General Discussion
Gary, can you post a link on here please that will take us to the minutes of past DNP#2 minutes. It was given out publicly in a copy of the Town Crier a few editions back but I've mislaid both that copy of the Town Crier and the link.
According to the notes I made at the meeting there were 15 planning committee councillors present One Cllr had to declare an interest having made the error of having predetermined the Dawlish items. So she left the council chamber. So that left 14. According to the notes I made at the time, 13 voted for the DA2 development framework to be deferred and one Cllr abstained. The next ...
Good grief! It's Viaduct! I haven't seen a posting on here from Viaduct for quite a few years now. Totally agree about the transparency issue by the way. It could be simply rectified by having every vote taken being recorded. At the moment this only happens if a certain number of Cllrs request that the vote be recorded. To return to GT's request for ideas - 'owzabout a certain number ...
Okay then. A councillor said to me only the other day, and I agree with what she said, that we need more housing in Dawlish to suit the needs of those over 50. She said and I quote "it isn't only the young that need help with housing". Someone else (an ex councillor as it happens) suggested a retirement village. We (this household) will be seeking to downsize sometime in the not ...
Well, yes, we could indulge ourselves provided of course that we remember that irrespective of which developer we might think has done the best job what we think won't have any bearing whatsoever on which developer(s) build the new housing still in the pipeline. So what will decide who builds what and where? Money?
The landowners are most certainly locals. Though who ends up building on the land is anyone's guess. So far around here we've had the following developers: Redrow, Bovis, Cavanna, Barratts and Strongvox.
TDC and applicant's agent have agreed an extension of time to 8th June 2016 re planning app ref 15/02468/maj (that's the big one at Gatehouse for some 400+ residential units, plus extra care unit, etc)
And also of course should there be a care home (or two) built amongst all this new build housing then that will more than likely mean doctors having more call out visits. I think I caught something at the last TDC planning committee meeting about local GPs expressing concerns about this extra workload but that NHS Devon (or some similar body) could envisage no problem.
There is also this TDC document dated March 2010 concerning whether the land at Langdon Hospital is suitable (or not) for development. http://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=24890&p=0
Does anyone have any knowledge of when (date) and for what reason(s) a hospital was first built at Langdon? All I can find is this http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=2966 and this http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/hospitals-and-asylums/13853-langdon-hospital-dawlish-devon-december-2009-a.html#.Vwt0d-FZ1U0
