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As Devon CPRE ramps up its campaign against the Alverdiscott solar cluster in Torridge, the charity is dismayed that neighbouring North Devon has waved through a 108-acre solar farm in Braunton without even a planning committee debate.

Exagen Development was granted planning permission by North Devon District Council yesterday for a solar array along with a substation, cabling, CCTV...

A local housebuilder has sold the last of 187 homes at its popular Exeter development.

Barratt Homes’ Victoria Heights, on Loveridge Drive in Alphington, launched in 2021 and has seen a thriving community built over the past few years – helping many first-time buyers get onto the property ladder in the region.

Situated on the edge of Exeter, the final homes have now sold, with...

The government’s announcement that the proposed new town of Marlcombe in East Devon is not on its shortlist of those likely to proceed will come as a big relief to the local community, which has long opposed the controversial scheme. Devon CPRE has always been concerned about the loss of some 500 hectares, primarily farmland and some ancient woodland, arguing that we need productive farmland...

A dedicated Rowcroft Hospice healthcare assistant is taking “going the extra mile” to a whole new level this April – running an incredible 256 miles across Wales to support the patients and families at the heart of her work.

Heidi Treleaven, 51, who works in Rowcroft’s Inpatient Unit, will begin her epic race on Tuesday 14 April, taking on six back-to-back ultramarathons over six...