4-3 in favour, Helen Parr (Chair, Colyton) seconding because no-one else had the guts to do it.
For: Councillors Parr, Williamson, Gammell and Sullivan and against: Councillors Pook, Key and Atkins (note to self: where were other members of the DMC – “otherwise engaged”?)
Scorched earth yet again …..
For full information see
East Devon Watch 
As reported in this week’s Pullman’s View from Honiton (page 3 “Council criticised for delays to plan”) an EDDC spokesperson said “The lack of a five-year housing land supply in effect means that we cannot refuse housing developments simply because they are outside the built-up area boundaries that define the extent of our settlements. The majority of our settlements are adjacent to Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Green Wedges and other designations that restrict development anyway and these designations still apply anyway with equal strength regardless of whether we have a five-year land supply or not.”
These 300 houses are outside the built-up area and next to an AONB, and so based on the above criteria clearly EDDC does NOT have “the power to prevent development of unsuitable sites” as stated by the same spokesperson.
Just how gullible does EDDC think we are? (Don’t answer that question as I might not like the answer?)
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