Sidmouth Herald: EDA Councillor Cathy Gardner sounds alarm over “eastern Sidmouth”

” …This isn’t about the Mill Street car park – it’s about the whole of the eastern side of town,” said Cllr Gardner. “It’s to do with plans for Port Royal and the seafront. Everyone can get excited about the rights and wrongs of increasing parking charges, but it’s part of a bigger picture.

“EDDC owns a lot of land there and I don’t know if people are aware of how much – the lifeboat station, the Drill Hall and the sailing club are all in the Local Plan for development. …”

http://www.eastdevonalliance.org.uk/cathy-gardner/20151002/sidmouth-herald-war-cry-over-future-of-eastern-town/

New leader for our “special measures” (now branded a “Success Regime”!) local NHS named

“Judith Dean, a former nurse, is the programme director of the scheme which is aimed at providing increased support and direction to the most challenged systems.

Previously Judith worked on transformational work in Wiltshire, following periods in senior NHS roles across the Thames Valley.

Dame Ruth Carnall, former head of the NHS in London, will take on the role of chair of the programme. As well as chairing the Success Regime’s Programme Board, her responsibilities will include top-level liaison with stakeholders including MPs and other elected representatives.”

http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Leaders-Devon-s-new-Success-Regime-appointed/story-27909252-detail/story.html

Love the way it is being branded a “Success Regime” – sounds like something out of North Korea!

EDDC: an awful lot of Freedom of Information requests pending

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/east_devon_district_council

Hint: the more transparent you are, the fewer Freedom of Information requests people make.