Devon’s Local Planning Authorities - with the exception of Torbay - have over-delivered on housing for the last five years, according to the government’s own figures.
Devon CPRE’s analysis of the 2020 Housing Delivery Test shows the county as a whole has delivered 30% more new homes than it was required to over a five-year period, in effect building 6,332 more houses than it had to....
Cornish wedding planners have welcomed recommendations that would allow couples in England to marry anywhere, saying they could benefit Devon and Cornwall by drawing couples from across the UK to get married, when Covid-19 restrictions are eased.
The Law Commission has proposed changes which would overhaul England’s archaic wedding laws, which currently only allow legal wedding...
A new cycle camera trial is being carried out by Devon County Council to help improve safety for cyclists.
The County Council has enlisted the help of Ride On, the bike recycling charity in Exeter, as well the Exeter Cycle Campaign, Met Office, RD&E Hospital and Exeter Science Park to try out the helmet-mounted video cameras to capture footage of dangerous driving.
Connaught Gardens is now licensed to host legal wedding ceremonies and will be open for business as soon as Government restrictions allow.
Couples can choose from a number of stunning locations to hire exclusively with the rest of gardens, making it the perfect setting for wedding photographs.
Receptions can also be held in the bandstand gardens for small and large weddings...
Work has started today (Monday 15 February) on the major upgrade of the North Devon Link Road.
A turf cutting was carried out by Councillor Andrea Davis, Devon County Council’s Cabinet Member for Infrastructure and Development, to mark the start of the A361 improvements between South Molton and Portmore roundabout at Barnstaple.
A converted Georgian manor house on the outskirts of Exeter has been officially opened following its £2m refurbishment.
Dating back to the late 18th century, Winslade Manor stands at the heart of the 86-acre development of offices, homes and leisure facilities at Winslade Park, Clyst St Mary. Once complete, it will have an expected market value of £80m.
A second Community Testing Centre, offering rapid coronavirus tests that provide results within the hour, is opening this Wednesday, 17 February. This one in Barnstaple.
It is setting up in the car park at the town’s Taw View, Civic Centre, on North Walk road, and will be open 9am to 5pm, seven days a week, with extended hours 7am to 7pm on Mondays and Thursdays.
Supporters are ‘stepping up’ to help raise funds for the lifesaving service this March, just by going about their daily life.
Devon Air Ambulance’s (DAA) latest virtual event invites supporters to complete a 300,000-steps challenge throughout the month of March in aid of the life-savingservice.
300,000 steps are just shy of the recommended 10,000 steps a day for a moderately...
There is still time for people in Devon aged over 70, and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable, to book a coronavirus vaccination in coming days.
The NHS in Devon is on target to have vaccinated all the eligible people in priority groups 1-4 who wanted to take up a vaccine, by Sunday (February 14), in line with the Government’s ambition.
