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The Tiverton Neighbourhood Plan Draft Design Guide has now been published. Please see the Recent News Page.We would be grateful for any feedback from members about this.
Please see the Recent News Page for important local information concerning the coronavirus epidemic, including safe access to food supplies for vulnerable people.
The meetings in the Mayoralty Room scheduled for April 21st and May 12th have regrettably been cancelled because of the Coronavirus. It is hoped that they can be rescheduled at a later date.
Please see the Recent News Page for information about the temporary closure of the Tiverton Museum and an urgent appeal for funds.
The website for the Tiverton Neighbourhood Plan has now been launched. Please see the Recent News Page.
Our first meeting for 2020 in the Mayoralty Room, Tiverton Town Hall, due to take place on Tuesday, March 17th has been postponed because of the escalating Coveid-19 crisis. Dr Ewan Woodley fully understands this, and will be very glad to give his talk on ‘Climate Change: Environmental Risks and our Everyday Lives’ later in the year.

The Public Consultation for Area B of Tiverton’s Eastern Urban Extension runs from February 27th until April 9th. Please see the Recent News Page.
Tiverton Civic Society supports the view that we should all, both individually and collectively, urgently act to combat the causes of climatic change. Predicted global effects of increasing average temperatures are: 0.5°C safety 1.3°C irreversible feedbacks (now) 1.5°C severe danger 2°C extreme danger 2.5°C approaching hell 3°C horror 3.5°C death of organised society 4°C human survival in doubt 5°C extinction possible 6°C extinction likely 7°C current trajectory.
See the Recent News Page for information about ‘Living With Beauty’, the final report of the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, published on January 30th 2020 ‘Some housebuilders… believe they can build any old crap and
still sell it.’
SENIOR EXECUTIVE IN HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRY SPEAKING TO THE COMMISSION (2019)
‘New places are designed by the wheelie bin operators.’
PARTICIPANT IN A COMMISSION WORKSHOP (2019)
Please see the Programme Page for news about our 2020 talks and presentations.
‘More and more communities across Devon are facing unwanted and unsustainable development proposals as a result of the arbitrary house building targets imposed on local authorities by the Government’. (Devon Voice: CPRE Devon Autumn Newsletter, 2019)
Tiverton Civic Society has nominated the Grand Western Canal Conservation Area for Civic Voice’s competition to find England’s Favourite Conservation Area. The competition has been delayed, and will be relaunched in April 2020.
Under the auspices of Tiverton Town Council regular meetings are now being held between all major stakeholders to urgently discuss the complex issue of the restoration of flow to the Town Leat. Topics include land ownership, the costs of restoration and fundraising.
An acclaimed new book has recently been published about a Tiverton family in WW2 ‘To War with the Walkers. Three Soldiers, the War Bride, the Nurse and a Doctor. One Family’s Extraordinary Story of Survival in the Second World War’ (Hodder) by Annabel Venning (2019). ‘Once read, never forgotten’ (Ysenda Graham in The Times). The Walker family lived at Tara, Belmont Road, Tiverton. Annabel Venning will be speaking at our meeting on April 21st 2020.
Please see the Recent News Page for information about a forthcoming Planning Application for 168 houses at Tidcombe Hall. This will be updated regularly. The developers of this proposed application held a well attended, but largely hostile, Public Consultation in the New Hall, Barrington Street, on Saturday, November 30th from 12 noon – 5 pm.
Please see the Recent News Page for information about a 20 minute discussion between Caro Bushnell and Jeremy Salter on TCR Radio. This is about the history of the Tiverton Leat and the urgent need to restore the flow.
An online petition was set up by Caro Bushnell (TCR Radio) on June 2nd concerning the urgent need to restore flow to the Tiverton Town Leat
Jo Mortimer’s picture of Exeleigh House, presented to this Society, reached the long list of the prestigious John Ruskin Prize, a notable achievement. For more information, please see the Recent News Page.
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..
Please see the Recent News Page for information about the Mid Devon Local Plan Consultation.
Please see the Recent News Page for information about Peter Maunder’s book ‘Tiverton Cloth’.
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.
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 our statement about the new data protection regulations and for our Privacy Statement.
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.
As a result of a contribution by this Society Historic England have highlighted Tiverton Conservation Area as one of six examples of ‘amazing conservation areas’ in England. Please see the Recent News and the Conservation Areas Pages.

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