Businesses across northern Devon are being invited to a special event where they can find out how they can be involved in opportunities arising from a key review of Britain's defences.
North Devon and Torridge district councils are calling on their communities to identify potential sites for development, as they work to prepare a new local plan for the area.
Town centre properties in Barnstaple and Ilfracombe can benefit from free pre-application planning advice as part of a new scheme being introduced by North Devon Council.
North Devon Plus - economic delivery agency for North Devon Council and Torridge District Council - is inviting local businesses and farmers to take advantage of two fully funded support programmes.
Council leaders across Devon have joined forces to call for the creation of a South West Peninsula Mayoral Strategic Authority (MSA), representing 1.2 million residents and an economy worth over £25 billion a year.