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Knowle/Honiton/Exmouth relocation

Another local Conservative council gets itchy feet and wants to move HQ – is it something contagious?

http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Lib-Dems-warn-sale-council-s-HQ/story-21285820-detail/story.html

Or is it, as we have mentioned before “scorched earth”?

From Wikipedia:

“A scorched earth policy is a military strategy which involves destroying anything that might be useful to the enemy while advancing through or withdrawing from an area. It is a military strategy where all of the assets that are used or can be used by the enemy are targeted, such as food sources, transportation, communications, industrial resources, and even the people in the area.”

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Democracy, EDDC, Skypark, West End: WestClyst BroadClyst/ Pinhoe

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Why the ink must dry quickly on Skypark

In the roughly six weeks before a general election local authorities should not take any actions that might affect the outcome of such elections, such as signing contracts for controversial projects.

The next general election and local elections will be on 7 May 2015. This means that controversial activity should cease by 26 March 2015.

One can see why the Skypark issue is being railroaded and kept so secret. The ink must be dry on the purchase of the site by the end of March next year. Especially if the European Election results in 2014 are replicated in East Devon as, if they are, the Conservatives will lose their overall majority and will be at the mercy of Independents, Greens and UKIP.

Here is the political guidance which was issued for 2014 elections.

http://www.parliament.uk/Templates/BriefingPapers/Pages/BPPdfDownload.aspx?bp-id=SN05262

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Budleigh Salterton

Bicton College faces uncertain future

Click to access Bicton_College_-_Further_Education_Commissioner_assessment_summary.pdf

Prime development land for its closest neighbour perhaps?

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EDBF, EDDC, Freedom of Information and EIA, Honiton/ Gittisham

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£850,000-plus East Devon Business Centre to be demolished to make way for supermarket in Honiton

Where will Economic Development Manager and former Hon Sec of the East Devon Business Forum be decanted to one wonders?

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/value_of_it_contracts_placed_wit#incoming-532767

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EDDC, NPPF

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“One percent of Exeter homes are ‘affordable’ “

http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Just-cent-homes-Exeter-8216-affordable-8217/story-21288458-detail/story.html

Probably even less in East Devon where most developers recently appear to have been let off their affordable obligations.

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Cranbrook, Ottery St Mary, Skypark

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Exeter Airport “a sleeping giant”

Oh dear – watch out Skypark, Cranbrook and Ottery and everywhere inbetween:

http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Exeter-Airport-owners-forcast-growth-Devon/story-21288262-detail/story.html

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Environment (local), Exmouth

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Exmouth: you want improvements? Then accept a supermarket on the rugby club grounds

It seems that these days we are being pressurised into believing that only supermarkets can fund ” improvements”. How did we do this before supermarkets existed? Surely there must be other ways of raising funds. And does everyone necessarily want “improvements” that they don’t get a say in anyway?

How have Exmouth, Axminster, Ottery and Seaton “improved” thanks to supermarkets?

http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Fight-supermarket-Exmouth-Rugby-Club-sight/story-21284057-detail/story.html