Tag Archives: Green Belt

CPRE: Enough brownfield land for 1.54 million new homes, our new research shows

Posted on 02/10/2026 by IHBC Admin

image: Brownfield near Leeds, PastekLeodensian, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons New research from the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) shows that there is now enough brownfield land in England for more than 1.54 million new homes, enough to … Continue reading →

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New CPRE exhibition marks 100 years of countryside protection

Posted on 10/03/2026 by IHBC Admin

image for illustration: The Museum of English Rural Life, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons To mark the centenary year of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), a new exhibition at The Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL) … Continue reading →

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IHBC ‘Management’ Signpost: Turley on ‘Grey Belt – What have we learned’

Posted on 10/02/2026 by IHBC Admin

The introduction of ‘grey belt’ has been one of the most debated changes made to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in December 2024 while an article from Turley consultants considers what has been learned from its first year in … Continue reading →

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