Save Clyst St Mary campaign…NEW PROPOSALS AND IMPORTANT MEETING

This message has just been sent to supporters, including EDW:

‘Firstly, thank you to each and everyone of you for writing in letters objecting to the current planning proposals that we previously advertised. We are succeeding in making our voice known at Council level (and beyond!) and I have been told today that the number of objections is rapidly increasing. We managed to gain with the support of other like minded residents over the weekend another fifty five.

We have been approached by some residents concerned from the that one of the fields surrounding Walnut Cottages, off Oil Mill lane, Clyst St Mary is subject to a planning application for a solar farm. Objections close on Friday 16th January; however, we have been told that they will still count shortly after that date should you wish to object to this The Planning reference is 14/2952/MFUL. There are links from our website, together with a sample template letter that I have attached to this email. Should you wish to email your objection the correct email address is: planningwest@eastdevon.gov.uk

(Template letter shown here: Save Clst St Mary Campaign ObjectSolar )

Another important point to note is that we have been advised that there has now been a formal application submitted for forty houses directly behind the Clyst Valley Football Club, land which is presently owned by the Plymouth Brethren. This follows on from the consultation at Westpoint in December 2014 . Please be aware, on the plans available at the consultation, access to this development was to be gained from the demolition of a house in Clyst Valley Road, in order to create an access route through the estate. Unfortunately there is currently no reference to any point of access, nor the precise location of the proposed houses; should further details be obtained, obviously we will keep you informed. The reference for this proposed development is: 15/0072/MOUT. Again, there are currently no documents available on line to view, but.we will endeavour to keep you up to date as we find out more information.

As you are already aware, the outcome from The Parish Extraordinary last Wednesday resulted in Charlie Hopkins (expert planning consultant) being appointed to work for us. He is coming to talk with the Parish Council and the residents to agree representation for all of the major applications that are directly affecting us. The Parish Council has arranged a larger venue at the Village Hall, so hopefully no one will be left out in the cold this time! Please let’s try and once again fill the new venue – your support is all that’s required Tuesday 20th January at 7.30pm

Remember: Together, we can do this!’

Gaeron Kayley
http://saveclyststmary.org.uk/

“Ask Pickles” – videos of questions and answers from a parallel universe!

Polished spin by Mr Pickles on a number of important topics in videos produced from “Question Time” events held last year.

Topics given the Pickles treatment include:

What help is there for villages under threat of over-development? Yes, he REALLY thinks there are things we can do!

Fracking (live with it)

Are councils doing enough to engage voters? (Well, he thinks so – our missing 6,000 voters might not have agreed and the Parliamentary Committee pointed the finger at EDDC for not doing enough)

Why have new unitary councils bedn blocked? (Because we can, and some of them might be too powerful and the wrong party)

What are the solutions to unaffordable affordable housing? Yes, Pickles thinks we can solve this problem!

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/communities-and-local-government-committee/news/ask-pickles-16-december/