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The General Election 2024 and Devon’s Rural Housing crisis

We are calling on Devon’s election candidates to commit to radical planning reforms to solve Devon’s rural housing crisis. Devon CPRE is asking every General…

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Solar Farms and the shocking discrimination against Devon’s world class farmland – June 2024

We are calling on MPs to end the ‘shocking discrimination’ against world-class Devon farmland and will be asking every General Election candidate to actively campaign…

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Planning Workshop for Town & Parish Councils – Hatherleigh Community Centre, 8th March 2024

Following the success of our previous planning workshop, held before Covid, where over 80 councillors from across Devon attended, we are delighted to be holding…

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Devon’s Best Churchyard Competition 2023 – Results!

Many Congratulations to St Michael’s, Alphington – this year’s Best Churchyard in Devon. A churchyard in the suburbs of Exeter has won the accolade of…

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Devon’s Best Young Landscape Artist Competition 2023 – Results

A teenager from Chudleigh, who depicted the charming view from his window by using an unusual technique of applying burn marks to wood, is the…

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Annual General Meeting – Thursday 12th October 2023

We are looking forward to our AGM, which all members are invited to, which this year will be held at RHS Rosemoor, Great Torrington, at…

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Housing – 24 July 2023

Our response to Tory pledge not to concrete over the countryside for new housing. We have campaigned for many years for the right type and…

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Devon’s Best Young Landscape Artist Competition 2023 – June

The search begins for Devon’s Best Young Landscape Artist 2023. We are on the lookout for budding young artists who can capture the beauty and…

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Devon’s Solar Spread – June 2023

As yet another industrial scale solar farm is permitted in Devon – this time at Whimple, East Devon, we have put together a map showing…

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