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News Posts
- Farm walk: members’ event June 2025
- Withdrawal of funding for Neighbourhood Plans
- What now for Bedford’s Local Plan 2040?
- CPRE Bedfordshire Planning Policy Update: Spring / Summer 2025
- Meet our new Manager!
- Voting now open for the 2025 Bedfordshire Choice Award!
- A fond farewell after six incredible years
- Our Hedgerow Heroes pilot site one year on
- Luton Airport expansion flies in the face of environmental commitments
- Hedgerow Heroes 2024/25 season round up
- CPREs unite on the Oxford-Cambridge growth corridor
- CPRE Bedfordshire’s response to Rachel Reeves’ speech – January 2025
- Working with the community in Ampthill
- Explainer: privatisation of public open green space in housing developments
- CPRE Bedfordshire full EWR consultation response
- Briefing document: EWR consultation – an unsustainable route choice
- Hedgerow Heroes in Gravenhurst
- CPRE Bedfordshire review of the year 2024
- Hedgerow Heroes in Flitton & Greenfield
- CPRE Bedfordshire supports Stop East Park Energy campaign
- Hedgerow Heroes in Maulden
- East West Rail consultation dates announced
- CPRE Bedfordshire raises concerns about Sharnbrook development
- Luton Airport Expansion Update – further delays to the decision
- Get hands-on with hedges in Bedfordshire!
- Central Bedfordshire Council launches Local Plan consultation
- Universal Studios Theme Park: CPRE Bedfordshire position statement
- Cranfield application refused
- CPRE Bedfordshire speak at Planning Committee re: 500 houses in Clapham
- March for the Countryside 2024
- Bedford Borough Council Briefing on options for East West Rail
- E-news
- Our letter to Bedford Mayor on local plan housing numbers
- East Park Energy
- Luton Airport Expansion Update – Oct 2023
- Explainer: updating the Central Bedfordshire Council Local Plan
- Join our Hedgerow Heroes and help increase hedgerows by 40% by 2050!
- Local action group campaign to save Thomas’s Meadow
- CPRE Bedfordshire manifesto – Mid Beds by election
- Joint CPRE response submitted to Luton Airport expansion application
- Bedford Borough Council Local Plan 2040 Examination Stage
- East West Rail Route Alignment Announcement
- Central Bedfordshire Local Plan Review
- Have your say on Luton Airport’s massive expansion plans
- Michael Brooks – an appreciation
- March’s peaceful protest walks
- East West Rail – growth and prosperity or an act of blind faith?
- Luton Airport submit massive expansion plans to the Government
- Bedford Borough Council Local Plan 2040 submitted
- Government backs new Oxford to Cambridge Pan Regional Partnership
- Unravelling the mysteries of the planning system
- The Growth Plan 2022 and Bedfordshire
- Solar power in Bedfordshire
- Open letter to Beth West – Chief Executive, East West Rail
- Bedford Local Plan 2040 Submission Version Consultation
- Save Steppingley Road Field
- New Briefing Document: Bedford Borough Council Local Plan 2040
- Wildflower workshop supports local communities
- The return of Greenwoods New Town
- How dark are Bedfordshire’s skies?
- More protection for the Chilterns Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation
- Do Central Bedfordshire Council care about the Green Belt?
- Bedford Borough: the Local Plan, OxCam and housing numbers
- CPRE Bedfordshire requests crematorium call in
- Climate emergency: time for planning to get on the case
- CPRE Bedfordshire launches ‘working with you’
- New consultation on Luton Airport expansion
- Bedfordshire stands up for the countryside!
- Save Our Greenfields protest walks
- Planning application – Keysoe International Equestrian Centre
- BBC’s Local Plan 2040 FAQs begin to address the OxCam question
- Government announces £32.7 million for A6-M1 link road
- Rushden broiler rearing unit
- East West Rail – north or south?
- OxCam Expert Advisory Panel – what does it mean for Bedfordshire?
- OxCam Arc Vision Consultation
- Greenwoods New Town
- Mayor attacks countryside charity over council policy on East West Rail
- Rare historic site in the Marston Vale threatened by warehouse expansion
- CPRE Bedfordshire working in partnership with BFARe
- What is the Oxford to Cambridge Arc?
- Freight trains to run through the centre of Bedford
- CPRE Bedfordshire calls for the empowerment of local people
- Changes to the flight path at Luton airport. Have you had your say?
- The final stage of Central Bedford Council’s Local Plan 2035 Examination
- Luton Airport – latest proposals
- CPRE Bedfordshire Responds to Bedford Borough Council’s Local Plan Review
- Central Bedfordshire Council’s Local Plan 2035 Examination
- Is Bedford Borough Council’s Local Plan 2030 Review Issues and Options Consultation Just a Sham?
- CPRE Bedfordshire helps to save almost 1km of field hedgerows
- Central Bedfordshire Council Local Plan Next Stage of Consultation
- Last Chance to Stop the A6-M1 Link Road
- “Planning for the Future” – are discussions already taking place across Bedfordshire?
- Central Bedfordshire Council puts planning decisions behind closed doors
- Response: London Luton Airport Expansion Consultation
- Our AONB might be a local asset but it is also a national asset
- Central Bedfordshire Council’s Local Plan torn apart by Examination Inspectors
- Where is the CBC Local Plan?
- CPRE Bedfordshire disappointed about the chosen route for the East West Rail Central Section
- The A6-M1 Link Road
Stories Posts
- Photo story: September 2024 floods
- The planning system – where power lies and how to make your voice heard
- Taking pride in our countryside and rural communities
- Assets of Community Value explained
- Digging into development led archaeology
- The Green Belt explained
- Who’s who in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc?
