Dawlish News
A proposed new campsite in Dawlish Warren will be discussed by town councillors this Friday. The application, which will be determined by Teignbridge District Council, has attracted three objections from local residents – two of whom say work has already started on the site. Read more... ...
Important Announcement (April 2021): To all Friends, Users and Supporters of Open Daw It is with great sadness and regret that we have to announce the winding up/closure of Open Daw. Read more,,, http://www.opendaw.co.uk/
Two black swans have been released in Dawlish to swell numbers after the famous herd was hit by bird flu The breeding pair has been brought in from Hull, which will widen the group's gene pool. The pen and cob spent a week in the town's aviary before being allowed out onto the brook. Read more... ...
And oh wouldn't it be such a delicious irony if the value (quite literally) of the ransom strip was effectively wiped out by this recently approved housing scheme going ahead (being built by Templar Homebuild Ltd I believe) and achieving access from a different aspect (albeit at the cost of a 300 year old oak tree.)
What has happened to the proposals to convert the old job centre in newton abbot into accomidation? Perhaps the council should get the finger out on this issue rather than whinging about access to land to build flats.?
And a quick online search reveals the following: Broseley was sold to Trafalgar House in 1987 and integrated into Ideal Homes. Ideal Homes was sold to Persimmon in 1996. Ergo.......?
That presupposes that there is alternative land available. On the subject of who it is who owns the ransom land. I found this . So it seems it is not an individual who owns the ransom land but a developer. Who took over Broseley? Find that out and it seems we might find out who owns the ransom land. ‘We had hoped to access the site from Parkers Road, where there is already an access ...
Some might also say they should look elsewhere to build the houses.
True - whoever owns the land can sell it or not (although they do not necessarily have the right to do with it whatever they want). But by not selling it, or not being agreeable to selling it at a reasonable price, then the consequence is that the only other way to access the land in question is to cut down a 300 year old tree. So some might well say that the tree having to be cut down is as ...
why blame the landowner ? if its his land then its his right to do what he will with it. The more serious issue is probably the council want money from the developer but couch it in terms of needing more houses built for the community.