It’s difficult to be positive about Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) and especially with marine INNS, it is nearly all about prevention rather than cure. And necessarily, with many unknowns, we have to take a precautionary approach to how damaging INNS can be. One INNS that is...
King Edward Sixth Community College sixth form student's work will feature in a South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty exhibition at the Ariel Centre, Totnes,TQ9 5JX from 10th to 21st December. The students visited various parts of the National Landscape to show them a variety...
As part of the Future Landscapes Project, conducted by the National Association for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (NANational Landscape), a cohort of 40 National Landscape staff is taking part in a nationwide professional and personal development programme designed to help ensure the UK’s outstanding...
Explorer Monty Halls presented the prizes for the South Devon National Landscape Photo Competition at a special event held at The Flavel in Dartmouth on 22nd October 2018. The competition that attracted 200 entries was part of the heritage lottery funded ‘What Makes South Devon Special’...
The South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty photo competition closes on Sunday 30th September Competitors have 10 days to email in their favourite pictures of the area, to be in with a chance of grabbing a great prize. Pictures do not need to be...
The South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Unit is calling for nominations for community representatives to the National Landscape Partnership Committee The election takes place on 22nd October at the Flavel Arts Centre in Dartmouth. There are eight separate categories and representatives serve for...
Plans to realign and rebuild the storm-damaged A379 between Slapton and Strete Gate have been approved and are underway. A temporary South West Coast Path is in place until October 2018, taking you around the perimeter of the works area and along the beach. The beach...
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was first introduced in 2012. It brought together around 1,000 pages of planning policy and guidance into a single document of 59 pages, and established a ‘presumption in favour of sustainable development’. The Government consulted on a revised NPPF earlier...
The Avon Valley Facilitation group coordinated by the South Devon National Landscape Unit welcomed Farming Minister George Eustice MP to a meeting of over 50 farmers at Holsome Park, Diptford near Totnes on Saturday evening. Farmers Cathy Case from Bigbury with livestock and vegetable enterprises and...
Defra has announced a review of designated landscapes National Association for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty Chairman, Philip Hygate said, “I really welcome the attention government is paying to the beauty of the English landscape. Defra’s 25 Year Environment Plan makes it clear that Areas of Outstanding...
