If the Sidford Business Park was turned down because of
“the potentially lethal combination of narrow roads and increased heavy goods vehicle usage” …
why was it hurriedly and grubbily added to the Local Plan at the last minute?
https://eastdevonwatch.org/2018/06/18/sidford-business-park-a-grubby-history/
“Planners have said NO to Sidford Business Park and turned down the controversial plans over a potentially lethal combination of narrow roads and increased heavy goods vehicle usage.
East Devon District Council planners rejected plans to build industrial, storage and non-residential institutions on agricultural land to the east of Two Bridges Road in Sidford.
They were refused on the grounds of harm to highway safety, relating to increased heavy goods vehicle usage of the area’s narrow roads and the decision was made by officers with the Chairman of Development Management Committee, Cllr Mike Howe, in accordance with the Council’s Constitution. …”
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/planners-refuse-controversial-sidford-business-2120014
East Devon Watch 