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I had a much scaled down version of this in mind. http://www.tidallagoonpower.com/projects/swansea-bay/

This planning application will be discussed at the next Dawlish Town Council Planning Committee meeting being held on Thursday 20th October. Four boxes proposed for removal are in Dawlish. Old Town Street Newlands Ashcombe St. Mary's Cottages Reference: 16/02630/CONSLT Location: Various sites in Teignbridge Proposal: Consultation from British Telecom on the removal ...

Legal action now being undertaken. http://www.waspi.co.uk/legal-action

In the event of that causeway getting built I wonder if it could also be used, courtesy of the sea and tides, to generate electricity?

14 Oct 2016

How much would any of these options cost and where would the money come from?

Okay, so....... in June of this year a representative of SWW addressed the town council about the Secmaton Lane sewerage issue. I was in the public gallery listening to it all. I have just looked at the minutes of that meeting and there is no record of what he said only that he was there and that he addressed the town councillors before the meeting of the full council officially started. I seem ...

13 Oct 2016

I believe  there is funding for upgrading. Think TDC has it. I'll check some minutes and see what I can find.

13 Oct 2016

Sorry, I had forgotten all about the increase in housing numbers business that took place when Shutterton Park (Warren Grove) got given the go ahead at Appeal. But.....my point about councillors having their hands tied by way of national planning policies still stands.

12 Oct 2016

Town councillors then, as now, have no real clout as to what gets built and what does not. District councillors on TDC's planning committee, as all councillors of whatever political hues on all planning committees, are massively restricted in terms of what planning permission they can approve and what planning permission they cannot approve because of national planning policies which then ...

This issue was featured in this morning's edition of Rip Off Britain (9.15 am Tuesday 11th October. BBC) It starts about 5 mins into the programme. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07z7hrn/rip-off-britain-2016-live-episode-2