We are looking forward to our Annual General Meeting, which once again will be held via Zoom. All members are invited. We are delighted that Ed Parr Ferris from Devon Wildlife Trust will be joining us to present the Devon Nature Recovery Network Map, so it will be an ideal opportunity to learn more about […]

All of us at CPRE are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. CPRE were honoured to have her as our patron throughout her long reign. As CPRE patron, the Queen showed her love for the countryside for many years, helping CPRE celebrate its 80th birthday and other significant […]

We really enjoyed the show and meeting so many people. Our ‘Grass not Glass’ display attracted a great deal of attention, with so many people stopping to say how they agreed with us that Devon’s farmland should not be lost to solar farms, but solar panels should be placed on rooftops instead. Farm for Food! […]

There are blatant inconsistencies in the Planning system that are allowing development on thousands of acres of Best and Most Versatile (BMV) agricultural land that the Government says should be protected and prioritised for food production. So we are ramping up our campaign to safeguard farmland for food after a High Court judge dismissed our […]

We are incredibly disappointed to learn that His Honour Judge Jarman QC has dismissed our claim against Torridge District Council and solar developer Renewable Energy Systems Ltd over consent for the Derril Water site at Pyworthy. The case had been heard virtually at Bristol Civil Justice Centre on 22nd June and our challenge had centred […]

Premium holiday village for Yelland Quay allowed on appeal. A 250-unit village proposed for the banks of the Taw estuary in North Devon has been given the green light, in a decision described by us as “a tragedy for both the environment and local house-hunters”. In an Appeal decision published today (30 June) following a […]

The search begins for Devon’s Best Young Landscape Artist 2022 Young artists aged 18 and under can now compete for the title of Devon’s Best Young Landscape Artist 2022. We held the competition for the first time last year and were really impressed with the quality and quantity of entries from across the county. Our […]

As the Langford solar farm Public Inquiry begins, Devon CPRE says the government needs to make up its mind – more solar farms or greater food security and self-sufficiency? As a four-day Public Inquiry (14 – 17 June) has begun into the contested solar farm and battery storage facility at Langford, near Cullompton, we think […]

Devon CPRE has discovered that Mid Devon District Council has made a secretive u-turn on its plans to take part in a public inquiry, at which it was to have defended its decision to refuse a massive solar farm and battery storage facility at Langford, near Cullompton. Devon CPRE and local objectors have been granted […]

Today, Torridge District Council’s planning committee voted unanimously to agree with their planning officer’s recommendation and to permit the massive solar farm at Webbery, near Bideford. All the arguments local residents and ourselves put forward in opposition to the proposal were ignored. Solar Farms take farmland out of food production, farmland which in Devon can […]