General Discussion
And if you go along it far enough Gatehouse Farm is also accessible from Secmaton Lane. And before anyone tells me that part of the lane is for pedestrians and cyclists only I'd just point out that it wasn't always like that so why should it necessarily be so in the future? (not that I am suggesting for one moment that the status quo should be altered. Just that I can see Devon County ...
Oh and I think I've said this before but I'll say it again. Not only will people on the new estates travel to work by bus or train but if they are travelling by train then they will cycle to/from Dawlish Warren station down along Secmaton Lane and the Shutterton Brook cycle path. Pigs!
That's what the notice in the window of the shop on the corner of Strand Hill and Exeter Road says. That's the shop that used to be the Animals in Distress charity shop and where a taxi business wanted to set up.
@BarbaraWils 68 - hasn't anyone told you? There won't be any gridlock because all the new people will be commuting by bus or train. Sustainable transport and all that. I believe that is DCC Highway's stance. (and we all know how right DCC Highways department is, don't we. Well......don't we?)
By using Secmaton Lane instead?
http://gis.teignbridge.gov.uk/TeignbridgePlanningOnline/Results.aspx?Type=Appeal&Refval=16/00027/REF
Sandy Lane playing fields is designated as part of Dawlish's green infrastructure in the Local Plan. Therefore as long as it remains designated at such in the LP any plan to build on it would be in contravention of the LP and therefore thrown out (that's as I understand the situation anyway). I'll open the question to all who read this thread and I'll put it in red so it can't be missed. ...
Well, some might ask what justification is there, via the government's Starter Home scheme, that home buyers should be subsidised by the taxpayer (Starter Homes are to be at 80% price of full market price homes.) When the owners of Starter Homes sell up, provided that they have lived in the home for a yet to be decided number of years, they will not have to pay any of the subsidy back. In ...
@Barbarawils68 Can you let us know where this TDC owned land is within the parish of Dawlish where you are suggesting that the affordable rental/shared ownership homes should be built. Thanks
Well, wherever the affordable rental and shared ownership homes get built (assuming of course that they will!) the point is that there are people in this town who cannot afford to buy a home and need such housing. And this is borne out by TDC's policy that 25% of the housing to be built in the Gatehouse/Secmaton/Langdon areas of the town should be of the affordable rental/shared ownership kind. ...
