Something doesn’t add up: Mid Devon’s draft Local Plan out for consultation when its supposed to be tied to our secret consultants’ reports

How come our draft Local Plan has been held up because supposedly we had to wait for consultants’ reports on housing needs in Exeter, Teignbridge, Mid-Devon and Dartmoor National Park before deciding our own and yet Mid- Devon is putting its new draft Local Plan out to public consultation this month?

Has Mid-Devon ignored the consultants’ reports or has it already used the numbers in it to inform their draft MUCH earlier than ours and seemingly with no worries about it being “politically sensitive” or “secret” before district elections?

And how come theirs is covering them until 2033 and ours is only until 2026?

http://www.creditoncouriernewspaper.co.uk/news.cfm?id=24435&headline=Public%20asked%20for%20comments%20on%20Mid%20Devon%E2%80%99s%20plan%20for%20the%20future

Very few UK and other European “think tanks” score highly for transparency

“Think tanks” highly influence government policies and many are politically- funded by influential donors. The UK scores particularly badly.

Click to access Transparify+2015+Think+Tanks+-+Report.pdf

In East Devon the Leader’s “think tanks” are secret and produce no minutes, agendas or notes.

Time running out for EDDC Knowle “land grab” objections

Story here – you have until 20 February:

http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/East-Devon-Council-issues-notice-intention-sell/story-26042465-detail/story.html