BNG SUPPORTS CPRE CALL FOR LOCAL PLAN TO BE WITHDRAWN

​The Countryside Charity (formerly the Campaign For Protection of Rural England – CPRE) has sent an open letter to Chiltern & South Bucks District Councils calling on them to scrap the draft Local Plan which is still awaiting public examination despite the fact the Council itself will cease to exist at the end of March this year when a new Unitary Authority for Buckinghamshire takes over.

BNG was invited to be a co-signatory to this letter together with a number of other local community groups and several Councillors who are also fearful of consequences of this Local Plan. 

CPRE highlighted that the draft Local Plan is already out of date and that the Council’s own advisors estimate the Plan will increase the carbon footprint of the District by at least 21% yet the Council have only recently themselves declared a “climate emergency” and so to proceed with this Local Plan would be reckless hypocrisy.

BNG urge everyone to write to their District & County Councillor urging them to drop this controversial and highly unpopular Local Plan.

You can view the CPRE Press Release:  Click here

You can view the Open Letter:  Click here