Green campaigners call for land ministry to halt the ‘erosion of the countryside’
by James Tapper from Environment | The Guardian on (#2ES24)
Peers, academics and architects urge unified approach to planning to improve quality of life
Rural campaigners and green activists have called for a new "department of land use" to prevent "piecemeal erosion of the countryside" caused by a lack of joined-up thinking in government.
A group of former ministers, academics, architects and engineers assembled by the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) has called for a unified approach to dealing with issues such as Heathrow, the housing crisis, farming, high-speed rail links, power stations and flooding.
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