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They're making a temporary road for the machinery to get down safely to repair the tunnel.

David Force
ZIGGY
ZIGGY
10 Aug 2021

I shall be giving a light-hearted talk: “Dawlish in the 19th Century and How Brunel Changed the Town” on Thursday 19th August in the Carnival Marquee on the Lawn from 2.00-3.00pm. All welcome. Free entry. My books on Dawlish will be available at a Special Price! Please come!

And not only are some of the proposed sites classified as undeveloped coast but in the case of the Teignmouth Road site the area is also part of an AGLV (Area of Great Landscape Value). PLUS, plus........by (presently) being open farmland it forms a gap between the settlement at Holcombe and the beginnings of the settlement (Southdowns Road area) at Dawlish. In the present Local Plan it is the ...

8 Aug 2021

From Dawlish Town Council's submission to TDC; "Some of the proposed sites are classified as undeveloped coast. It is imperative that these areas are preserved from all further housing development.". Yep! I'll go along with that. Question is though - will the planners at TDC?

8 Aug 2021

Yes, I'll also be very interested to see what decision is made with regard to the Teignmouth Road site. It shouldn't be built on because it has Undeveloped Coast protection but..........

BOO HOO
BOO HOO
8 Aug 2021

They have built a small housing plot on the area nearest the woods already. I would assume Lord Hoity Toity most probably got a taste for it when he sold the first plot down there. Also the road the housing estate was built off was setup for a continuation to build at some point in the future just like the other road terminations down there. Bunting Way as I believe off Southdown Road. You ...

Seeing as this is going to be up out of the way at Manor Gardens, what is the so-called "Lawn Working Group" doing to enhance the lawn itself? I'm think in terms of using available funding to give us a bandstand to be proud of (I.e. a bandstand!).

Lindapetherick
Lindapetherick
7 Aug 2021

The flagship Play Park will be at the Manor Gardens. It will be a park for people with disabilities and people in wheelchairs that able bodied people can use as well.

Margaret Swift
Margaret Swift
7 Aug 2021

I believe the new playpark is to be in Manor Gardens, can anyone confirm this or have plans changed again?

burneside
burneside
6 Aug 2021

Not ruining The Lawn would be the best option for Dawlish.