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4 Aug 2015

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Axminster, Dorset, EDDC, National Planning Policy Framework, Neil Parish, Uplyme, West Dorset

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Strange things happening on the Devon-Dorset border

http://www.trinitymatters.co.uk/index.php/planning-applications-east-devon/planning-applications-uplyme/item/1123-updated-4th-aug-application-15-0851-mout-land-west-of-shire-lane-uplyme

It appears that, whatever the decision, the Minister at the Department of Communities and Local Government had already decided to call it in.

Whilst this might be an unpopular development, it is no more or no less unpopular than many other current applications, so what has made it so special? It might, however, be the first of several applications that eventually could link Axminster to Lyme Regis.

The Devon MP is Neil Parish, the Dorset MP is Oliver Letwin, good friend of David Cameron. The site is closer to Dorset’s Lyme Regis than Devon’s Seaton and Axminster.

Following the 2015 election, Letwin remained Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster as Cameron reappointed him as an official ministerial member of the new Conservative government’s Cabinet. He has been given responsibility for overall charge and oversight of the Cabinet Office.

Wonder what they think of this really strange situation?

It also appears to have been decided by “Chairman’s Delegation Committee” – anyone heard of this before?

See Councillor Ian Thomas’s comments on this in Comments section.

Which begs the question: if a developer or one single interested party can persuade the DCLG to consider call-in of a planning application BEFORE a decision is made – what is the point of having the meeting!

Should the DCLG be asked to clarify their behaviour?

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11 Nov 2014

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Affordable and Social Housing, Cranbrook, EDDC, Environment (local), Exmouth, Feniton/ Talaton, Honiton/ Gittisham, Knowle/Honiton/Exmouth relocation, Newton Poppleford, Ottery St Mary, Seaton/ Colyford / Colyton, Sidmouth/ Sidford/ Sidbury, Uplyme, Wainhomes, West End: WestClyst BroadClyst/ Pinhoe, Woodbury

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Could you, too, be a SWIMBY?

Check this link and consider.. http://www.transitionnetwork.org/blogs/rob-hopkins/2014-10/our-month-rethinking-real-estate-why-i-m-proud-be-swimby

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22 Oct 2014

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EDDC, Flooding, Uplyme

Beware “self help” when funding is cut

Today’s Midweek Herald carries a story that the residents of Uplyme, with the help of East Devon District Council, did work along a stream to lessen the risk of flooding. Unfortunately, although this has helped, it may now mean that they will find it hard or impossible to apply for grants for major works to improve the situation further.

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10 Aug 2014

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EDDC, Environment (local), Seaton/ Colyford / Colyton, Uplyme

District councillors can pull out all the stops when objecting to a planning application – albeit in another district!

http://www.trinitymatters.co.uk/index.php/uplyme-east-devon/item/960-dorset-cc-lyme-regis-landfill-site-can-anything-still-be-done

Would that EDDC AONB sites in other areas (within our own district) received such support.

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25 May 2014

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Exmouth, Feniton/ Talaton, Honiton/ Gittisham, Newton Poppleford, Ottery St Mary, Seaton/ Colyford / Colyton, Sidmouth/ Sidford/ Sidbury, Uplyme, West End: WestClyst BroadClyst/ Pinhoe

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Launch of photo competition for new book on East Devon

The sheer variety and volume of writing inspired by our local area  is behind the idea for a new book, Literature and Landscape in East Devon, to be published later this year.

As announced at last Friday’s hugely entertaining East Devon Writing event, original, relevant, high quality photographs are now being sought for inclusion in the book. Please see PHOTO COMPETITION on the EDA Home page, for precise information.

For a flavour of the forthcoming book, see the following list compiled by Mike Temple of Sidmouth (N.B. only some examples from the list will be included!) the-literature-of-east-devon-by-location . Another ‘taster’ is Robert Crick’s sharply humorous view on the Napoli shipwreck, Cargoes

 

 

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21 May 2014

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Duty to co-operate, Local Plan, Uplyme

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Uplyme, AONB, and the future of cross-district co-operation

A welcome respose from East Devon District Councillor Ian Thomas inreaction to local and EDA concern about the proposals for 350 houses in the AONB near Uplyme. This would take overspill from West Dorset.
Some of what is included in Ian’s blog is about the grey areas of  Village Plans and the SHLAA (Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessments).  Some EDA members have direct experience of these processes being heavily and unduly influenced by councillors not declaring interests.
However, we are where we are. At least there is some evidence  emerging of timescales for presenting properly sourced evidence back to the Planning Inspector.

 

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19 May 2014

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Axminster, EDDC, Local Plan, NPPF, South Somerset, Uplyme

The “duty to co-operate” – how abour some co-operation to take OUR overspill now?

The National Planning Policy Statement requires councils to alert other councils around them when it seems that they cannot build enough houses in their own district and to ask those councils to take some or all of their overspill.

Exeter, of course, now has not only Cranbrook to take its overspill in East Devon but also the thousands of extra houses agreed by EDDC’s Development
Management Committee in the EDDC area adjoining Pinhoe.

Now we have an application for (initially?) 300 houses at Uplyme to accommodate the “needs” of Lyme Regis (perhaps for more second homes?) on the A3052 at Uplyme in East Devon.

It might seem now, that having accommodated Lyme and Exeter we have run out of space for our own houses.

So, what about South Somerset which conveniently shares a Chief Executive with us and is also coincidentally in similar trouble with its Local Plan.

