General Discussion
https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/planning/u-turn-on-housing-targets-welcomed-by-councillors-582345
The impact on Teignbridge of the government moving the house building target goalposts earlier this week is that the new draft Teignbridge Local Plan, that was due to be discussed at next week's extraordinary TDC Full Council meeting, has now been put on hold. Why? Because it was put together using what is now the old location of the goal posts. So some time is needed for both the planners and ...
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Lots of objections to this planning application but planning officer recommendation is for Approval. Is on the agenda at TDC planning committee meeting being held 14th December.
https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/hensford-green-village-under-fire-581231
Update: The government has now backed down on its target of building 300,000 new homes per year and telling local authorities how many new homes they have to build. According to both The Guardian and The Telegraph newspapers (newspapers from either end of the political spectrum), Local Authorities, like Teignbridge, will now be able to build fewer homes than Whitehall thinks they should if ...
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What with the all the broohaha going on at the moment about the Hensford Park proposal (see page 5 of the latest edition of the Dawlish Gazette) it's very appropriate that in the same edition, on page 37, is an article explaining why TDC has to build a certain number of homes (central government dictate) and why it is important for local authorities to have a Local Plan (without one developers ...
Yes I know you did Linda, I watched the youtube video of the meeting. But as I feel sure you know as well as me - when push comes to shove it isn't what local people want it is what planning policies dictate and the number of houses each district has to build that trumps everything. And anyway the site was allocated for development in the present Local Plan so if it wasn't that particular ...
Note that it is proposed that Hensford Park's completion would be within the timeline of the emerging Local Plan (2020-2040). The blurb in the document produced by the design team talks of completion by 2037/2038. (see the 'Project Timeline' page) https://www.hensfordpark.co.uk/ In the EIA Scoping Request dated 12th October 2022 it is assumed that the year of completion will be 2035. ...
