CPRE and the “Campaign for Dark Skies” have completed another “Star Count” for this year. Only 2% of the population had truly dark skies. Saturating the night sky with unnecessary light blurs the distinction between town and countryside and can disrupt wildlife and people’s sleeping patterns. Street lighting in Devon also costs £3.4m in electricity […]

CPRE Cornwall has joined a group of other interested parties to alert people to the threat from wind turbine planning applications this has been highlighted by the Western Morning News together with cornwallprotect.org.

CPRE has published a series of maps showing how much of England is vulnerable to development.

Read the CPRE Devon’s latest Newsletter

Read CPRE Devon’s Annual Report here

CPRE Devon & the National Association of Local Councils have produced a set of three excellent booklets which whilst large in file size are worth reading for anyone interested in planning

…unless we take action now to ensure that a planning application for yet another Incinerator near Lee Mill is refused and that newer and better technologies are introduced for dealing with our waste. Read the Western Morning News Article here. For those wishing to understand more about Waste Management read our “Layman’s Guide to Domestic […]

If you want your village to enter this competition here’s how to go about it. This link will also allow you to see the BBC’s “Inside Out” Programme on last year’s competition. We are also looking to recruit some more judges. This is an interesting role and involves visiting several villages either in May or […]

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CPRE south East has issued a useful summary.  It is now up to every local community to get its act together. “Neighbourhood Plans” will be what we and communities across Devon make of them. It is essential that communities, large and small, grasp the nettle quickly and do not wait to be spoon-fed, guided and […]