Countryside group’s planning postcard makes a big impact

The postcard shows Sheffield’s Rivelin and Loxley Valleys as they currently are, and also how they could look in 10 years time under the Government’s draft National Planning Policy Framework.

It has been printed by the South Yorkshire branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), which has also been campaigning nationally over the proposed planning rules.

Carol Robinson, CPRE South Yorkshire’s chief executive said: “We’re really worried about what will happen to our local countryside if the Government’s draft NPPF goes ahead as it currently is.

“We don’t want to see our beautiful green land destroyed by housing, roads and other developments.”

The CPRE claims the Government’s proposals would fail to value the countryside for its own sake, prioritise economic development over sustainable development, and allow green fields to be built on before using up brownfield land first.

CPRE South Yorkshire said it planned to display the postcard at Sheffield Town Hall, Sheffield University and local farmers’ markets over the next week.