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Well the town centre under 8 offer would have to be something pretty special. Why travel into Dawlish town centre (cost of petrol and parking) for an under 8 playground when there are, albeit small and maybe not as well provided, under 8 playgrounds all around the town already and even more being provided on the new housing estates. If I am having to watch my money the last thing I would ...
Tesco didn’t get their way - but Sainsbury did. And didn’t that cause an almighty uproar from the usual people foretelling the death of Dawlish? Talking of Sandy Lane, the same could be said of the wonderful Red Rock Centre when that was proposed. All sorts of unfounded allegations and slurs were being flung around. Again, all proven to be utter hogwash.
But Tesco's didn't have their way, did they. And Sandy Lane Playing Fields is (are?) presently protected from development by dint of its (their?) being designated part of Dawlish's green infrastructure in the Teignbridge Local Plan. (and yes, the Local Plan can be altered but if anyone thinks TDC would be stupid enough to suggest that protection gets removed they are living in cloud cuckoo ...
That’s not an ulterior motive - that’s one of the very overt motives for its location. To make it easily accessible for increasing footfall for all town centre businesses. Nobody has ever denied that.
And Sandy lane would have been even smaller, had tesco's had their way. Remember the building opposite Sandy Lane that housed all of the equiptment that was needed to look after the play area of Sandy Lane (it now has two houses built on it) Cricket pitch, and the Golf course. All that equiptment is now kept under the swimming pool which does not meet ELF & safety. the ceiling is too low and on ...
Maybe it’s sufficient to have a playpark that will keep families in Dawlish town centre, rather than have to travel from Dawlish to Teignmouth? This scenario is far more common than a lot of vocal senior citizens or childless people might realise.
I completely agree with Lynne’s posts here. Dawlish Countryside Park is a fantastic amenity that has rightly proven to be really popular with loads of locals. As is often the case in Dawlish, when this location was first mooted, the usual negative voices were loud with their criticisms and doom-mongering, but they have yet again been proven wrong. Well done and thanks to all concerned with making ...
Well, there are the green spaces which are Sandy Lane playing fields and the Manor gardens. And whilst neither are town centre located, neither are they miles away from it.
Where else in the Dawlish town centre or very close to it, is there any real open space that could be used for maybe other purposes to attract others. I can't think of any. The buffoons of the past has packed us in like sardines, and they are still doing it.
This is a real gem of an asset for Dawlish. Not only for those of us who live here but also for those visiting at the nearby holiday parks. Whilst I know that other areas will have SANGS (which is what this countryside park is) nontheless perhaps this park could become, locally, Dawlish's unique selling point? Already it seems there are always cars in the car park whenever I pass by on the ...