The Council for the Protection of Rural England hailed his announcement as a turning point.

ECONOMIST: The south-east

The Council for the Protection of Rural England, a countryside charity indifferent to hunting, is staying away.

ECONOMIST: Charge of the country brigade

Tony Burton of the Council for the Protection of Rural England calculates that England is losing an area of countryside about the size of Bristol every year to development.

ECONOMIST: Housing

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Medway Council and the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England were among the organisations who campaigned against an airport at Cliffe.

BBC: Airport ruling celebrated