General Discussion
Yes Clive I do soooooooo think what you have to say would be of wider interest. I should think the whole of Dawlish would be interested for starters. Your thoughts on rail issues particularly pertinent to Dawlish would prove a very interesting and thought provoking read I feel sure and would be read by more people than you reach via this website. (although please don't stop posting on here, will ...
And another thing: When I was out with the dog this morning (when we had a cloudless clear blue sky and the sun was shining, unlike now when it's pouring again ) I walked along that ridge at the top of the playing fields and it struck me, and not for the first time, that some of the houses being built on the new estate, although facing in a southerly direction, were hardly getting any sun. ...
Dear Clive, You obviously know your stuff. Fancy putting all that lot in a letter to our local paper? If you ask them nicely they won't publish your name and address (should you wish to keep your identity a secret) Yours sincerely, Lynne
Just come back from taking the dog for a walk on the playing fields. Doesn't take a lot of imagination to see that the size of the leisure centre footprint plus its carparking area might do very nicely for a supermarket site. Not saying that is what will happen of course rather just pointing out the possibility. After all it would be situated very near to a lot of new housing development ...
Oh I agree entirely that those public 'consultations' for major planning applications are a joke. As you say, by the time these things go public for 'consultation' the dye has already been cast. Very difficult to do anything about such planning apps. if the land in question is in private ownership. However. the public can still have a bit of clout if the land concerned is in public ownership. ...
Well yes FB I guess that if the Leisure Centre does gets sold off to the private sector and then the private finds there's no profit to be made, then I guess they will be looking to sell it on to whoever is interested in buying it with whatever they may have in mind to do with it. As with everything, once something in the public sector gets sold into the private sector anything can happen - ...
and then found this on Adrian Sanders' (MP for Torbay) fb page: Yesterday there had apparently been a telephone conference for all Devon and Cornwall MPs with the rail minister, Network Rail, and FGW re update on rail links. Apparently only 5 of the MPs invited to take part did so - Lib Dem MP for Torbay, Lib Dem MP for St. Ives, Labour MP for Plymouth Moorview, Tory MP for South-East ...
Found the following on Anne Marie Morris's website: ".......The line is a vital artery for the South West of England and crucial for coastal communities in Dawlish and Teignmouth. Anne Marie is clear that while an additional route would be welcome, it should not be an alternative route. Every year Dawlish station has a footfall of more than 480,000 people, more even than Torquay. Over the last ...
I totally understand why Plymouth is pushing for a faster and reliable train route. Poor old Plymouth - not only does it not have a motorway link, but it no longer has an airport and at the moment it is cut off by rail from the rest of the country. 15th largest city in the country I think I've read somewhere and don't forget that it has a naval base and is a cross channel port. You bet I'd be ...
@stephen15 - i think we are singing from the same hymn sheet with regard to the dawlish sea front line. @wondering - no doubt i could, if i had oodles of amounts of time and inclination, go through the 2011 census village by village and get the population figures. however, i've cheated a bit and looked at the 2011 population figures by local authority. this is what i have found (and my ...
