London environment campaigners join national day of action for countryside nature and parks, on Sat 18th April 2026
On Saturday April 18th, just ahead of the local elections in May, Campaign to Protect Rural England’s London Branch is joining groups and communities across the UK to take part …
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On Saturday April 18th, just ahead of the local elections in May, Campaign to Protect Rural England’s London Branch is joining groups and communities across the UK to take part in a UK-wide Day of Action for Nature, Parks and Green Spaces.
The purpose is simple: to demonstrate, visibly and collectively, that people everywhere care deeply about the natural world and want to see it protected and restored.
CPRE London is writing to Sir Keir Starmer to say that building on London’s countryside cannot solve London’s housing crisis, as well as to demand better protection for parks in the face of increasing commercialisation.
Alice Roberts of CPRE London said:
“The government’s grey belt policy is threatening countryside and farmland, allowing developers to cash-in on London’s countryside. But we cannot solve London’s housing crisis by building on valuable farmland and trashing nature.
Just building more homes does not make them affordable.
The government must reverse damaging ‘grey belt’ policy and halt the London Green Belt Review immediately – and instead introduce credible policies to tackle housing affordability.
“Meanwhile, the public’s right to recreational use of parks and green spaces is increasingly under threat from commercialisation.
We’re calling on the government to change the law to place strong conditions on the sale, lease and renting of public parks to safeguard our open space for generations to come.
“Today we are writing to the Prime Minister to demand action and we want anyone concerned about nature, parks and countryside – and anyone who wants real solutions to the housing crisis – to write as well.”
