The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has slammed planning minister Nick Boles' call to increase England's urbanised area by up to 3%.
CPRE claims Mr Boles' vision is "provocative and unnecessary, and casts a shadow over at least 25% of our undisturbed countryside".
Mr Boles told the BBC's Newsnight that between one and two million new homes could be built over the next 20 years if 2-3% of the country's "open land" was developed.
Shaun Spiers, chief executive of CPRE, said: "We do need t...
