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 […]

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Read the CPRE Devon Newsletter August 2011

The Batsworthy Cross wind Farm application in North Devon was refused permission by the North Devon District Council planning committee on 22 June 2011. The decision was unanimous despite the planning officer recommending approval. The site was close to the southern boundary of Exmoor National Park and the main reason for refusal was the impacts […]

Bob Barfoot, Chairman of CPRE North Devon, received the 2011 Individual Award for successes fighting unsuitable wind farms on the edge of Exmoor. A picture of the Award ceremony can be seen here.  

The Planning Inspectorate have dismissed an appeal by South West Water for a single wind turbine at this plant in North Devon.