General Discussion
from £264,995 (see full page advert in this week's Dawlish Gazette page X property pages) I wonder how many local people can afford that amount let alone the other, bigger, homes that will cost even more?
and if you are a woman born 1950-1955 you might want (need?) to read this http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/jan/09/state-pension-inequality-cost-women-20000-campaign
please do not be under any illusion that all those eligible for it age wise will get the full amount. Was it only 2/3 years ago that I was posting about all this on here? Time flies. “ “The full flat-rate pension will be introduced at £155.65 a week for those who have reached pension age, though many will receive far less. This is because some will not have paid enough in national ...
Just came along that way in a car - windows fully closed. A tanker was at the pumping station (why would that be then?) and the stench even managed to permeate the car (which is how I knew it was a stench). Gawd knows what it must be like for people living around there. Do you think Sainsbury's might start kicking up a stink (sorry) sometime soon about it all?
Can I just point out that by definition, when talking of averages, there will be figures below the average figure and figures above it. Also, what the average is, depends on how the average figure has been calculated. see http://www.purplemath.com/modules/meanmode.htm
For those interested in how the changes to the definition of Affordable Housing and the contents of the Housing and Planning Bill might impact on what type of housing gets built and where in Dawlish, suggest take a read of the document by TDC Housing Services that has been placed online (Friday 12th Feb) on the planning docs page of the above (see very first post) planning applications.
Suggest read the comments underneath the article that MV posted. They give alternative points of view to that given by the article. And/or read this http://www.ageuk.org.uk/Documents/EN-GB/Campaigns/end-pensioner-poverty/how_we_can_end_pensioner_poverty_campaign_report.pdf?epslanguage=en-GB?dtrk=true
These planning applications are on the agenda for Thursday evening's town council Planning Committee meeting. http://www.dawlish.gov.uk/edit/uploads/1664.pdf
The delay might have something to do with the Housing and Planning Bill that is presently going through Parliament. As what it contains when it becomes an Act of Parliament might well impact on Local and Neighbourhood Plans perhaps TDC is holding back from making any decisions re DA2 until they know how DA2 might be impacted by this new Housing and Planning legislation.
From yesterday's Commons debate: Rail Infrastructure: South-west 15. Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab): What additional investment the Government plan to make in rail infrastructure in the south-west during this Parliament; and if he will make a statement. [903324] The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Claire Perry): I am sure that the right hon. Gentleman, as a ...
