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Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), Peak District and South Yorkshire Branch

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Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), Peak District and South Yorkshire Branch

This collection comprises: Executive Committee minutes, 1924 - 1990 (CPRE/1) Annual reports (printed), 1924 - 2007 (CPRE/2) Branch accounts, 1931 - 1959 (CPRE/3) Case files, 1920s - 1996 (CPRE/4) Peak District National Park, 1933 - 1951 (CPRE/5) Sheffield's Green Belt, 1930 - 1985 (CPRE/6) Sheffield Unitary Development Plan (UDP), 1993 - 1995 (CPRE/7) 'What Price Water?' - reservoir campaign, 1968 - 1976 (CPRE/8) Publications (newsletters, articles, booklets and leaflets), 1934 - 2007 (CPRE/9) Administrative files, 1935 - 2012 (CPRE/10) Annual General Meetings, 1932 - 2000 (CPRE/11) Assets, finance and funding, 1920 - 2012 (CPRE/12) Campaigns and topics, 1899 - 2012 (CPRE/13) Drawings and plans, c. 1924 - 1999 (CPRE/14) Grants and awards, 1969 - 2000 (CPRE/15) Interviews, recordings and broadcasts, c. 1932 - 2020 (CPRE/16) Local Development Plans, 1998 - 2012 (CPRE/17) Maps, c. 1900 - 1995 (CPRE/18) Networks (external organisations), 1927 - 1964 (CPRE/19) Personal Papers - Ethel Haythornthwaite, 1870 - 1986 (CPRE/20) Personal Papers - Gerald Haythornthwaite, c. 1930 - 1995 (CPRE/21) Photographs, c.1924 - c.1950 (CPRE/22)

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Date: 1870 - 2020

Admin History: Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), Peak District and South Yorkshire Branch:The Sheffield Association for the Protection of Rural Scenery (also known as the Sheffield Association for the Protection of Local Countryside) was formed by Ethel Gallimore (later Haythornthwaite) in 1924. The group - with Ethel as Honorary Secretary - would meet at Endcliffe Vale House, the home of Ethel's mother, Mrs. T.W. Ward. In 1927 it became the Peak District and South Yorkshire branch of the CPRE (Council for the Preservation of Rural England, later renamed Campaign to Protect Rural England). At this time, there was no 'Green Belt' and the Peak District was not a designated National Park. There was no guidance or control over the design of buildings, or the materials used to build them, in the countryside. Moreover, there was no statutory planning control, and when the first Town and Country Planning Act was passed in 1932, Local Authorities incurred hefty penalties of compensation if planning permission was refused to protect amenities. The work of the local CPRE, therefore, was three-fold: 1. to draw public attention to the beauty of the Peak District and the threat uncontrolled development posed; 2. to lobby Local Authorities and developers to use materials for buildings appropriate to their setting; 3. organising the purchase of areas in the Peak District for safe keeping by the National Trust to prevent unsuitable building development. The group's first major purchase (by public subscription) was that of the Longshaw Estate (750 acres) in 1927. The branch made great strides thereafter, and was instrumental in the establishment of Sheffield's Green Belt in 1938 and the Peak District National Park in 1951. In 2002, whilst retaining its CPRE identity, it began operating in the Peak District as 'Friends of the Peak District' until 2021 when it reverted back to single identity as CPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire (CPRE PDSY).Ethel and Gerald Haythornthwaite:Ethel Haythornthwaite (nee Ward, formerly Gallimore) (1894-1986) was an environmental campaigner and pioneer of the countryside movement. She was the daughter of Thomas W. Ward (of Thos. W. Ward Limited, Albion Works, Sheffield). In 1916 she married Henry Burrows Gallimore but he was killed during the First World War. In 1924 she founded the Sheffield Association for the Protection of Rural Scenery, also known as the Sheffield Association for the Protection of Local Countryside which, in 1927, became the Peak District and South Yorkshire branch of the CPRE (Council for the Preservation of Rural England, later renamed Campaign to Protect Rural England). She was secretary of the branch for 56 years from its inception. In 1937 she married architect Lt Colonel Gerald Graham George Haythornthwaite (1912-1995), another passionate campaigner for the countryside. Both Ethel and Gerald held roles in other organisations that likely created useful connections for CPRE work. (In addition to being Technical Secretary for CPRE, Gerald was Vice Chairman on the Peak Park planning Board - and in this role was part of the Standing Committee on National Parks. He was also President of the Ramblers Association whilst Ethel was involved with both the Youth Hostle Association and Clarion Ramblers). Often they would conduct business for both from CPRE ofices at Endcliffe.The Branch also set up various committees that would technically become part of separate organisations (Longshaw Managment Committee and National Parks Standing Committee). Together they saved areas such as Edale, Mam Tor, Blacka Moor and the Longshaw Estate from injurious development. They were pivotal in establishing the Peak District as Britain’s first National Park in 1951. The Peak District National Park:In 1949, the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act was passed. On 17 April 1951, the Peak District was the first area to be designated as a National Park. The area lies mostly in north Derbyshire, but also includes parts of Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire.Sheffield's Green Belt:Through its Town Planning Advisory Committee, Sheffield City Council invited the Sheffield and Peak District Branch of the CPRE to make proposals for a Green Belt. A survey was undertaken and a preliminary Green Belt Plan was submitted to the City Council in 1937. At a meeting of the City Council on 6 July 1938, the provisional Green Belt was approved. The Green Belt was officially adopted by Sheffield City Council in 1983 following a Public Inquiry.

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