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Britain’s bossiest town, Dawlish in Devon, hands in its notice after visitor complains on TripAdvisor https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/britains-bossiest-town-dawlish-in-devon-hands-in-its-notice-after-visitor-complains-on-tripadvisor-773k07786

Lynne
Lynne
1 Dec 2017

BBC Spotlight southwest also carried a feature on this last night. I looked at my partner and said "It must be a slow news night. This story was doing the rounds in Dawlish 2/3 weeks ago. " Then I thought - "Hang on a minute - perhaps all this free publicity concerning the town will entice visitors to come here to see all these unnecessary signs. Job done then in terms of getting more ...

A former chairman of Teignbridge District Council has resigned from the council. Mr Price has lived and worked in Dawlish for more than 30 years and was a shopkeeper and a retained firefighter. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/former-teignbridge-council-chairman-resigns-857841

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/local-news/devon-town-most-signposts-britain-855182

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majorp
majorp
30 Nov 2017

I did, but that info is freely available online. I just knew you would be the one to come back with a silly answer in that way (and I am not psychic). Good for you. There are more serious happenings going on, and I wondered if anyone else had any information about it. Three authorities were involved, guess who is under the cosh?

Diana Mond
Diana Mond
30 Nov 2017

I’m sorry. You asked for any information and I provided some.

How on God's green earth does the council justify using funds form 106/cil to construct an ineffectual playpark on The Lawn for under 8's? This money is supposed to be used for providing infrastructure to support the development of Dawlish. As I have said several times, there is a perfectly good and safe play park near the Manor House. The original proposal was to have a play park several ...

Majorp. Where’s the evidence of corruption in the planning examples you gave?

Lynne
Lynne
30 Nov 2017

Because the meeting wouldn't be quorate due to not enough councillors being able to attend due to illness and work committments.

majorp
majorp
30 Nov 2017

Cancelled for what reason?