North Devon District Council planning committee today overwhelmingly voted to refuse the application to build 250 premium houses and apartments on the bank of The Taw Estuary at Yelland Quay. The site, where a small coal-fired power station stood between the 1950s and the 1980s, is in a noted wildlife habitat. It’s adjacent to an […]
Solar Farms – a Toxic Blot on Devon’s precious landscape
May 30th, 2021Our new video in which TV star John Nettles lambasts the solar farms threatening to ruin Devon’s countryside is OUT NOW, coinciding with a MailOnline exposé of the solar farm industry across the UK, published early this morning-30th May 2021 Our 8-minute video, presented by the Bergerac and Midsomer Murders actor, questions the validity of […]
Yelland Quay – May 2021
May 25th, 2021The controversial planning application to build 250 luxury houses on the beautiful Taw Estuary in North Devon will be decided at the North Devon District Council plans committee meeting on 9th June 2021. As previously reported, a decision was deferred at the 28th April plans committee meeting after a four and a half hour debate. […]
John Nettles OBE spearheading our campaign against solar farms in Devon’s countryside
May 22nd, 2021We are enormously grateful to TV star John Nettles for his support and spearheading our campaign against proposals for ever-larger solar farms that threaten to despoil Devon’s green and pleasant countryside. The actor lives near the village of Pyworthy in northwest Devon where residents, with our help, are fighting proposals for a massive solar installation […]
News from Torbay – Inglewood Permitted – May 2021
May 10th, 2021We are bitterly disappointed that this massive development of 373 new houses has been permitted by a planning inspector, despite all the overwhelming local opposition. So much for localism! Read the full story here – https://www.torbayweekly.co.uk/news/not-over-for-inglewood-but-what-for-fields-7948346?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=DM40242
News from North Devon – Litchardon Cross Solar Farm and Redevelopment of the Former Yelland Power Station Site – 28th April 2021
May 2nd, 2021Two massive and controversial planning applications were on the agenda for the North Devon District Council Planning Committee, 28th April. After a four and a half debate about the proposal for a huge development, which includes 250 houses, on the beautiful Taw Estuary at Yelland, the committee voted to defer the decision. There had been […]
Clean Devon
March 27th, 2021Introducing the Clean Devon Partnership – March 2021. What’s the problem? Litter and fly tipping are putting a major and growing financial burden on society. This environmental vandalism blights communities and has serious public health consequences. With the key roles that the world class environment, agriculture and tourism play in Devon’s prosperous economy it is […]
Okehampton to Exeter Railway – Back on Track!
March 19th, 2021After nearly 50 years, and a lot of campaigning by a great many people, we are delighted with the news that the Government have agreed funding to enable the return of a full passenger rail service this year between Okehampton and Exeter. This will be a fantastic benefit to so many people across a a […]
North Devon District Council refuse Chivenor new homes – February 2021
February 25th, 2021North Devon District Council planners have refused permission for more new houses at Chivenor. The decision follows evidence, based on the government’s own figures, that North Devon has delivered a third more homes than were actually required over the last five years North Devon’s Planning Committee responded to evidence from local objectors, including ourselves, with […]
Devon is building 30% more houses than required! February 2021
February 25th, 2021Latest government figures show Devon is building a third more houses than ‘required’. Devon’s Local Planning Authorities – with the exception of Torbay – have over-delivered on housing for the last five years, according to the government’s own figures. Devon CPRE’s analysis of the Housing Delivery Test: 2020 measurement shows the county as a whole […]