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I thought we had a local plan that said where houses could be built and non of it included Holcombe.
DEVELOPERS have appealed against a decision to reject plans for 35 new homes in a village outside Dawlish. Teignbridge councillors threw out the plans when the planning committee in September unanimously agreed the design would be out of keeping with the surrounding area of Holcombe village and threw out the plans. Read more... ...
Yes Ken, I totally agree with you. "Be careful what you wish for" was an expression that was going through my mind when I watched the tv coverage yesterday. Below is the unedited text of a letter published some 14 months ago in the Gaz. (published letter was a shorter, abridged version). "Although the contents of this letter should be of interest to many, it is particularly aimed ...
So will we the residents of Teignbridge be forking out for a builders cockup, but then the residents of Carhaix must be grateful as they wont like it when they get heavy constuction traffic using Carhaix as a short cut to the Gatehouse building site because the link road will not be built first.
I wonder if the residents will complain so much when they realise that a lot of the building traffic for Gatehouse Farm will probably use it as a short cut to avoid the problems of turning into Elm Grove Road. Wonder how they will like heavy constuction traffic passing their doors. It was also unsurprising to hear that TDC Planning Department are passing the buck to Devon County Council.
and we pay their wages, there should be sackings over this but as it is, it makes the Exeter road junction with Cairhax Way a little safer so leave as is before we end up with another stretch of 30mph speed restriction. The incompetence of TDC and DCC highways can clearly be seen by the joke they have created on the Warren Road by the Beach Road and along towards Millin Way. Hope they rememberd ...
A housing estate has been split in two by a fence because of an apparent building mix-up - leaving drivers face a two-mile diversion around it. Planning authority Teignbridge District Council and roads authority Devon County Council will be getting together in the New Year to try to sort it out. Read more... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-38384479
I see the lack of joined up road (and planning?) at Carhaix Way is a story today on the local BBC TV news. Just to point out that this story first broke on here just over a year ago https://www.dawlish.com/thread/details/44632 My only surprise is that it has taken this long for the mainstream media to run with it. Click on this link and then scroll down ...
I think a lot of people aged 40 and below simply assume there will not be a state pension if or when they retire. I know that's what I believe.
I think the lesson to be learnt from this sorry saga is that people (especially those, say, presently aged 40+) need to keep an eye on what is happening NOW re their FUTURE state pension age. I've picked on age 40 as I was 41 when the government of the time first raised my state pension age from 60 to 63 years and 10 months. It then raised it again to age 65 and three months when I was aged 58. ...