Extensive plans, to convert land adjacent to a Budleigh Salterton home into a garden, have been filed with district planners. Read this and more.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS: An application to add a two-storey rear extension and conservatory to 2 Tidwell Close, Budleigh Salterton, has been lodged with district planners.

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GARDEN BID: Extensive plans, to convert land adjacent to a Budleigh Salterton home into a garden, have been filed with district planners. The owners of Meadowside, 27 East Budleigh Road, Budleigh Salterton, want to change the use of the land, landscape the land and build a replacement garage linked with the existing home. The plans also call for new terraces and widening of vehicle access.

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WINTER EXHIBITION: The Brook Gallery is launching its major winter exhibition entitled ‘Artizan Editions Studio Show’. Opening on December 11, this acclaimed screenprinting organisation, was founded by Sally Gimson in Brighton and works with selected artists looking for a quality print studio with which they can collaborate and develop screenprints of exceptional quality.

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PLAN FILED: Plans to extend and alter an East Budleigh home have been received. The owners of Southernhay, Vicarage Road, East Budleigh, have filed the plans with East Devon District Council.

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CAPTAIN’S CAPTAIN: East Devon Golf Club’s Dr Robert Harland has been elected as the captain of Devon Veteran Golf Captain’s side for 2011/2012. The club, over the last 74 years, has provided a focus for all of club captains and past captains of affiliated Devon golf clubs. This is the first time that a past seniors captain of East Devon Colf Club has achieved this.

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CASH COW: Bicton College students created an innovative Children in Need fundraiser involving a cow.

The sport and outdoor adventure students placed a cow in a pen on the lawn in front of Bicton House and then sold numbered pieces of wood to staff and students to place around the pen - in the hope of marking the spot where Denis the cow would place her donation!

Outdoor Adventure tutor Ingrid Reynolds said: “Unfortunately, the pressure to perform got to Denis, who failed to deliver in the allotted time, so we had to give a time limit and then pick the log nearest to where Denis was standing.”

Winning contestant was equine lecturer Nicky Craven. Bicton College students raised �100 towards the Children in Need appeal.