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MDDC Full Council voted to adopt the Local Plan Review, with minor modifications, at their meeting on July 29th.
An outline application, 20/01174/MOUT, for the construction of up to 179 houses at Tidcombe Hall has been submitted. For details please see the Recent News Page.
Please see the Recent News Page for information about the Government’s new planning system reforms ‘Planning for the Future’, and widespread concerns about their likely effects.
CPRE summarize the threats posed to local authorities that do not have an approved Local Plan: ‘80% of authorities do not have an approved and up-to-date Local Plan. 60% of Local Plans are more than five years old. 70% of local plans can be dismissed by developers because they have not allocated enough house building sites. 75% more green space is being opened up to housebuilding development in the past year compared to 2013′. As several sections below show, the threats to Tiverton are real!
Please see the Recent News Page for information about the Inspector’s latest comments and requirements concerning the Mid Devon Local Plan 2013-2033.
Hartnoll Farm again! The Greater Exeter Strategic Plan has published a Draft Policies and Site Options Consultation Document in which Hartnoll Farm has been put forward by the landowners as a potential site for major future residential development. Please see the Recent News Page. The GESP Plan will be discussed by the MDDC Cabinet at their ‘remote’ meeting on Thursday, August 6th.
Please see the Recent News Page for information about Petroc’s Planning Application for the building of 60 houses at Bolham Road, Tiverton.
Douglas Rice has edited and produced a booklet containing a fine new edition of ‘Buscombe’ or ‘A Michaelmas Goose’, a little known verse-tale, written by R.D.Blackmore when he was 64, in which he looked back at a brief excursion from school when he was 17. We will contact members when this is available for purchase.
The meetings in the Mayoralty Room scheduled for April, May and June 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.
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.
Please see the Programme Page for news about our 2020 talks and presentations, including cancellations because of the Covid19 outbreak
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 was to have been relaunched in April 2020. A further delay has occurred because of the present Covid19 restrictions.
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.
Please see the Recent News Page for information about a forthcoming Planning Application for 168 houses at Tidcombe Hall. This will be updated regularly.
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 2019 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.
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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