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Who says the developers will not pay?  If you read the Infrastructure Fund document it clearly states that Council's are given the money and they don't have to pay it back to the government.  The money becomes TDCs and they can pay for the bridge and the road in Area 3, which is not to say they will not claim the whole lot back once the development is built.  The Government points out that every ...

BOO HOO
BOO HOO
16 Feb 2018

The new link road should have been paid for out of the pockets of the developer's who are the only one's who will profit from  the homes that will now be built. I blame the planning department who should have enforced that the planning approval for the new homes would only be signed off once the link road had been constructed by and/or on behalf of the developer's using their own money. As ...

At least Dawlish Town Council is 8 Conservatives and 8 others, so decisions will not be a done deal and will be decided through discussion and not by towing the party line. The below was copied from the updated councillors page at TDC showing the political composition now with Cllr Wrigley on the list: Council composition The council consists of 46 Councillors who represent 25 ...

majorp
majorp
16 Feb 2018

What does vicks place the vote on, Personality, policy or a political party of choice? Or none of those.

Lynne
Lynne
16 Feb 2018

Results: Teignbridge Distict Council Elected: Martin Wrigley (Lib Dem) votes = 1287 Unelected Angela Fenne (Conservative) votes = 535 Dawlish Town Council Elected: Lin Goodman-Bradbury (Lib Dem) votes = 529 Unelected: Tanzey King (Lab) votes = 201 Unelected: Mike Stubbs (Con) votes = 411

Dawlish crew didn't attend as it was two minutes before the end of siesta.

Been told that the Lib Dems have won both the District Council seat and the town council seat.

vicks
vicks
16 Feb 2018

Back in the seventies I saw graffitti with an anarchist symbol that said, "If voting ever changed anything they would make it illegal." However I still cast my vote, for what it is worth (sigh).

Perhaps they had a blazer in the dryer!

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/watch-dawlish-webcam-captures-moment-1214350