- The Living Countryside Awards in 25 photos
- Greenwoods New Town in photos
- Case study: Greenwoods New Town
- Case study: The OxCam Arc
- Case study: helping you to spread the word
- A bite of history
- Flitwick Moor, a Bedfordshire wetland
- The A6-M1 Link Road – Exploring the Route
- The A6-M1 Link Road – Digging Deeper
- Environmental protections – what do they mean?
Discover Posts
- N is for nature reserves
- Discover: Tempsford and nearby villages
- M is for markets
- Catching up with the winners of the Bedfordshire Choice Award 2023
- L is for Luton
- K is for Kings (and Queens!)
- J is for… John Bunyan
- 2025 Living Countryside Awards
- I is for… Ivel
- H is for… health
- Hedgerow fact file: wildlife heroes
- G is for… garden
- F is for… forest
- E is for… estate villages
- D is for… dovecote
- C is for… chalk
- B is for… bridge
- Hedgerow Haiku Challenge
- Members enjoy hedgerow talk
- A is for… abbey
- Hedgerow Heroes planting gets underway
- Hedgerow Heroes
- Hedgerow Healers
- Discover: Bedfordshire’s literary landscapes
- Discover: Leighton-Linslade
- What is a hedgerow?
- Discover: the villages of north-east Bedfordshire
- Hedgerows: flood defence heroes
- Discover: Silsoe, Shillington and the nearby villages
- In pictures: Living Countryside Award winners celebrate
- A sense of history
- Inspiring the next generation
- 2023 Living Countryside Awards – the results!
- Living Countryside Awards 2023 – the walks
- Celebrating hedgerows
- The Bedfordshire Choice award 2023
- Celebrating sustainable farming
- Celebrating Bedfordshire’s woodland
- The 2023 Living Countryside Awards
- Celebrating Stotfold Watermill Local Nature Reserve
- Photo essay – wildflowers and the Living Countryside Awards
- What’s in a name?
- Discover: Flitwick to Steppingley
- In clover
- Discover: Mowsbury Hillfort and Putnoe Wood
- Bedfordshire’s earliest botanist
- Beyond the Great Ouse – exploring Bedfordshire’s other rivers
- Wildflowers and dark skies
- In search of snowdrops
- Winter walks in Bedfordshire villages
- An Ampthill amble
- 2021 Living Countryside Awards – the results!
- Regeneration and the Forest of Marston Vale
- Nature and mental health
- Bedfordshire Choice Award 2021
- Walking through history
- Just a walk in the woods?
- Walks from Harrold-Odell Country Park
- Bedfordshire By Water
- The Greener Side of Bedford
- Exploring Bedfordshire
Resources
- CPRE Bedfordshire Planning Policy Update: Spring / Summer 2025
- How to respond to planning applications
- CPRE policy on the Oxford-Cambridge Arc
- CPRE Bedfordshire full EWR consultation response
- BBC consultation – 2024 Draft Statement of Community Involvement
- Hedgerow Heroes Explorers Guide
- Review of the year 2023
- A little rough guide around the hedges
- CPRE Bedfordshire manifesto – Mid Beds by election
- London Luton Airport Expansion
- Bedford Borough Council Local Plan 2040 Examination Stage – Water
- Bedford Borough Council Local Plan 2040 Examination Stage – Housing Targets
- Annual Review 2022
- Bedfordshire Matters #70
- Draft Regional Water Resources Plan for Eastern England
- CPRE Bedfordshire Living Countryside Awards 2018
- CPRE Bedfordshire Living Countryside Awards 2016
- CPRE Bedfordshire Living Countryside Awards 2014
- CPRE Bedfordshire Living Countryside Awards 2012
- CPRE Bedfordshire Living Countryside Awards 2011
- CPRE Bedfordshire Living Countryside Awards 2010
- CPRE Bedfordshire Living Countryside Awards 2009
- CPRE Bedfordshire Living Countryside Awards 2008
- Bedfordshire Matters #69
- BBC Local Plan 2040 – full response to the Submission Draft Consultation
- Share your favourite local walk
- Briefing Document: Bedford Borough Council Local Plan 2040
- Annual Review 2021
- Bedfordshire Matters #68
- CPRE Bedfordshire Living Countryside Awards 2021
- Oxford Cambridge Arc: Creating a Vision – Consultation Response
- Bedfordshire Matters #67
- Annual report and accounts 2020
- CPRE Bedfordshire Full Response – Bedford Local Plan 2040 Consultation
- Briefing Document: Housing targets in Bedford Borough
- CPRE Bedfordshire Initial Response – Bedford Local Plan 2040 Consultation
- CPRE full response to EWR consultation
- CPRE Bedfordshire Guide to East West Rail Route Alignment Consultation
- Briefing Document: EWR consultation April 2021
- Bedfordshire Matters #66
- Bedfordshire Matters #63
- Bedfordshire Matters #65
- Bedfordshire Matters #64
- Briefing Document: Bedford Borough Council – Local Plan 2030
- Briefing Document: Planning Reforms (September 2020)
- Annual report and accounts 2019
- Briefing Document: Response to Bedford Borough Council’s (BBC’s) Local Plan Review Issues and Options Consultation Summer 2020
- Briefing Document: Wixams residents frustrated by Bedford Council’s failure to consult
- CPRE challenges Arc Leaders to open up to the public on development plans for the Oxford-Cambridge Arc
- Briefing Document: Development Corporations
- EAST WEST RAIL – Consultation March 2019
- OxCam Briefing 4 – October 2018
- OxCam Briefing 3 – September 2018
- OxCam Briefing 2 – January 2018
- OxCam Briefing 1 – December 2017
