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Battery Energy Storage System Refused!

Permission for a Battery Energy Storage System at Woodtown refused after objectors mount demonstration. Devon CPRE and other objectors are jubilant after Torridge District Council’s…

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Local Government Reorganisation – a disaster for rural Devon

The reorganisation of Devon into four unitary councils, announced by the government today (16 July), is a bonanza for the three urban authorities created, and…

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Massive AI datacentre and Battery System proposed in Devon

Groundswell of incredulity at proposals for a massive AI data centre in the middle of the north Devon countryside Devon CPRE and Devon residents have…

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Devon CPRE backs villagers fighting to preserve the unique character and setting of East Allington in the South Hams

Residents in the rural South Hams village of East Allington turned out in force this week (Thursday, 11 June) for a public meeting to discuss…

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‘Wrong development, wrong location’ – new Brixham housing proposal on farmland should be refused

We’ve submitted a comprehensive objection to Torbay Council (planning application reference: P/2026/0148) outlining numerous reasons why proposals should be refused to build 175 homes on…

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Devon solar farm shut down to avert grid overload

Power ‘shut down’ at Derril Water Solar Park and other North Devon renewable generators to avert grid overload Devon CPRE has learnt that National Grid…

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Edward Capern Festival – 4/5 June 2026

Devon CPRE sponsors inaugural festival to celebrate ‘Devonshire’s Robbie Burns’ on Devon Day, 4 June 2026 We are really pleased to be sponsoring the first…

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Westleigh, near Instow, housing appeal dismissed

We are delighted that a Planning Inspector has dismissed an appeal by the Christie Estate for outline permission to build a cluster of new houses…

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Major development of 450 houses permitted at Barnstaple, North Devon

Despite numerous objections, including our own, North Devon District Council planning committee have permitted this major development at Brynsworthy, on the edge of Barnstaple. The proposal had been refused two years ago for being outside the development boundary, lack of connection to services and infrastructure issues. But this time around, councillors were told if they refused it again they were likely to lose if it

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