Member Sign Up
Donate

AGM – 29th October 2020

We have rearranged our AGM, following the postponement from April due to the coronavirus pandemic. We will now be holding a virtual meeting, by Zoom, and all members are invited to attend at 2.30pm on 29th October 2020. To attend the meeting, please email Penny Mills (info@cpredevon.org.uk) who will register your attendance and send you the link to the on line meeting. The agenda for the meeting, can be found with our Annual Report and Accounts, which was posted to all members previously. It can also be read here –

CPRE Devon Annual Report 2019

related posts

Edward Capern Festival – 4/5 June 2026

Devon CPRE sponsors inaugural festival to celebrate ‘Devonshire’s Robbie Burns’ on Devon Day, 4 June 2026 We are really pleased to be sponsoring the first…

Read Post

Westleigh, near Instow, housing appeal dismissed

We are delighted that a Planning Inspector has dismissed an appeal by the Christie Estate for outline permission to build a cluster of new houses…

Read Post

Major development of 450 houses permitted at Barnstaple, North Devon

Despite numerous objections, including our own, North Devon District Council planning committee have permitted this major development at Brynsworthy, on the edge of Barnstaple. The proposal had been refused two years ago for being outside the development boundary, lack of connection to services and infrastructure issues. But this time around, councillors were told if they refused it again they were likely to lose if it

Read Post

Development of 41 new houses proposed for green fields outside Hatherleigh, West Devon

We have submitted an objection to West Devon Borough Council to this current planning application. The site is in a prominent location on the approach into Hatherleigh and is a strategically important. It fails to demonstrate compliance with Policy TTV24 in terms of delivering a high quality gateway into Hatherleigh.

Read Post

Braunton, North Devon solar farm permitted

We are completely dismayed that North Devon District Council has permitted a 108-acre solar farm in Braunton without even a planning committee debate. Exagen Development was granted planning permission by North Devon District Council yesterday for a solar array along with a substation, cabling, CCTV and fencing on farmland south of Buttercombe Lane, Braunton (Planning Application 80182). The decision not only to grant permission but

Read Post

Our response to Marlcombe in East Devon not making the Government’s New Town shortlist

The government’s announcement this week that the proposed new town of Marlcombe in East Devon is not on its shortlist of those likely to proceed will come as a big relief to the local community, which has long opposed the controversial scheme. Devon CPRE has always been concerned about the loss of some 500 hectares, primarily farmland and some ancient woodland, arguing that we need

Read Post