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Tuesday 20 December 2011

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CAMPAIGN: HANDS OFF OUR LAND

The Telegraph is campaigning against radical Government reforms to planning laws which opponents say pose the greatest threat to the countryside since the Second World War. Read about the controversy in detail and join in the debate here.

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Hands Off Our Land: have your say

Reforms to planning laws will mean rural towns and villages may be forced to accept new building developments - even if it means large parts of countryside may be lost. What is your view? Comment and vote in our poll here.

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Hands Off Our Land: areas at risk

Interactive graphic showing rural areas of England which could be lost to development if tight planning laws are changed. The countryside has been protected by tight laws since the 1940s.

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Bringing balance to the planning debate

Telegraph View: A committee of MPs is right to urge the Government to look again at its proposed planning reforms.

20 Dec 2011

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Planning reforms 'put economic growth before environment'

The Coalition's planning reforms are biased in favour of developers and create an “inevitable” risk of more development on the greenest parts of England, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.

20 Dec 2011

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Planning protests could bring down MPs

The campaign against controversial planning reforms is set to embarrass the Government by targeting constituencies where the National Trust has more supporters than the sitting MP.

18 Dec 2011

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'A wound in the loveliest of places’

Richard Adams, author of 'Watership Down’, recalls the meadows in Berkshire that inspired his novel – but are now under threat from developers.

17 Dec 2011

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Hands off our land: official figures underestimated loss of greenfield land

The amount of countryside that could be lost under controversial planning reforms may far exceed what ministers have admitted, according to campaigners.

11 Dec 2011

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Hands Off Our Land: Now Nick Clegg is under pressure from his MPs and peers to reject plans

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is under pressure to water down the Government’s controversial planning reforms from his own party.

06 Dec 2011

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Hands Off Our Land: Lib Dems ‘reject Coalition planning overhaul’

Leading Liberal Democrats have joined a rebellion over Government proposals to relax the planning laws in favour of developers.

06 Dec 2011

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National Trust awards recognise green space campaigners

The National Trust has invited Daily Telegraph readers to nominate the unsung heroes who help preserve Britain's green spaces for a new award scheme.

03 Dec 2011

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Hands Off Our Land: Natural England, English Heritage to be forced to promote more building

Government agencies which are meant to protect the countryside are to be forced to encourage more building in rural areas, under new plans.

30 Nov 2011

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These planners should buzz off from the Isle of Grain

A perfect habitat for rare insects in north Kent is at risk from developers, says Clive Aslet.

30 Nov 2011

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Countryside at risk under latest plans to downgrade planning laws

Developers could be allowed to build on some of Britain’s most beautiful countryside under the latest Government plans to water down strict EU protections.

29 Nov 2011

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Prince: urban sprawl 'greatest challenge' facing planners

The Prince of Wales has criticised urban sprawl and described it as the “greatest challenge” facing the planet.

24 Nov 2011

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PM thinktank: build on green belt

Developers should be allowed to build on protected green belt land if local people agree, according to a report published by a think tank close to David Cameron.

23 Nov 2011

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Cameron's £140,000 deal with lobbying boss

PM faces questions over his purchase of land from public relations chief.

22 Nov 2011

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Planning: shake it up, don’t break it

Too little finance, not too many regulations, is preventing housebuilding, argues Geoffrey Lean.

18 Nov 2011

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Hands Off Our Land: Ministers rebel against Government plans

Conservative ministers have voiced their opposition to the Government's reforms to planning laws, which would remove obstructions to building in the countryside.

18 Nov 2011

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Hands Off Our Land: 400 new homes to be built on the South Downs as Government halts plans to relax restrictions

Hundreds of new homes are to be built in the heart of the South Downs National Park, amid howls of protest from local residents.

17 Nov 2011

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Planning reforms: now National Parks at risk

Government plans to give National Parks new duty of "sustainable development" could give developers “licence to build”.

16 Nov 2011

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Hands Off Our Land: stop planning free-for-all

Cameron must not use “smokescreen” of planning as substitute for proper strategy to boost economy, National Trust warns.

14 Nov 2011

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Hands Off Our Land: A time to listen

Telegraph View: David Cameron should listen to people such as the National Trust's Dame Fiona Reynolds over protecting our cherished countryside.

14 Nov 2011

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Hands Off Our Land: David Cameron’s attempts to reform the planning system are 'contradictory and confusing'

Hands Off Our Land: David Cameron’s attempts to reform the planning system are “contradictory and confusing”, MPs say today.

12 Nov 2011

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Hands Off Our Land: Enough 'brownfield land' to build 1.5million new homes, CPRE claims

Hands Off Our Land: Previously developed land is growing at a faster rate than it is being used up, according to a report.

12 Nov 2011

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Treasury figures justifying planning reforms are 20 years old

Hands Off Our Land: Government claims that planning delays are costing the economy billions of pounds every year are based on figures that are nearly two decades old.

10 Nov 2011

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Planning figures are 20 years old

Claims by the Government that planning delays are costing the economy billions of pounds every year are based on figures that are nearly two decades old.

10 Nov 2011

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The battle to save London's green spaces

Encased by concrete and with its green spaces and gardens under threat, London needs to look to the visionaries of its past to protect its future.

09 Nov 2011

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