Author: CPRE
Application for 24 dwellings at Bridgerule near Holsworthy receives numerous objections, including our own
We’ve submitted an objection to Torridge District Council concerning an application to build 24 houses at Canal Rise, Bridgerule. The application lacks several necessary assessments and surveys, including heritage, arboricultural, agricultural land classification, access and drainage, without which the proposal cannot demonstrate compliance with up-to-date policies
Huge numbers of objection to latest slurry lagoon in Mid Devon
We’ve joined over 150 people in submitting an objection to the application for a slurry pit at Rhode Farm near Tiverton. We are concerned that the application lacks critical information on environmental, odour, and visual impacts, and therefore it is not possible to determine whether the development would be acceptable. Additional information should be provided before any decision is made. https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/outcry-over-slurry-lagoon-plans-10757171
Torbay Local Plan Consultation
Torbay Local Plan 2025-45 Consultation Draft Local Plan (Regulation 18). Torbay’s Local Plan is out for consultation – closing date is 2nd February 2026. For more information and to make your views known see:
https://www.torbay.gov.uk/council/policies/planning-policies/local-plan-update/
Celebrating 100 years of protecting the countryside
2026 is a momentous year for Devon CPRE because it marks 100 years since the foundation of our national organisation, CPRE. It was the brainchild of two leading architects and town planners, Patrick Abercrombie and Guy Dawber, who realised that the rapid increase in motor transport, with all its knock-on effects, posed a major threat to the unprotected countryside. As we mark this milestone anniversary, we’ll go back to calling ourselves CPRE, The Campaign to Protect Rural England. We believe this designation makes it easier for people to understand the important work we do. We’re proud of what we stand for, and we hope that in our centenary year, more people will see the value of joining us as members to celebrate 100 years of standing up for the countryside. Here in Devon, we are blessed to have some of the most beautiful landscapes anywhere in the world, including two stunning coastlines and two National Parks. Will you help us protect them?
We’ve submitted objections to plans for controversial housing on rural land near Exmouth and Ottery St Mary
We’re speaking out against two separate planning applications to develop housing on rural sites in East Devon – one on the outskirts of Exmouth and…
Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Woodtown, near Alverdiscott – application submitted to Torridge District Council.
We have submitted our objection to this latest BESS application. (Ref 1/0939/2025/FULM) We concluded that: 1. The application contains many misleading, incorrect and unsupported statements…
Please sign our petition against unwanted, unneeded and unsustainable Devon mega solar farm – SAY NO TO BEACON SOLAR
We are calling on all our supporters to sign and share an online petition against what would be one of Europe’s largest solar arrays on…
More than 16,700 new homes in Devon could be built on brownfield land. October 2025
CPRE research reveals more than 16,700 new homes in Devon could be built on brownfield land 16,706 new homes in Devon could be built on…
Beacon Solar – a 2,700 acre Mega Solar site coming to Devon?
The plan to cover 2,700 acres (more than 4 square miles) of Devon farmland in the heart of the countryside at Holsworthy Beacon with solar…
Devon’s Best Young Landscape Artist Competition 2025 – Results!
The results are in and it’s official – Devon’s got talent! Six young Devon artists, including two twelve-year-olds from Pilton Community College in Barnstaple, have…