Campaign to Protect Rural England: Devon

Welcome to the Devon Branch. We campaign for a sustainable future for the English Countryside, a vital but often undervalued environmental, economic and social asset to the nation. We are there to support the farming community and those whose livelihoods depend on the countryside, to encourage sensible and sustainable development, to campaign for rural affordable housing, for better transport and an approach to renewable energy, waste management and industrial development that delivers much needed employment without despoiling the countryside. Devon is a huge county and we have nine District Groups who monitor most planning applications that affect the countryside. If you need help or an explanation you may find it on this website, if not your local district Chairman should be your first port of call.

This is a fully inter-active website, designed to help both our small staff and the visitor to understand what is going on and to help you find out more about the major issues of the day. A glance at Campaigns will immediately show you the sheer number of major planning applications with which we all have to deal. If you are interested in the countryside, the environment or have some particular expertise or experience on which we could draw, we would welcome your help and support. Join us by contacting Xanda Vass at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or give your local District Chairman a call. Our aim is to protect all that is best in Devon and we need all the help we can get.

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