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In this issue: we calculate we have been concreting over enough of our countryside to add another new Malborough every year; report on and include our response to the government’s Planning Policy consultation on reforms being proposed to national planning policy; express our concerns on the latest proposals for the development of Baltic Wharf; announce the beginning of our series of ‘Crabshell Conversations’; make a plea to ‘Let Loddiswell breathe!’; go with the flow at the Rivers Assembly; introduce the ‘Candidate Questionnaire’ sent to all those standing in the forthcoming South Hams District Council elections; and report on the recent activities of our planning Team.

In this issue: we report on a forthcoming meeting with SHDC officers to raise issues surrounding tree protection, separately noting the threat to trees in East Portlemouth; we reiterate our concerns about the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill, commenting upon its progress through Parliament; we tell how members of the Development Management Committee were able to go against officer recommendation and refuse an application on the basis it conflicted with the Kingsbridge Neighbourhood Plan; we pay tribute to long standing member and Society stalwart Val Mercer but mourn the loss of Pippa Woods; and we include a detailed examination of our polluted waters, explaining who is doing what and who is trying to do something about it.

In this issue: we detail our concerns about the Plymouth and South Devon Freeport, questioning why the boundary encompasses so much of the AONB; we examine the threat of pollution to the local economy, and who profits; we take a look at enforcement at Hendham and how the Butterford saga rolls on; we note officers have refused an application to convert agricultural buildings to residential; we report on the other work being done by our planning team; and we explain why we have less than a week to save our rivers.

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