A new report reveals that East Devon will be one of the districts to see an above average increase in pensioners, with 36 per cent of its population over the age of 65 by 2030 and ten per cent of those will be over 85 – currently the percentage over 65 is 18%. At the same time the proportion of under 16’s will fall to only 14%.
Seems like the vast majority of the people living in those little boxes in Cranbrook will be in low-paid, zero hours contracts looking after old people.
And where does this appear in our Local Plan?
Source: Office of National Statistics/Express and Echo (page loading problem for wrb address)
East Devon Watch 
I wonder if I’ll make it to be one of the 10 per cent!
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And EDDC is planning to raise the number of pensioners even higher by allowing a “care community” to be developed at The Knowle. Yet what is really needed are affordable houses for the working population.
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I do agree, even although I retired down here myself in 1998, but have been surprised how many flats have been built since then. So many more retirement flats which have trebled in price, and because of the shortage of land it has encouraged the development of complexes which have high management charges, which young people could never afford to own.
The Tory Councilors said at the last Election that they would not support any more flats in Exmouth, but would support houses to be built that would be family friendly. Of coarse they never kept their word, but still want us to vote them back in power.
All the parties have good intentions, but will follow the whips in what ever development they want our council to vote for.
Certainly the prices for young people are way out of reach in the near future, but in the mean time i want someone who will speak up for all the public, and the reason why i shall be voting for our own local MP, I hope that, it will be Claire Wright.
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