Anyone else think that this job description (EDDC Habitat Regulation Delivery Officer) may be the exact opposite of what it purports to be and may be, in fact, a way of helping developers to build even more houses in environmentally sensitive locations in East Devon – such as AONBs?
“Strategic in your thinking, you will be confident setting the direction – and budget – of various programmes to protect wildlife. Persuasive and credible, you are an exceptional communicator with good networking, negotiation and communication skills, and you are capable in sharing information with a wide variety of stakeholders.”
A tongue in cheek translation:
“Strategic in your thinking” – doing as you are told
“Confident in setting the direction and budget” – doing as you are told on the cheap
“Persuasive, credible, exceptional communicator” – doing as you are told whilst persuading others of the opposite
“A wide variety of stakeholders” – doing as you are told whilst keeping developers happy but also persuading the voters you are on their side!
East Devon Watch 
“East Devon is an outstanding place to live and work” except that you can’t afford to buy a house here. (See previous blog post.)
And I am not quite sure how the following two statements can co-exist:
“It is a strict [Note STRICT] legal requirement that the integrity of three designated wildlife sites of European importance are maintained.”
“You will offset the recreational impacts from the new housing … by … a series of mitigation measures.”
Call me dense if you like, but I thought “mitigation” means “reducing the impact” not “strictly maintaining the integrity”.
Oh, and is the “Habitats Joint Committee” open to the public and with agendas and minutes?
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Dawlish Warren surely falls within the remit of Teignbridge , not East Devon! Are our councillors planning to move west beyond the estuary boundary?
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Maybe because of the overlap of the Exe Estuary between Exmouth and Dawlish?
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