Tucked away in the review of the draft Local Plan timetable is this:
3.6 Planning Policy officers are preparing a paper that assesses the suitability and appropriateness of differing villages (and the small towns of Colyton and Beer) to accommodate residential development.
Which, of course, means that these two villages have been identified for much more development.
It may come as no surprise to Colyton (pop over 3,000 and a small shopping centre and with DMC Chairman Helen Parr as its district councillor) but it might be a bit of a surprise for Beer (pop around 1,500 and with one general store and a post office).
Yet no mention in the same document of the “small towns” of as Newton Poppleford ((over 2,000 population) or Woodbury (around 3,500) where Clinton Devon Estates and Greendale have expansion plans.
Source: http://new.eastdevon.gov.uk/media/444283/211014-item-7-local-plan-update-rpt.pdf
East Devon Watch 
Those of us who have been to the very PRETTY FISHING VILLAGE of Beer will know just how great (not!!) the roads into Beer are, certainly not capable of sustaining significant population growth.
I would certainly be interested to know how much spare capacity there is in:
Fresh water supplies
Sewerage system
Doctors surgeries
Dentists
Primary school places
etc.
If the planning inspector thinks that Feniton is not sustainable for development, I find it very difficult indeed to see how Beer can be sustainable.
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