Category: News
Devon’s Best Young Landscape Artist Competition 2025
The search begins for Devon’s Best Young Landscape Artist 2025. We are on the lookout for budding young artists who can capture the beauty and…
Our Planning Workshop – May 2025
Thank you to all the town & parish councils who attended our planning workshop held at The Tiverton Hotel, Tiverton recently. It was great to…
Devon County Show – 15-17 May 2025
We’re really looking forward to being at the Devon County Show this year at Westpoint, Exeter. Our stand will be in the Country Life &…
Planning Workshop for Town & Parish Councils. 20th May 2025
We are delighted to be organising another planning workshop on Tuesday 20th May 10am-1pm, at the Tiverton Hotel, Tiverton. The workshop is primarily for town…
Bulworthy farm, Newton Tracey, Torridge – Solar Farm & Battery Storage
A public consultation/drop in event is being held by Noventum Power on 27th March 2025 at Lovacott Hall, Newton Tracey EX31 3QH from 4-8pm, regarding…
Harepath Road, Seaton, East Devon – large new housing development permitted. March 2025
A controversial new development of 130 dwellings plus football pitch on greenfield land adjacent to Harepath Road, has been permitted by East Devon District Council’s…
Another solar farm and Battery Energy Storage System permitted in Devon – February 2025
Sadly the appeal has been allowed in respect of a solar farm and BESS in the countryside at Ebberley Down near Roborough, Torridge district in…
Hartnoll Farm, Tiverton – Appeal dismissed. February 2025
We are delighted to report that this appeal has been refused by the Planning Inspectorate. The appeal had sought to overturn the refusal decision made…
2,000 new homes permitted at Woolwell, South Hams
Following deferral of a decision at the November planning committee meeting, South Hams District Council planning committee have now voted to permit this huge development…
The Sunshine Bill – We urgently need your help! January 2025
On January 17th, a Private Members’ Bill goes to Second Reading in Parliament. It’s promoted by Max Wilkinson MP and its title is the ‘New…
Happy New Year!
A very happy new year to all our members & supporters battling to defend Devon’s precious countryside & green spaces from inappropriate development. If you…
Stretchford Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage System, South Hams – consultation ended – November 2024
The public consultation has now ended in respect of a proposal to build a huge 20MW solar farm and 100MW Battery Energy Storage System on…
Nymet Rowland, near Crediton, Mid Devon – small leisure development refused permission – November 2024
Local residents are delighted that a development of log cabins on a greenfield site has been refused by Mid Devon District Council. We had objected…
White Cross Offshore Wind farm, North Devon – November 2024
A decision regarding the planning application to lay the cables for the proposed floating offshore wind farm has been delayed until next year. North Devon…
AGM, Chagford, 16th October 2024
Thank you to everybody who was able to join us in the beautiful moorland town of Chagford for this year’s AGM. And especially thank you…
Devon CPRE AGM – 16th October 2024, 2.30pm
All members are invited to our AGM, which this year will be held on Wednesday 16th October 2024 at 2.30pm at Jubilee Hall, Chagford, TQ13…
Greenfield Solar Farm & Battery Storage Facility Refused by Torridge District Council – July 2024
We welcome the ‘right decision for Devon’s countryside’ and are celebrating a momentous decision by councillors in Torridge to go against the recommendation of their Planning…
With a new Government, what will the future hold for Devon’s countryside? – July 5th
Devon CPRE looks forward to working with all the Devon MPs going forward as closely as we have with most of them over recent years,…
The General Election 2024 – How many of the Candidates support our key aims of Protecting Devon’s Rural Communities?
Two weeks ago we wrote to every candidate standing throughout Devon’s 13 parliamentary constituencies in the General Election (some 87 candidates) asking whether they support…
The General Election 2024 and Devon’s Rural Housing crisis
We are calling on Devon’s election candidates to commit to radical planning reforms to solve Devon’s rural housing crisis. Devon CPRE is asking every General…
Solar Farms and the shocking discrimination against Devon’s world class farmland – June 2024
We are calling on MPs to end the ‘shocking discrimination’ against world-class Devon farmland and will be asking every General Election candidate to actively campaign…