There are plenty of green fields between Axminster and Chard (particularly around Yarcombe in the Blackdown Hills near the border) and so convenient for commuting to Exeter, Taunton and beyond, especially if the A303 is widened.

Why hasn’t the Chief Executive been talking to himself?

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18 May 2014

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Democracy, EDDC, Local Plan, Uplyme

East Devon Alliance welcomes dialogue with local councillor for Uplyme

We welcome Cllr Ian Thomas’s contribution to the early discussions about the prospective planning application near Uplyme in the AONB (see post and comment below). Open discussion through forums such as this (or by the soon to be restricted contributions at East Devon Development Management Committee meetings) is essential at this vulnerable time. Thank you, Ian.

We applaud Ian’s stated support for AONBs and the natural environment, but he may perhaps concede that the actions of his party in this district have spoken more loudly than his words: EDDC’s tardiness in getting its act together on the Local Plan and a five-year land supply have surely put greenfield sites, including those designated AONB, at risk”.

It was clear, too, from a recent Development Management Committee meeting to discuss an action plan for the revised Local Plan that there is likely to be much more development near Exeter as well as around selected villages and in the area near Lyme Regis. Coupled with the Planning Inspectorate’s observation that EDDC had failed to co-operate with West Dorset on the Local PLan, it seems to a number of us that the Uplyme proposal could be the first cuckoo in this unwelcome spring.

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17 May 2014

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A3052 today, Uplyme and Rousdon tomorrow – another Cranbrook?

A developer has put in an application for 300 houses on the land currently used for Lyme Regis’s summer park and ride scheme.  The land is in East Devon but is adjacent to Lyme Regis.  This was not in the last Local Plan and did not figure in the Current Local Plan.

The developer (Hallam Homes) had a poorly -advertised “consultation” exhibition in Lyme Regis recently but nowhere in East Devon.  This is contrary to the requirement that a development in East Devon must be advertised “appropriately” within the district.

It may be that the villages of Uplyme and Rousdon do not think that this development will affect them.  Think again.  Today, it is one field on the A3052 but it is only a matter of time in this development-led era in East Devon that the current developers (or new ones) will decide to link up the parishes of Uplyme and Rousdon with the development now being planned.  Before long this could be a new town the size of Cranbrook.

As an extension to Lyme Regis, this would totally be in East Devon and the Dorset economy would be stretched for doctors, dentists, schools, etc just as the East Devon economy would be stretched.

Is this “sustainable”?  Who in their right mind would think so?  Where are the jobs?  How will people commute?  Where is the necessary infrastructure?

This is the Jurassic Coast tourist route – already developers have their eye on the Exeter end of this road – how long before we have the road completely covered in a ribbon development of houses from Lyme to Exeter and from the A3o52 to Raymonds Hill?

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12 May 2014

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EDDC, Feniton/ Talaton, Newton Poppleford, Ottery St Mary, Seaton/ Colyford / Colyton, Sidmouth/ Sidford/ Sidbury, Uplyme

EDDC to administer flood relief grants

Flood resilience support given approval
Measures designed to help home and business owners protect their properties from future flood events have been approved by the council.
Last week, members agreed to give delegated authority to the chief executive to administer the East Devon elements of a scheme that forms part of a nationwide Government initiative prompted by the devastating storms and floods experienced during the past winter.The Government has launched a number of initiatives to assist householders and businesses recover from flooding and make their premises more resilient to future bad weather.

Councils have been invited to administer several schemes to:
• provide grants to householders and business owners to protect their properties
• offer Council Tax and Business Rate relief
• provide small ‘one-off’ grants called the Business Support Scheme.

The offers are available to owners of properties actually flooded between 1December 2013 and 31 March 2014 and for work designed to prevent future flooding as opposed to work that should be covered by insurance.

Guidance issued by the Department for Communities and Local Government working with Defra means councils can administer the scheme on behalf of the Coalition.

EDDC’s local scheme is based on guidance issued in March and is mostly concerned with administration of the Repair and Renew Grant, which councils can award and then claim back from Westminster.

 

Measures designed to help home and business owners protect their properties from future flood events have been approved by the council.
Last week, members agreed to give delegated authority to the chief executive to administer the East Devon elements of a scheme that forms part of a nationwide Government initiative prompted by the devastating storms and floods experienced during the past winter.

The Government has launched a number of initiatives to assist householders and businesses recover from flooding and make their premises more resilient to future bad weather.

Councils have been invited to administer several schemes to:
• provide grants to householders and business owners to protect their properties
• offer Council Tax and Business Rate relief
• provide small ‘one-off’ grants called the Business Support Scheme.

The offers are available to owners of properties actually flooded between 1December 2013 and 31 March 2014 and for work designed to prevent future flooding as opposed to work that should be covered by insurance.

Guidance issued by the Department for Communities and Local Government working with Defra means councils can administer the scheme on behalf of the Coalition.

EDDC’s local scheme is based on guidance issued in March and is mostly concerned with administration of the Repair and Renew Grant, which councils can award and then claim back from Westminster.
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8 May 2014

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One person’s “small” – up too 400 houses for Uplyme

Today there was a reference to a “small” development anticipated at the eastern boundary of East Devon.

Hallam Estate has put in a proposal to build up to 400 properties on green fields in AONB area in Uplyme, adjoining the A3052, near the Park & Ride parking area. This is in East Devon, but it is to allow expansion of Lyme Regis which is in Dorset.

Small? Wonder if Uplyme would agree? We shall see.