General Discussion
Today's (17th August) car boot sale has been cancelled
A MYSTERY donor has come forward to secure the appearance of the headline act for this year’s Dawlish Celebrates Carnival parade. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/entertainment/donation-ensures-a-caribbean-twist-for-carnival-2022-558826
Minibus Drivers - fancy driving a minibus for your Community? No training, no problem. Need a refresher, we can support. Join our volunteer team supporting Transport in the Community, for the Community. We have a small fleet of vehicles for travelling people around the wonderful area we live. Offering day trips out for individuals, groups and assisting activities throughout the year. We can’t do ...
Unlike previous years this car boot will not be running in September. The last car boot at Warren Farm in 2022 will be on Weds. 31st August.
But in August 1990 an armed robber pointed a gun at a woman cashier in a building society office and demanded ‘give me the money.’ Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/the-day-armed-robber-held-up-building-society-558620
You may have seen our signs around town - we are recruiting retained firefighters in Dawlish. For more information please visit https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/.../call-firefighter-vacancies Send us a message via facebook with any questions or if you'd like to arrange to have an informal chat with us in person. We'd love to meet anyone living within 5 minutes of the station who ...
DTC's planning committee decision: Decision: Resolved that this Council recommends refusal to the application due to a lack of information as noted by Devon County Highway’s concerns.
and on the subject of infrastructure we also need more child care provision in the parish. I've referred to this on other threads. I've done even more investigation now. Basically we don't have enough and boy! can it cost! see https://dawlish.com/thread/details/48008 ; and https://dawlish.com/thread/details/47973
@FB - housing numbers dictated by central government. Therefore local people have no say on the numbers. If the local authority (in this case TDC) does not have a Local Plan showing where new housing is to be built then developers will have a field day (sorry about the pun) and will just be able to build basically anywhere they like. Sandy Lane playing fields for instance? Totally agree with ...
@Lynne You might also ask why a town the size of Dawlish needs another 350 houses is this really a local need. This planning should never have got the go ahead. Who is going to provide the additional infrastructure for over a thousand people and maybe another 700 cars. We have a crap bus service, no dentists, no spare GP capacity, chemists cant cope, sometimes it takes over 15 minutes to get ...