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Nationwide star count to reveal lockdown’s impact on light pollution

People living in all areas of Hampshire are being urged to take part in an annual Star Count to record our view of the night sky. CPRE, the countryside charity is working with the British Astronomical Association’s Commission for Dark Skies to find indications of light pollution levels across the country.

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Test Valley Borough Council propose motion to support a new Green Belt

We are excited to let you know that on Friday, 26th February, Test Valley Borough Council will discuss a motion to support the principle of a new South Hampshire Green Belt, and our many thanks to Councillor Nick Adams-King, Deputy Leader of Test Valley Borough Council and Cabinet Member for Planning, Transport & Romsey, for proposing it to Full Council.

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District Groups

Update: South Hampshire District Group

We are continuing to promote our Green Belt for South Hampshire and you can read about it on pages 6-7 of Hampshire Views. There is steady progress in persuading local authorities how important it is to have countryside on your doorstep to provide space for health and wellbeing, fresh air, clean water and tranquillity. There are a million people in the cities and towns of South Hampshire, and we need them to speak out for the countryside around them.

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Basingstoke’s countryside next door is also ‘Valued Landscape’

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North Hampshire Downs Valued Landscape

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Any new waste facility should be in an industrial area not in a Valued Landscape, says CPRE Hampshire

What gets built and where

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Winchester groups say NO to new towns

Basingstoke’s countryside next door is also ‘Valued Landscape’

A team of experienced planning volunteers from CPRE Hampshire, the countryside charity, have carried out an assessment of the area of land proposed by Portsmouth Estates to contain a development of at least 2,500 homes, ‘Upper Swallick’, and concluded that it is countryside and green space of such high quality as to qualify as ‘Valued Landscape’, which should require it to be protected.

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Monthly newsletter – February 2021

CPRE Hampshire’s monthly newsletter details our work, campaigns, fundraising, events, and other ways you can support our vision for a thriving countryside.

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North Hampshire Downs Valued Landscape

An area of land of 296 hectares to the south east of Basingstoke and to the southward of the village of Cliddesden is proposed to contain a Garden Village of at least 2,500 dwellings. CPRE Hampshire considers that the area is a Valued Landscape in its own right and an essential part of a tract of Valued Landscape extending north-eastwards from Farleigh Wallop to Hackwood Park, which requires it to be protected.

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CPRE The countryside charity@CPRE·

We all want our environment and wildlife to be in a better state and we have a once in a generation chance to help make it happen!

Help to persuade @BorisJohnson to put strong protections for a better #StateofNature into law. Sign the petition 👇

https://e-activist.com/page/76784/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=WCL

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Stand Up For The North Hampshire Downs @staNHD3·

Great news and excellent work by @CPRE_Hampshire @DeeHaas1 @SiBarker2 https://twitter.com/CPRE_Hampshire/status/1366447204764950538

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News release: Basingstoke’s countryside next door is also ‘Valued Landscape’ https://www.cprehampshire.org.uk/news/basingstokes-countryside-next-door-is-also-valued-landscape/

#Basingstoke #Hampshire #landscape #Countryside #ClimateEmergency

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Today's public meeting on greenfield development options in Winchester's Local Plan consultation, nearly 300 attendees #Hampshire https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/19124502.hundreds-attend-virtual-demo-proposed-royaldown-new-town-near-winchester/

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CPRE Hampshire, the countryside charity @CPRE_Hampshire·

Beautiful #Hampshire
#Skyscape #Landscape #DarkSkies

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DebTannHIWWT @Debbie_Tann·

@CPRE_Hampshire @CPRE @policysouth @DeeHaas1 @HantsIWWildlife 👏👍 Great to see this. Good work! I’d like to see the #greenbelt being part of the #NatureRecoveryNetwork and some of it identified for #rewilding or #biodiversitynetgain too 😄. @Nickking @TestValleyBC

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CPRE Hampshire, the countryside charity @CPRE_Hampshire·

Thrilled that @TestValleyBC voted this evening to support the principle of a new #SouthHampshire #GreenBelt. Thanks to @Nickking for leading the discussion. It will be for the council to set the boundaries as part of their Local Plan process. 1/n

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Happy days #Hampshire.
Feels like spring🐕☀️⛱ #HaylingIsland
#Seascape #Landscape

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This month's news round-up is all about the people who are protecting our #landscapes. CPRE #Hampshire couldn’t exist without the support of our members and #volunteers

https://bit.ly/3uAbI7Q

#sustainabledevelopment #winchester #greenbelt #testvalley #charity #countryside

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CPRE The countryside charity@CPRE·

Two-thirds of adults think protecting & enhancing green spaces should be a higher priority post-lockdown. The government can do this by:

👉 Adopting a ‘brownfield-first’ approach to development
👉 Putting access to nature at the heart of planning system
https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/pressure-on-our-green-belts-quadruples/

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Save Our Fields, Westgate & Garlinge, Kent 🍃💚🍃@OurWestgate·

Stronger together! 🙌🙌 https://twitter.com/CPRE_Hampshire/status/1364886913505775622

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Groups form alliance to say no to new town proposals https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19115790.groups-form-alliance-say-no-new-town-proposals-royaldown-micheldever/?ref=twtrec

@CarolineDibden @BrineMP @jackielibdem

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BREAKING: Housebuilding proposed on Green Belt in local plans has quadrupled in the past eight years, with just 1 in 10 considered affordable.

On this trajectory, we risk losing ever more Green Belt while having no impact on the housing crisis.
https://news.sky.com/story/englands-green-belt-under-extreme-pressure-as-planned-developments-increase-four-fold-in-eight-years-12228248

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Caroline Dibden 🐝🍃💚🍃🦋@CarolineDibden·

Sign up for a virtual "Save South Winchester Demonstration" to hear about proposals for 5,000 houses on glorious open countryside, Saturday 28th Feb, with @BrineMP, @jackielibdem and me. @CPRE_Hampshire @HantsIWWildlife @SmartGrowthUK @winacc
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/save-south-winchester-demonstration-tickets-138638344019?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=estw&utm-source=tw&utm-term=listing @Eventbrite

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