DMC chair Helen predictably supported the motion to restrict public speaking at planning meetings, at last night’s council meeting.
The public don’t need to say a lot because their interests are stoutly defended by councillors and officers, she argued.
Has she forgotten that the destruction of the Seaton/ Colyford green wedge was supported by officers, and was only prevented by a massive turn-out of residents who argued persuasively – and at length- against concreting it over?
She failed to mention, too, that she herself had not voted against the green wedge proposal, on the grounds that her husband had already objected. See https://eastdevonwatch.org/2014/02/04/green-wedge-success-was-not-down-to-district-council/