodland-w...
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May 7, 2025 at 10:23 AM
There are still a few spaces on our upcoming Wildlife Walk on Friday 16th May. Come join us at Trosley Country Park near Gravesend.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/woodland-w...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/woodland-w...
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🎉Yay! This is a big campaign win!
Now let’s get rooftop solar rolled out across warehouses, car parks, and existing homes. 🌞
www.cpre.org.uk/news/plans-f...
Now let’s get rooftop solar rolled out across warehouses, car parks, and existing homes. 🌞
www.cpre.org.uk/news/plans-f...
Plans for solar panels on all new homes a big campaign win
We are CPRE, the countryside charity. Learn how we're working for a beautiful and thriving countryside that's accessible to everyone - and how to get involved.
www.cpre.org.uk
May 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🎉Yay! This is a big campaign win!
Now let’s get rooftop solar rolled out across warehouses, car parks, and existing homes. 🌞
www.cpre.org.uk/news/plans-f...
Now let’s get rooftop solar rolled out across warehouses, car parks, and existing homes. 🌞
www.cpre.org.uk/news/plans-f...
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We've submitted our response to the government’s consultation on the new Land Use Framework!
Our three key priorities:
🏞️Protect greenfield land
🌳Better manage urban fringes
🌌Enhance protected landscapes
Our three key priorities:
🏞️Protect greenfield land
🌳Better manage urban fringes
🌌Enhance protected landscapes
CPRE responds to Land Use Framework consultation
We are CPRE, the countryside charity. Learn how we're working for a beautiful and thriving countryside that's accessible to everyone - and how to get involved.
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April 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We've submitted our response to the government’s consultation on the new Land Use Framework!
Our three key priorities:
🏞️Protect greenfield land
🌳Better manage urban fringes
🌌Enhance protected landscapes
Our three key priorities:
🏞️Protect greenfield land
🌳Better manage urban fringes
🌌Enhance protected landscapes
We're off to the High Court for the Judicial Review hearing in June re' Turnden near Cranbrook.
Please help us to protect our National Landscapes:
www.crowdjustice.com/case/nationa...
Please help us to protect our National Landscapes:
www.crowdjustice.com/case/nationa...
Please help us to protect our National Landscapes from development
We are a conservation charity that strives to protect our beautiful countryside and unique biodiversity from being destroyed by inappropriate development.
www.crowdjustice.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
We're off to the High Court for the Judicial Review hearing in June re' Turnden near Cranbrook.
Please help us to protect our National Landscapes:
www.crowdjustice.com/case/nationa...
Please help us to protect our National Landscapes:
www.crowdjustice.com/case/nationa...
Listen to our PR Manager, David Mairs talking housing numbers in Kent on BBC Today programme at 07.32.
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Today - 28/04/2025 - BBC Sounds
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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April 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Listen to our PR Manager, David Mairs talking housing numbers in Kent on BBC Today programme at 07.32.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Join us for a Woodland, Wildflowers and Wildlife Walk and celebrate our lovely Kent Countryside.
Venue: Trosley Country Park
Date: Fri 16th May - 1.30pm
Tickets via Eventbrite. Members half price.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/woodland-w...
Venue: Trosley Country Park
Date: Fri 16th May - 1.30pm
Tickets via Eventbrite. Members half price.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/woodland-w...
Woodland, Wildflower and Wildlife Walk - with CPRE Kent
Join CPRE Kent and our guide to explore some beautiful woodland and discover the wildlife that call it home.
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April 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Join us for a Woodland, Wildflowers and Wildlife Walk and celebrate our lovely Kent Countryside.
Venue: Trosley Country Park
Date: Fri 16th May - 1.30pm
Tickets via Eventbrite. Members half price.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/woodland-w...
Venue: Trosley Country Park
Date: Fri 16th May - 1.30pm
Tickets via Eventbrite. Members half price.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/woodland-w...