Current MP Hugo Swire and prodpective candidate Claire Wright have had a spat about who said what about the local heealth service changes in East Devon
As can be seen from comments, it was suggested that she puts her riposte in the same place (by the local shop) so people can judge for themselves who said what. However, Councillor Roger Giles pointed out that is was a Conservative Party notice board so it is unlikely that she would be allowed to post a reply on it.
Try as we may we have been unable to find any planning application for this notice board on the EDDC website Planning Applications Online service.
Can anyone pount us to the planning application number and details of where the siting of this notice board was agreed, when, by whom (was it by officer delegation, for example or by committee) and what conditions, if any, were placed on it?
Is it owned by the shop or someone else?
East Devon Watch 
Unfortunately it has probably been there for more than 4 years. In which case, it is probably legal.
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But was it legal originally? Remember all the fuss about the connpmmunity notice board ib Sidmouth. Our councillors should lead by example.
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I don’t know this West Hill noticeboard, so cannot say if it is “open access” or has a key.
But elsewhere, in other East Devon communities, one of the last bastions of censorship is to be found in the keyholder figure for village or town noticeboards.
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