Category: Rural Matters
The Rural Matters section is a special section sponsored and reserved for the local CPRE.
The CPRE or Campaign to Protect Rural England is a charity set up to help protect the rural countryside.
In this section you will find articles mainly by Rupert Hardy, Chairman, North Dorset CPRE. There are ocaisonally guest writers but always from the CPRE.
We like that the subject matter is wide and varied, from dark skies, to planning, hedgerow maintenance to Fingerposts.
Always something new and always interesting to read. The CPRE’s main aim is to help make the countryside a better place for us all to live.
Rural Matters
Green fields threatenedin the rush for green energy
Historic farmland faces an industrial transformation, says Peter Neal, president of the Sherborne & District CPREWe’re all for green energy, but without a more...
Dorset community news
Can we fix housing without ruining our countryside?
Welcome to The Grumbler, the new open opinion column in The BV. It’s a space for anyone to share their thoughts freely. While the...
Dorset community news
Just how meaningful was that Big Conversation?
Introducing The Dorset Insider, a new column dedicated to shedding light on local matters with unfiltered honesty and a critical eye. The author –...
Property law and finance
Protecting Dorset: housing targets damagingly destructive
Unrealistic targets double the build rate, threaten greenfields and ignore affordable homes and local infrastructure, says CPRE’s Rupert HardyLabour swept to power this summer...
Local History
St Basil’s mysterious,extraordinary font
The allure of a mysterious Saxon font in Toller Fratrum’s tiny church has fascinated artists for a century, says CPRE’s Rupert Hardyn 1934, the...
Property law and finance
Is this the way forward?
Community Land Trusts offer hope for Dorset’s housing crisis, creating lasting, affordable homes in protected landscape, says Rupert HardyHousing was a major campaign issue...
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NORDCAT Community Transport to close after 23 Years
NORDCAT (North Dorset Community Accessible Transport), the Sturminster Newton-based charity that has provided transport services to elderly and isolated residents for over two decades,...
NORDCAT Community Transport to close after 23 Years
NORDCAT (North Dorset Community Accessible Transport), the Sturminster Newton-based charity that has provided transport services to elderly and isolated residents for over two decades,...
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