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From previous dawlish gazette Alan Connell ? We should try and hold council tax levels,from Alan dewhirst proposal to increase bin charges to allow to recruit more drivers.When will councillors realise they can't keep squeezing the working population, if they were in the private sector they would be sacked as they can't control their budgets (note inclusive of DCC Tory led) If cuts have to be made ...
No wonder landowners are so keen to have their land identified for development. Just look at the increase in value! “Whereas agricultural land has a value of £8,000 – £12,000 per acre, the same land with a residential housing consent can achieve 30, 40 or even 50 times that value.” https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/planning-for-housing-on-farmland-6-steps-to-success
When the possible sites for future development were out for public consultation in the summer of 2021 Dawlish Town Council submitted its comments. Below is part of their submission. I have highlighted in blue the bits referring to Land at Langdon Farm and Land off Langdon Road. We await to see how much notice TDC planners have taken of our town council's comments. Dawlish Town Councils ...
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dawlish-200-more-homes-outskirts-7855280
See below for my thoughts: About two thirds of the land shown as being part of the Hensford Park proposal was put forward by its present land owner for consideration by TDC as development sites in the emerging Local Plan (2020 – 2040). The two pieces of land put forward were: Land at Langdon Farm Land off Langdon Road The third piece of land, the upper part of the Hensford ...
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I've had this sent to me: "The Hensford Park development for 1200 houses ( approximately 3000 more residents) is proposed and presented on behalf of Farm Developments Ltd, which has a board comprised of key members of the family running Cofton Country Holidays. This proposal is OVER AND ABOVE the government set targets for new homes for the period up until 2040. The proposed site ...
Click on this link and scroll down to the Alice Bird "Dawlish Residents Against Further Development" thread https://www.facebook.com/107778222580678/posts/d41d8cd9/8538388209519595/
So......when we were being told that this was just a, ahem, a future concept at the public exhibition held just a few weeks back, this planning application had already been submitted! (12th October). Lots of objections already lodged (click where it says documents (in blue) above to see all the objections). Fancy flinging in your threepenny worth 'n all? Then just cllick on Comments (above ...
So! Huh! This Hensford Park development thingy was supposed to be something that might happen in the future. A theoretical possibility! Funny then that a planning request for a scoping opinion has now been submitted! (and yes I know that there is another thread that I started previously about this project but I've started this one so that the very important info that a planning request has ...