General Discussion
Any self build options in Dawlish that are centrally located and near all facilities?
Had another developer mailshot delivered to me yesterday (just where do they get my name and address from eh?). This one is about a retirement development in Paignton. Prices are from £185,000 to £485,00 http://www.retiremove.co.uk/renaissance-retirement-launch-in-paignton/ Note to any developers 'out there' - yes you are quite right we are looking to move sometime in the not too ...
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/esta-passport-change-new-rules-tens-of-thousands-banned-us-flights-a7015476.html
saw this today. Might using up empty housing stock help the housing problem? more than 610,000 empty properties in England - some 200,000 of which have been empty for six months or more. Property can end up empty for all sorts of reasons. A house may have been left by someone who moved abroad. It may be owned by an elderly person who has moved into a different type of accommodation and ...
and more info here http://www.susdrain.org/news/articles/sustainable_drainage_lords_win_bill_amendment.html which, amongst other things, claims that the present legislation concerning SUDS in England is not enforced.
The Housing and Planning Bill will be back in the House of Commons on Monday 9th May. Amongst other issues, MPs will be debating the amendment shown below from the House of Lords (this amendment was also debated in the Commons earlier this week. It is the one that our MP spoke in favour of but then voted against. Don't ask me why. Ask her!). The House of Lords is sending it back, ...
The Housing and Planning Bill will again be debated in the House of Commons on Monday 9th May. If you object to what the government is proposing (see the Guardian article above) then why not let our MP and the Housing and Planning minister know. Our MP is Anne Marie Morris. annemarie.morris.mp@parliament.uk annemarie@annemariemorris.co.uk The Minister of State for ...
I mentioned above that the government is far from in favour of affordable and social rented housing. This article says more about that and the Housing and Planning Bill. http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2016/may/05/lord-kerslake-government-social-housing-toxic-planning-bill?CMP=share_btn_tw
thank you to the person who saved it and has now sent me a copy
This business about SUDS (Sustainable Drainage Systems). I didn't know until about a week ago that developers have an automatic right to connect into already existing pipes. Might that explain the sewage problem in the Secmaton Lane area (more and more houses = more and more people = more and more sewage = existing sewage network more and more not able to cope)? Therefore, as I see it, ...
