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Strand Works
23 Feb 2013

It's Option B that's being built, isn't it? http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/environmentplanning/planning-system/urban_design/dawlishstrand.htm

22 Feb 2013

It's 1.5million being spent isn't it,  not 1.7million http://www.dawlishnewspapers.co.uk/news.cfm?id=533 this of any help? http://www.dawlish.gov.uk/edit/uploads/strandproposedworksthestrand1032.pdf and according to this there should be loading bays and car parking on the shop side of the Strand ...

22 Feb 2013

@Fredbasset: It seems perfectly reasonable to me that a town councillor (Cllr Clayton in this instance) has done as you requested in your posting above in that he is trying to get answers to your question. When we get those answers, and he has said he will post on here whatever the response is that he gets, then we will know in which direction fingers should be pointed (assuming of course that ...

Which begs the question why didn't he do that some 12/18 months or so ago when this legislation was still going through parliament and yet to be made the law? The government was told then what the affect(s) would be. Did they listen? No. I await with interest to see what happens but they had better get a move on as this policy is due to be implemented on 1st April. That's about in 5 weeks time. ...

Great Britain
21 Feb 2013

I've read that the 'Great' bit has nothing to do with politics or empire but that it is all to do with physical geography and the names given to this part of the world many, many, centuries ago . Brittany being 'little' Britain, whilst the big island off the coast of mainland Europe (ie us) was known as 'great' ( or bigger) Britain.

And come the advent of the Universal Credit system (later this year I believe) the vast majority of social housing tenants will also be receiving their housing benefit direct for them to pass on themselves to their housing provider. Not surprisingly many who work in the social housing sector are anticipating a huge rise in rent arrears just as Huw has pointed out has happened in the private ...

20 Feb 2013

I should keep him at home! If he moves out you might get done for Bedroom Tax!

20 Feb 2013

Just taken a look at today's Gazette and the property available for rent. I've looked for one bed or smaller. This is what I found. Dawlish; 1 bed part furnished cottage. £565 per month Dawlish: 1 bed flat. £450 per month. No DSS/Smokers/Pets Teignmouth: Studio flat. £320 per month. No DSS/Smokers/Pets Teignmouth: Unfurnished bedsitting room. £340 per month. No DSS/Smokers/Pets

20 Feb 2013

Well, I'll try. There is also another financial aspect to all this moving around of tenants which I've referred to before in earlier postings and which is this. Not only are private sector rents (market rents) higher than those in the social housing sector (as B'nut points out above) but within the social sector itself there is a variation between 'affordable rents' which are 80% of the ...

thought this report presented to TDC's Scrutiny & Overview Committee on 15-1-13 might be of interest to some (whether presently social housing tenants or possibly becoming so sometime in the future). http://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=36386&p=0 (Note that it says children of the same sex are expected to share a bedroom until they are 21 years of age. The report ...