FOR the first time in the 20 years since the Rev John Leonard has been vicar of Kingskerswell, there will be no Remembrance Day parade from the parish church to the war memorial on Sunday.
Instead individuals who want to lay wreaths can walk separately from the church to the memorial in Fore Street.
Government legislation, in which a licence is required for road closures, is to blame.
Nowadays since the permission for road closures was taken out of police hands and placed with local authorities, risk assessments are required and numerous forms have to be completed.
'In Kingskerswell the church organises the Remembrance Day ceremonies and I have not got the time to get involved with forms and was daunted by the prospect of all that paperwork,' said Mr Leonard.
'When we applied to the police they always came up trumps and there were no problems.'
Mr Leonard said he had not been informed a licence was required from Devon County Council South Devon Highways, and now it was too late.
'Unfortunately the people at county had not advised us properly. I am not blaming the staff because they are doing the job to the best of their ability, but the staff and ordinary person just cannot keep up with all this legislation,' he said.
He said he could not go ahead with an organised parade because if someone was injured there could be litigation.
'All this is because none of us know the regulations properly and we are batting in the dark,' added Mr Leonard.
Now the service will begin at 10.15am with two minutes' silence during the service at 11am, instead of at the war memorial.