Happy New Year!

A very Happy New Year to all our members, supporters, friends and everybody who loves our Devon countryside! We have a real fight on our…

Our Food, Farming & The Countryside Seminar

Grateful thanks to Neil Parish MP, John Sheaves ‘Taste of the West’ and Andrew Butler from NFU for joining us at our seminar at Kentisbeare…

North Devon 2015! The view from Northam to Braunton Burrows.

Wherever you are now in north west devon, you see the same thing on the horizon!

Bridgerule solar farm public consultation

CPRE Devon representatives attended the public exhibition held at the village hall, 3rd August 2015, regarding the application to build a 24 acre solar farm…

Clyst st Mary, East Devon Solar Farm dismissed at Appeal

Our East Devon District Group have worked closely with local residents opposing this proposal for a large solar farm adjacent to Crealy Park. We are…

Planning inspector dismisses 77m high wind turbine near Iddesleigh, West Devon – ‘warhorse valley’

http://www.northdevonjournal.co.uk/Relief-War-Horse-valley-wind-turbine-appeal/story-26896919-detail/story.html

2 more wind turbines proposed for North Devon dismissed at appeal by planning inspectors

At Bilsford, Buckland Brewer (47m high turbine)  and Eastwood Farm, Peters Marland (77m high turbine)

CPRE report highlights benefits of reopening railway

http://www.okehampton-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=37962&searchWord=cpre&searchYear=current

Another solar farm on green fields permitted in Devon

http://www.middevongazette.co.uk/Giant-solar-scheme-wins-approval-planning/story-26767506-detail/story.html

CPRE Devon AGM – 1st July 2015

All members are invited to attend our 50th Annual General Meeting, which  is being held this year on Wednesday 1st July 2015, at 3.30pm. Venue…

Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon given planning consent

The World’s first tidal lagoon has been given the go ahead 9th June 2015 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/swansea-bay-tidal-lagoon-project-gets-green-light-on-planning See thoughts on the proposal by Dr Philip Bratby  at…

CPRE Devon Best Kept Village Competition

We have decided that after many years of the same format we need to modernise the competition. So we will be relaunching the competition for…

Shock as Torridge Wind Turbine appeal decision is quashed by High Court Judge

4th Feb 2015 http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Second-chance-wind-turbine-bid/story-25972997-detail/story.html

CPRE North Devon Seminar, Goodleigh, near Barnstaple with Sir Nick Harvey MP 28th Nov 2014

Goodleigh village hall was packed this morning for our seminar with special guest speaker, Sir Nick Harvey MP for North Devon.  Dr Philip Bratby, our…

‘A Warning From the West’ – CPRE Devon article

Written for CPRE Protect Kent magazine. 2014   CPRE Kent Voice article

Britain needs political climate change to cut soaring energy bills

Article by Charles Moore in The Daily Telegraph, Friday 17 October.

CPRE Devon Village Map Competition for Schools – 2014 Results!

The results are in for our Pam Parker village map competition for schools. A record entry this year from schools right across Devon. Congratulations to…

Our countryside in 2014 – seen from a hot air balloon!

An amazing experience, but the landscape is now littered with wind turbines and solar farms.  The balloon took off from near North Petherwin, nr Launceston,…

Parents in West Country fear children will not be able to afford to live in home towns

http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Fears-children-locked-home-towns/story-22956195-detail/story.html

Announcement

At short notice, I’ve been selected to stand as a Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for next year’s General Election.  A once in a lifetime opportunity I…

The safety of Wind Turbines

http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Safety-fears-faults-toppled-turbines/story-22887067-detail/story.html