Do you sit on a town or parish council in Devon? If so, you need to know how to respond to planning proposals affecting your community. Your response, as consultees in the planning process, can significantly influence the outcome and make a real difference to what the local planning authority decides. CPRE Devon invites you to a special ‘planning workshop’ for Devon’s town and parish councils. Experienced, independent Planning Consultant, Jo Widdecombe, will guide you through the process and explain what’s important. Free admission for member organisations (up to 3 people free per member...
The Devon branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England has announced that the Minister for Housing and Planning, Kit Malthouse MP, will be coming to Devon next month to address growing concerns amongst local people about the scale and appropriateness of new homes developments across the county.
At the opening of CPRE Devon’s housing seminar in Tavistock on Friday (8th Feb),...
Are you concerned about the number of new homes being built in and around Plymouth and across Devon? How many are planned for your community and where? How many are genuinely affordable and who are the planned new homes for?
To objectively assess the situation, the Devon branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE Devon) commissioned an independent study. The findings will be announced today, revealing the truth about Devon's real housing needs.
Come along to find out what the evidence shows and how it could help communities facing unwanted development plans...
Ridgeway School has been awarded £2 million for building improvements.
The money has come from two Capital Improvement bids that were submitted to the Education Funding Agency earlier this year.
The first project will be to provide a two storey extension that will house a state-of-the art Performing Arts Centre. This new building will have music classrooms, practice rooms,...
Buying land in Bath Street is a crucial step in Plymouth City Council’s long-held ambition of better linking the city centre to Millbay and the sea.
The Council is in discussions with the Homes & Communities Agency to fund the acquisition of five properties in Bath Street to help progress the development along the boulevard which will deliver over 170 new homes as well as new shops...
THE first tenants to sign up to Plymouth Science Park’s new multi-million-pound development were welcomed to the site yesterday for the formal signing.
The £7 million project, which is a partnership between Plymouth City Council, Plymouth University and Plymouth Science Park, is being built by BAM and is the fifth stage development of the park which has been specifically designed as a...
Devon-based PR consultancy Glen King PR established in 2005, celebrated its tenth anniversary with expansion of the team and a move to a larger city-centre office in the summer of this year. London-born David Greensmith, with over 40 years’ experience in engineering and construction has now joined the company as Business Development Director.
The first phase of the major new Sherford community has been given the go ahead, which will bring much needed new homes and jobs to the area.
South Hams District Council and Plymouth City Council have given reserved matters planning consent to the first phase of the Sherford community – which will eventually include 5,500 homes and 83,000 square metres of schools, shops, community...
More homes in Plymouth are getting disabled adaptations, including the conversion of two houses into one for a severely disabled teenager.
The teenager and their family (who do not want to be named), will move into the latest house which has been adapted at Cherry Tree Gardens, Plymouth on Friday 3 July.
Plymouth City Council, Taylor Wimpey and Westward Housing Group had to...
A family-run housebuilder is accelerating its land acquisition programme to enable it to expand its output of quality new homes after securing a £15million facility from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
Cavanna Homes operates across the South West region, but its current sites are concentrated in desirable locations along the South Devon coast at Plymouth, Orestone, Dartington, Paignton...
