Letter in today’s Sidmouth Herald:
Cllr Barlow rightly castigates the developers of the 36 Churchill homes for their measly offer towards affordable homes in the light of the profits likely to be made. How much more profit will PegasusLife make from 115 apartments at Knowle, but in this case without any payment at all towards affordable homes? What is more, EDDC have, I believe, “knowingly undersold” the site, including parts of the public park, to pay towards an unnecessary re-location, so that PegasusLife are likely, according to some estimates, to make a net profit of around £26 million. And because of the inadequate care to be provided, this development will very likely put great strain on already threatened local health services. Or does PegasusLife expect most of the apartments to become second homes for the extremely wealthy, as there is apparently nothing apart from cost to prevent this? Either way, is this what Sidmouth needs?
Readers may also like to know that, since they sent in their objections to the Knowle development, well over 50 new documents have been submitted by PegasusLife (in August and on 27 October). Some of these contradict earlier and misleading artist-impressions and show new details and changes including drainage problems upon which people may wish to comment. Comments should reach the planning department by November 11 as the application is likely to be put to the Development Management Committee on December 6.
Michael Temple Sidmouth
East Devon Watch 
Double standards? Two faced?
Call it what you like, but what it shows is you cannot trust EDDC’s Conservative leadership to do what is right and what is the best for the voters of East Devon.
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