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Stretchford Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage System, South Hams – consultation ended – November 2024

The public consultation has now ended in respect of a proposal to build a huge 20MW solar farm and 100MW Battery Energy Storage System on…

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Nymet Rowland, near Crediton, Mid Devon – small leisure development refused permission – November 2024

Local residents are delighted that a development of log cabins on a greenfield site has been refused by Mid Devon District Council. We had objected…

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White Cross Offshore Wind farm, North Devon – November 2024

A decision regarding the planning application to lay the cables for the proposed floating offshore wind farm has been delayed until next year. North Devon…

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AGM, Chagford, 16th October 2024

Thank you to everybody who was able to join us in the beautiful moorland town of Chagford for this year’s AGM. And especially thank you…

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Devon CPRE AGM – 16th October 2024, 2.30pm

All members are invited to our AGM, which this year will be held on Wednesday 16th October 2024 at 2.30pm at Jubilee Hall, Chagford, TQ13…

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Wanted! – Devon Defenders. August 2024

Will you help us ‘defend Devon’? …

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Greenfield Solar Farm & Battery Storage Facility Refused by Torridge District Council – July 2024

We welcome the ‘right decision for Devon’s countryside’ and are celebrating a momentous decision by councillors in Torridge to go against the recommendation of their Planning…

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With a new Government, what will the future hold for Devon’s countryside? – July 5th

Devon CPRE looks forward to working with all the Devon MPs going forward as closely as we have with most of them over recent years,…

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The General Election 2024 – How many of the Candidates support our key aims of Protecting Devon’s Rural Communities?

Two weeks ago we wrote to every candidate standing throughout Devon’s 13 parliamentary constituencies in the General Election (some 87 candidates) asking whether they support…

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