… East Devon has 663 empty homes, up on the year by 152. …
One can only hope this is a typing error but the Express and Echo is usually reliable on such figures. If it is correct (a) how shocking and (b) Cranbrook perchance?
Daily Archives: 2 Jun 2014
And then watch builders develop in multiples of 50!
Will the government never learn – or perhaps it doesn’t want to:
Flooding to become more common in Devon
Following on from the post below:
http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Boscastles-future-Met-Office-admit-underestimated/story-21175814-detail/story.html
“Flood schemes a disaster for South West Communities
“Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council cabinet member for flood prevention, said the council has not been successful in securing funding through the “partnership” model.
He said: “We have submitted further bids for more than £2.5 million to be considered for the next six year programme. We reported to Defra during the consultation process that there is a difficulty in obtaining funding for rural communities where there are low numbers of properties and little opportunity for large-scale contributions. This is a real issue for Devon which we feel needs to be addressed.”
Cranbook: its gain, our loss?
Anyone else in East Devon feeling short-changed as our play areas become concrete for housing or big sheds and our youth facilities are cut?
… The builders contributed £59,330 towards a play area, while other payments have also included nearly £6,000 towards a community development worker at Cranbrook and £22,231 towards youth facilities, including a temporary youth centre and a youth worker.
East Devon Watch 