Category: News
Planning Workshop for Town & Parish Councils – Hatherleigh Community Centre, 8th March 2024
Following the success of our previous planning workshop, held before Covid, where over 80 councillors from across Devon attended, we are delighted to be holding…
Devon’s Best Churchyard Competition 2023 – Results!
Many Congratulations to St Michael’s, Alphington – this year’s Best Churchyard in Devon. A churchyard in the suburbs of Exeter has won the accolade of…
Devon’s Best Young Landscape Artist Competition 2023 – Results
A teenager from Chudleigh, who depicted the charming view from his window by using an unusual technique of applying burn marks to wood, is the…
Annual General Meeting – Thursday 12th October 2023
We are looking forward to our AGM, which all members are invited to, which this year will be held at RHS Rosemoor, Great Torrington, at…
Housing – 24 July 2023
Our response to Tory pledge not to concrete over the countryside for new housing. We have campaigned for many years for the right type and…
Devon’s Best Young Landscape Artist Competition 2023 – June
The search begins for Devon’s Best Young Landscape Artist 2023. We are on the lookout for budding young artists who can capture the beauty and…
Devon’s Solar Spread – June 2023
As yet another industrial scale solar farm is permitted in Devon – this time at Whimple, East Devon, we have put together a map showing…
Devon’s Best Churchyard Competition 2023 – May
Thank you to everybody who entered their churchyard or burial ground into this year’s competition. The judges have been busy getting out and about visiting…
Derril Water Solar Farm, Pyworthy – April 2023
It has been announced that the developer, RES, has sold the development to Ripple Energy who will sell shares in the scheme and that this…
Devon Solar Farm Map – March 2023
As applications for massive new solar farms on prime agricultural land continue to come thick and fast, we have released a map showing the alarming…
Planning Surgery – 23rd March
A big thank you to independent planning consultant, Jo Widdecombe, for her excellent presentation explaining the planning process and how to get involved. It was…
Teignbridge Local Plan Consultation – ends 13th March 2023
There is still time to submit comments to Teignbridge District Council, who are consulting on their Local Plan 2020-2040, which includes proposed sites for new…
Devon’s Best Churchyard Competition 2023 – February
Could your local churchyard be the best in Devon this year? This year’s competition to find the best in the county is now open for…
200 acre East Devon Solar Farm Refused – December 2022
We are delighted that East Devon District Council’s planning committee voted to refuse the planning application for a massive solar farm at Marsh Green, near…
Mid Devon Solar Farm permitted by the Government – 5th December 2022
Allowed at appeal: Mid Devon solar farm with over 100,000 glass panels does not reflect local democracy, says Devon CPRE. The victory of a developer,…
Visit to Enfield Farm, Anaerobic Digester – 30th November
Members enjoyed a visit to the Enfield Farm, Anaerobic Digester at Clyst st Mary, Exeter, to find out more about the process. It was a…
Devon’s Best Churchyard Competition 2022 – Results
We are delighted to announce the winner of this year’s competition is All Saints, Kenton, with runner up, St Michael’s Chagford, and two highly commended…
Devon’s Best Young Landscape Artist Competition 2022 – Results!
The results are in for our competition to find Devon’s Best Young Landscape Artist. Outstanding images of Devon’s coast and countryside show the immense talent…
Devon CPRE AGM – Thursday 20th October 2022, 2.30pm.
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…
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
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…
The Chagford Show – 18th August 2022
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…
Why are Solar Developers and our Local Planning Authorities ignoring the Government and building on quality farmland?
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…