An article in ine of today’s newspapers is about health and the figures for Body Mass Index and cholesterol ( Sunday Times). It makes the point that figures for “healthy” BMI and cholesterol were picked arbitrarily and based on little firm evidence and may be quite wrong.
Rather like EDDC’s old AND new annual housing figures.
Several readers have made the point that they can find no evidence at all for the figure of 950 houses a year for the next 18 years in any of the latest Local Plan documents. All sorts of figures are mentioned for all sorts of scenarios but 950 does not seem to be one of them.
Perhaps this is why Mr Thickett, the Inspector who is usually so quick at responding to EDDC, has yet to reply to EDDC’s submission of the new draft which they sent to him on 18 March 2015 (with Community Infrastructure Levy rate information sent on 30 March). He usually replies witin a few days.
This new draft must be giving him much food for thought.
Surely not yet another enormous blunder that will allow a developer free-for-all to continue well beyond the life of this (currently) Conservative-controlled district council with its “economic growth” at all costs mantra?
East Devon Watch 
Be under no illusion. If you vote “Conservative” you are voting for massive growth in East Devon.
The Revised Draft Local EDDC Plan says: “Planned provision at March to 2015 is expected to provide 18,391 homes [by 2031] and this provides flexibility in respect of policy,”
13,050 houses are what are actually forecast to be needed in East Devon by 2031 by the Objectively Assessed Housing requirement under the most credible “promote economic growth” scenario commissioned by Devon County Council on behalf of Teignbridge, Exeter, East Devon and Mid Devon local authorities.
Mid Devon has chosen an even more “balanced” scenario, involving less economic risk. Had EDDC done the same then the 18,395 figure, over the next 18 years, our target would have been reduced to 10,500.
EDDC has, therefore, chosen on your behalf, to build between 5,000 and 8,000 more houses than needed to accommodate demographic changes and average economic growth.
Axminster in 2001 comprised around 2,700 houses and is one of the few places identified as a target take this excess growth. But we will need to find two to three new Axminsters in the next 18 years, just to take the excess above 10,500.
Two thirds of East Devon lies within the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). These pressure cannot possibly be contained within the remaining one third.
Those who live in villages and towns within the AONB and believe they will be “protected” are living in a fool’s paradise.
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