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Following a decision by our committee Tiverton Civic Society has joined CPRE (The Campaign to Protect Rural England) as a corporate member. We have much in common with CPRE and we share many of their aims.
For information about Exeleigh House, and Jo Mortimer’s recently completed picture, please see the Recent News Page. We have for many years been very concerned about the condition of this locally important listed building which was built for John Heathcoat in about 1820.
Information about our programme for 2019 has now been posted on our Programme Page and cards giving full details will be sent to all our members after final details have been completed. The first meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 19th.
Please see the Recent News Page for information about ‘Telling Our Stories: Finding Our Roots – in Devon’.
Please see the Recent News Page for information about the Mid Devon Local Plan Inspection.
Please see the Recent News Page for information about Peter Maunder’s book ‘Tiverton Cloth’, which has now been published.
Please see the Applications, Consultations and Responses Page for the Planning Inspector’s response, following the Hearings in September, to the Eden Westwood proposals for Junction 27, as well as associated housing in Sampford Peverell and Tiverton. (Highlighted in red).
See the Recent News page for details of a podcast on Tiverton Community Radio during which there is a discussion about our 50th Anniversary and our entry of the Tiverton Conservation Area in the competition to find England’s Favourite Conservation Area.
Please see the Recent News Page for information about the Civic Voice competition to find England’s Favourite Conservation Area, together with the result.
LIDL Application. Please see the Applications, Consultations and Responses Page.
Our new, revised, Merchants’ Trail leaflet is now available in the Tiverton Museum. Many thanks to Tiverton Town Council who provided the bulk of the funding._Merchant Trail leaflet ARTWORK 2018
Please see the Recent News Page for information about the floral display to mark our 50th anniversary.
Please see the Recent News Page for our statement about the new data protection regulations and for our Privacy Statement.
Many congratulations to our President, Janet Rendle, who is the Mayor of Tiverton. This is her second term of office.
Please see the Recent News Page for uptdated information about the Town Leat.
The news that MDDC has secured funding for the second stage of the A361 junction will be greatly welcomed by Blundell’s School and residents of the western end of Blundell’s Road.
Please see the Applications, Consultations and Responses Page for news about the Reserved Matters Application for housing at Uplowman Road, Tiverton. (‘Braid Park’).
Many thanks to Jo Mortimer, the distinguished Tiverton artist, for permitting us to use some of her paintings on this website. These emphasise and enhance the attractiveness of many of our buildings and townscapes. See the Listed Buildings and Scheduled Ancient Monuments Page and the Links Page.
Please see the Recent News Page for the MDDC Cabinet’s decisions about access to Area B of the Tiverton Eastern Urban Extension.
As a result of a contribution by this Society Historic England have highlighted Tiverton Conservation Area in their latest bulletin as one of six examples of ‘amazing conservation areas’ in England. Please see the Recent News and the Conservation Areas Pages.
Please see the Applications, Consultations and Responses Page for our comments on Planning Application 17/00942/MOUT for up to 50 houses off Exeter Hill, Tiverton.
Please see the Applications and Responses Page for our comments on Planning Application 17/01509/MFUL (Rear of Town Hall).
A quote, from the Campaign to Protect Rural England: ‘The way housing targets are currently being set is fundamentally flawed and serving no one. Driven by aspiration rather than local need, housing targets are over-inflated and undeliverable.’ (24.4.17). ‘When numbers are all that matters, anything, anywhere, will do’. (Ptolemy Dean, 4.7.17).

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