Daily Archives: 22 Jul 2014

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EDDC, Sidmouth/ Sidford/ Sidbury

Naughty senior councillor …

Which senior councillor was the in Sidbury/Sidford area at 8.40 am this morning proceeding from Honiton towards Sidmouth and taking the notorious rat run short cut via Brooke Lane and Fry’s Lane to avoid waiting at traffic lights on the main road?

The large 4 x 4 vehicle is exactly the sort that should not be attempting to get through these narrow, quiet residential roads but this did not seem to deter the driver.

Has this senior councillor thought through what will happen when even more vehicles decide to take this rat run to avoid an industrial development at Sidford Fields?

Is this perhaps one if the reasons why he and other senior councillors who regularly use the route between Sidmouth and Honiton are so keen to move to Skypark!

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Environment (local), NPPF

CPRE launches campaign to identify brownfield sites

The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has issued this appeal: “To help us find out how much brownfield land is available and where it is, we are launching the #WasteOfSpace campaign to raise awareness of the ‘brownfield first’ solution.

Please help us by nominating brownfield sites in your area that could be suitable for housing development in the future.

You can add your nomination to the interactive map by:

sending an email to wasteofspace@cpre.org.uk
tweeting @CPRE with the hashtag #WasteOfSpace
posting to Facebook #WasteOfSpace

All we need from you is an image of the site (as simple as a quick snap on your smartphone) and an address of the site including the postcode and street address. Just send us this and we will do the rest.

Our aim is to upload each nomination to our #WasteOfSpace map the same day it is submitted (or the next Monday if submitted at the weekend). So make sure you keep an eye out for your #WasteOfSpace nomination on the map so you can share it with your friends and family on Facebook and Twitter once it is published.”

http://www.cpre.org.uk/how-you-can-help/take-action/waste-of-space

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Curtailment of public speaking: EDA Chairman head-to-head with Councillor Ray Bloxham tomorrow morning on Radio Devon

Ray Bloxham and Paul Arnott on BBC Radio Devon at 7.35 am tomorrow (Wednesday).

Tune into Matt Woodley’s BBC Radio Devon Breakfast Show between 6.30am and 9pm on Wednesday 23rd to hear a discussion on the proposals to limit speaking at East Devon Planning meetings – due to be rubber stamped that evening.

For the council, the originator of the restrictions idea, Cllr Ray Bloxham from Cranbrook, and for the East Devon Alliance, Chairman Paul Arnott from Colyton.

For late risers, the programme will be available to download later in the day.

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EDDC’s full council meeting (tomorrow) to “discuss” curtailing public speaking

Remember, our developers have acess to our councillors and officers whenever they wish.  The meetings are our only opportunity to put our side of our stories:

23 July 2014

EDDC full Council to vote on curtailment of public right to speak at EDDC meetings

Agenda here

EDDC’s Executive Board has already voted for the curtailment of the rights of the public to speak at its meeting but it needs the rubber stamp of the full Council which will meet on 23 July 2014.  Details HERE