East Devon District Council has approved Clinton Devon Estates’ planning application to build 30 new homes for people in the seaside village of Beer, 12 of which will be designated affordable. The Development Management Committee voted unanimously to grant outline planning consent at a meeting on May 1st 2019 after hearing that the proposals were…
Clinton Devon Estates is proud to be supporting the Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project’s (DGHBP) drive to promote wildlife gardening to schools and allotment holders in Beer. By planting different types of wildflowers to attract insects, gardeners in turn are supporting bats. All 17 species of British bats eat only insects, including Beer’s rare Greater…
A whopping 40 tonnes of dog poop has been collected across Woodbury Common since a dog walking code of conduct was launched a year ago. The Pebblebed Dog Code highlights simple ways that dog walkers can enjoy the heaths, sharing the space with other visitors and wildlife in a responsible way. Guidance includes: always picking…
Volunteers from across East Devon have joined forces to plant a hedge to create a natural “bat corridor” to help boost populations of rare bats near Beer. As part of a community initiative called Bat Friendly Beer, a group of volunteers from Clinton Devon Estates’ Friends of the Commons group and Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat…
Several young people are starting their careers with one of the Westcountry’s largest land and property management businesses through its commitment to providing apprenticeships and traineeships. For more than a decade, Clinton Devon Estates has worked hard to increase opportunities for young people and currently has five apprentices or trainees working across almost all of…
Essential cliff safety work is underway at Budleigh Salterton to remove an unstable 15 metre high sandstone pinnacle which has formed following many decades of weather erosion. Contractors working for the landowner Clinton Devon Estates, are using ropes to abseil from the clifftop near Steamer Steps, to enable them to use specialist equipment to carefully…
Essential cliff safety work is underway at Budleigh Salterton to remove an unstable 15 metre high sandstone pinnacle which has formed following many decades of weather erosion. Contractors working for the landowner Clinton Devon Estates, are using ropes to abseil from the clifftop near Steamer Steps, to enable them to use specialist equipment to carefully…
A core component of the Royal Marines’ close combat training will return to the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths near Exeter this spring. Since the 1950s live grenade throwing has taken place at a purpose-built range on Colaton Raleigh Common by Royal Marines based at the nearby Commando Training Centre (CTC) in Lympstone. Weather damage and…
Lord Clinton performed a ribbon-cutting to mark the official opening of Cavanna Homes’ new show home at Alfred’s Gate in the East Devon village of Newton Poppleford, near Sidmouth. Keith Miller, Managing Director at Cavanna Homes, joined Lord Clinton from Clinton Devon Estates, and members of the project team who have brought the 40 new…
Walkers in Budleigh Salterton will, once again, be able to use the footpath alongside the River Otter from Lime Kiln car park after it reopened ahead of schedule following extensive repairs of a collapsed culvert. In September 2018, the path was washed away when the incoming spring tide breached the river bank surrounding the drainage…