See post below this for a somewhat puzzling company (Wilson Planning and Architecture) which appears to talk like a big developer but seemingly performs as an architect for single dwellings.

Firstly, it does appear to be Torridge [where EDDC’s former planning supremo Kate Little was once in charge) the company is talking about:

“LAND WANTED THROUGHTOUT TORRIDGE FOR A DISTRICT WIDE PLANNING APPLICATION, WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT QUANTITY OF LAND BANKED ALREADY
We are actively seeking land sharing a common border with a village or town to assess the sites suitability for inclusion in a wider proposal to benefit the whole district. If you have land, email us the details and we’ll get back to you.”

(this has so far engendered at least 35 mostly less than supportive responses!)

Their earlier Facebook post (picked out by Andrew Lainton’s ‘Decisions, Decisions’ blog) seemed to imply that developers are now fully in charge in Devon, not planners, and that Local Plans are easily overcome, and indeed, the company has secured planning permission for individuals on contented sites.

They have many posts and tweets in similar vein on

https://www.facebook.com/WilsonPlanning1/

and

http://www.wilsonplanning.co.uk/

though some are more easy to understand than others.

For example on their home page they say:

“Having experience of working in the South West area for over twenty years, we have been able to build up significant and mutually respected relations with local authorities throughout the South West.”

but then it gets a bit confusing with the post we initially blogged:

“The land in our country and our district is irreplaceable. My [not sure who the ‘my’ is] proposal unites the land owners, puts differences aside and makes the actual most efficient use of the land humanly possible by collaboration. This proposal is for the good of each and every individual within the district. We have total flexibility whereas the local plan is rigid and doesn’t think on an actual district level, it’s fragmented and broken. Every single person should support this.”

to which a number of people have rightly responded on the lines “what on earth are you talking about?”!

Wilson Architecture and Planning appears to be in Bideford and seems to have started up in 2015 with George, Christopher and Paula Wilson (so presumably existed as some other entity prior to 2015 if they have been in business for over 20 years) though Christopher resigned in 2015 and was re-appointed again quite quickly:

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/document-api-images-prod/docs/qpveCxK_xjsdgXZfVIxID58EJlsDcssgW9cGvfbD_Kk/application-pdf

Not a developer as such, then, but appears to think that developers are now (or should be? difficult to work out!) in charge of the county.

Elucidation appreciated!