{"id":30722,"date":"2021-07-30T16:58:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T15:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30722"},"modified":"2021-07-30T16:58:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T15:58:23","slug":"cpres-planning-bill-six-tests-system-that-campaigners-are-using-to-assess-the-new-planning-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30722","title":{"rendered":"CPRE\u2019s Planning Bill six tests: System that campaigners are using to assess the new planning bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Countryside charity CPRE join other leading charities including RSPB and the Wildlife Trusts in releasing six tests that new planning rules must pass to put people and nature first.<\/h3>\n

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\u2026 to critically assess whether its vision for planning will become a reality in the Planning Bill\u2026<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u2026 Heritage sites and landscapes with special protections must be kept safe and protected from inappropriate development\u2026<\/span><\/h2>\n

CPRE writes:<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve worked with other major charities to create\u00a0six measures<\/a>\u00a0that we\u2019ll use to scrutinise the government\u2019s upcoming planning bill.<\/p>\n

The six tests provide a scorecard that uses the government\u2019s own wording, from its\u00a0Planning White Paper<\/a>, to critically assess whether its vision for planning will become a reality in the Planning Bill.<\/p>\n

Passing these tests would mean that the plans laid out in the government\u2019s future planning bill make for the nature-friendly, low-carbon, well-designed, affordable homes and places of the future that nature and people deserve.<\/p>\n

A wide-ranging coalition<\/h2>\n

22 organisations have come together from a range of areas to create the six tests. The coalition includes not only charities such as CPRE, the countryside charity and\u00a0Friends of the Earth<\/a>\u00a0but also voices from the worlds of transport \u2013\u00a0Cycling UK<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 and nature \u2013 the\u00a0Woodland Trust<\/a>,\u00a0RSPB<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Bat Conservation Trust<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This powerful coalition, which also includes\u00a0Greenpeace<\/a>,\u00a0the Ramblers<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The Wildlife Trusts<\/a>, understands the power of planning to create thriving, sustainable housing that our communities will feel proud to call home.<\/p>\n

As our CEO, Crispin Truman, puts it: \u2018Planning has enormous potential to reshape society and create healthy, low carbon and thriving communities.\u2019<\/p>\n

These tests provide the framework to track government progress towards creating a planning system fit for the future by judging each criteria red, amber or green at key milestones.<\/p>\n

Success or failure in six areas<\/h2>\n

The tests include measures across six key areas:<\/p>\n