CoVoP Day of Action in Sidmouth: this Sunday 12th April >>> "Furious protestors are set to stage a major demonstration against a “rigged” planning system that threatens to destroy Honiton’s “individual character.”

Tomorrow sees a 'day of action' up at Knowle:
Futures Forum: CoVoP Day of Action in Sidmouth: this Sunday 12th April >>> "calling for an end to unrestrained development"
Futures Forum: CoVoP Day of Action in Sidmouth: this Sunday 12th April >>> further reports

The Express & Echo has covered the story:
East Devon demonstration in protest of “the way housing is forced upon us” | Exeter Express and Echo

The View from Sidmouth/Honiton/Axminster shows that the concerns are District-wide:

HONITON: ‘Day of action’ to protest planning rules

8th April 2015 by Jack Dixon jack@pemedia.co.uk

FURIOUS protestors are set to stage a major demonstration against a “rigged” planning system that threatens to destroy Honiton’s “individual character.”

Campaigners have called for a day of action to rally against excessive and inappropriate housing development, with East Devon’s draft Local Plan set to make provision for almost 1,000 new homes a year for the next decade-and-a-half.

The rally follows a number of controversial planning proposals in the Honiton area, with warnings that the town’s schools, doctors’ surgery and other public services are already running at capacity.

Parliamentary candidates from many of the major political parties are due to speak at the event, taking place outside East Devon District Council’s offices in Sidmouth this Sunday (April 12th).

Organised by the national campaign group Community Voice on Planning (CoVoP), the day of action will be coordinated with a number of other demonstrations taking place across the country.

HONITON: ‘Day of action’ to protest planning rules - View from Honiton

Yesterday's Herald carried a report too:

‘Day of action’ against national planning rules

12:08 10 April 2015

Save Our Sidmouth group prepare for their protest in 2012, which saw thousands of residents march to EDDC's HQ at Knowle. Picture by Alex Walton. 

Campaigners will this weekend stage a protest against national planning rules – which they say are responsible for the inappropriate development of more than 2,600 homes in East Devon’s countryside.

The rally at Knowle on Sunday (April 12) will see parliamentary candidates from across the region gather to speak on the effect of the rules, and their effect on communities. The event, which begins at 3pm on the terraces in front of the district council offices, will be one of a series of similar protests taking place across the country, organised by activists from the Community Voice on Planning.

The group says that 5,400 homes have secured permission to be built on contentious sites across East Devon since new rules designed to encourage sustainable development were adopted by the Coalition in 2012.

They say, of this total, 2,635 are on ‘inappropriate greenfield sites’, just under 2,500 are on high-quality agricultural land and 215 on land designated as an area of outstanding natural beauty.

‘Day of action’ against national planning rules - News - Sidmouth Herald

In fact, similar such meetings will be held across the country tomorrow:
Community Voice on Planning | A National Alliance to provide communities with an effective voice on planning, enabling them to protect their greenfield and green spaces.

For example:
Residents to protest over land (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
Campaign marching to battle against new greenbelt houses (From Wharfedale Observer)
Brockworth ramblers protest plans to build 1,500 homes in village | Gloucestershire Echo
Wantage and Grove Campaign
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