Gary Taylor
This is a Devon County Council planning application for the reconfiguration of the footpath down from Lanherne to Beach Street. The work will entail removal of trees, the instalation of a new zig-zag path with shallow steps (and a bike wheel gulley) and the widening of the entrance into Beach Street. This is the latest section of the 'Destination Dawlish' cycle path, the continuation of which has ...
I am not against the concept of a single Play Park in Dawlish, Morty (although a split permutation that would allow smaller children needing supervision to play separately from older more robust children on the loose, would seem preferrable) - but if we are talking about investment in the heart of the town centre then a new traditional-styled bandstand that would not have its back turned on the ...
It has continued to be raised with Network Rail by Dawlish Town Council (Civic Amenities Committee) and I will report any news as I get it.
The Sainsbury's development S106 money that has been set aside can only be used (as above) for "projects aimed at sustaining the vitality and viability of Dawlish town centre and including works to meet objectives contained in the Town Centre Masterplan dated April 2008 as published by the Dawlish Community Trust". This definition would not preclude projects outside of the 'heart' of the town ...
The benches have been put to good use in public spaces elsewhere in town, Lynne.
You are quite right, Margaret, we should strive to maintain and improve what is best about Dawlish rather than ape Teignmouth and Paignton. In that way we can attract people here from further afield and grow the size of the tourist cake - rather than merely pinch back a slice from a neighbour. The Town Centre Masterplan was written in 2008 and highlights the challenges to be faced from ...
The conclusions of the Town Centre Masterplan are clear, Morty - that the whole of The Lawn should be retained. In any case the space in question has considerably livened up over the course of this summer, and especially during our peak season. Firstly as the only available leisure/sport/amenity space during the time the fair was in town and now as a site for the marquee for the carnival. ...
Including the £436,800 already paid by Redrow towards "... the Dawlish Coastal Park or other area of SANGS determined by [Teignbridge] Council which is to mitigate the recreational impacts of development in the locality..." the total that will continue to come forward from developers will amount to somewhere in the region of £2,000,000 in S106 'SANGS Acquisition and Captital Contributions'. ...
The cost of this U-turn by Teignbridge is likely to come out of the public purse, BEE9 - however the money for the land, new planting, landscaping and ongoing maintenance will come from 'S106' developer contributions, imposed as a condition for building houses close to the environmentally sensitive Exe estuary and Dawlish Warren beaches.
This is the relevant extract from the Sainsbury's S106 town centre developer contribution document: £200,000 towards "projects aimed at sustaining the vitality and viability of Dawlish town centre and including works to meet objectives contained in the Town Centre Masterplan dated April 2008 as published by the Dawlish Community Trust". ...
