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The Government wants to build more than 3million new homes than are needed!

Our new independent report, How Many Homes? shows the Government is planning for almost twice as many new homes as England needs over the next…

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How Many Homes? Reviewing the National Housing Need for England. July 2020

With the recent Government announcement about planning reforms and their proposals to ‘Build, Build, Build’ our new report, produced for us by Opinion Research Services,…

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My Outdoors 2020 – Competition results

What an amazing year its been for our annual My Outdoors childrens writing and art competitions. The entries came pouring in from primary schoolchildren in…

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Planning Reforms risk rural free for all. July 2020

We are delighted that the Western Morning News has featured our article today, Monday 20th July 2020, regarding our concerns about the Government’s plans to…

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My Outdoors Art and Writing Competitions 2020

We are delighted to be holding our annual art and writing competitions for Devon’s primary school children again this year and the competitions are now…

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AGM, Local Meetings and Planning Workshop Postponed

Following advice, we have taken the decision to postpone our AGM which was due to take place on 2nd April, our local meetings around the…

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AGM – 2nd April 2020

All members are warmly invited to our Annual General Meeting, which this year will be held on Thursday 2nd April 2020, at 2.30pm, at The…

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Star Count 21-28 February 2020

Dark starry skies are a beautiful sight and a distinctive feature of the countryside – we are lucky in Devon to benefit from beautiful dark…

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Devon’s Best Churchyard Competition 2020

This year’s competition is now open! Entries are once again invited from churches of all denominations from across the county to find Devon’s Best Churchyard…

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