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Devon’s Best Young Landscape Artist Competition 2025 – Results!

The results are in and it’s official – Devon’s got talent! Six young Devon artists, including two twelve-year-olds from Pilton Community College in Barnstaple, have…

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October Talks

Thank you very much to the Kingskerswell Natural History Society who invited us to give a talk to them last week. Steve Crowther and Penny…

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AGM, Thorverton – 1st October 2025

Thank you very much to all our members who came to our AGM at the Exe Valley Farm Shop, Thorverton, near Exeter. It was great…

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Another solar farm application in Devon. Sept 2025

We are faced with yet another large solar farm in Devon. This time at Talaton, East Devon. The site comprises 147 acres of farmland, some…

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Devon CPRE AGM – Wednesday 1st October, 2.30pm.

All members are invited to our AGM, which this year will be held on Wednesday 1st October 2025 at 2.30pm at Exe Valley Farm Shop,…

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Taking our message to the country shows this Summer

Summertime means show time! Penny Mills, Director Devon CPRE We’ve had a particularly busy summer season this year, attending several one-day agricultural shows – Mid…

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Devon’s largest solar farm and BESS to date – Bulworthy Farm, Alverdiscott. September 2025

We were very pleased to be given the opportunity to speak at a special meeting organised by Alverdiscott & Huntshaw parish council to discuss the…

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Okehampton Show – Thursday 14th August

10% of Devon farmland to go by 2050! Find out why and what we can do about it, at our stand at this year’s Okehampton…

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2 more Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) permitted in Devon

Torridge District Council have permitted an Energy Storage System (ESS) at Gammaton, near Bideford. The controversial application didn’t even go to the planning committee, but…

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