Discussion
Maybe someone should set up a volunteers group? Call it "Pride in Dawlish" or whatever, and instead of moaning or taking photos of fallen tree leaves, use that time to make a small difference. Just a thought. And yes, I know people will say that's what we should be paying our taxes for, but civic pride costs nothing doesn't it? And it might make you feel a bit better about yourself into the ...
There's an interesting metal plate on the seawall side of the Kennaway footbridge. It marks the dividing line between Network Rail land and TDC land. It might be worth taking a photo of it.
Whilst I understand why people feel concerned about homes being built on greenfield sites (despite the fact that only 2% of our land is built on), however I don't understand why people say that new homes aren't needed. All these new homes are being sold and lived in by either the homeowners or their tenants. So clearly there's a need, otherwise they'd all be left unsold. Or am I being too ...
I agree that developers will try and get themselves out of providing Affordable Housing if they possibly can. But at the moment that is the only way that Affordable Housing can be provided. (and courtesy of the 2016 Housing and Planning Act even that meagre amount may disappear as the Act effectively replaces Affordable Homes to rent with Shared ownership schemes and Starter Homes). This ...
Do you think it might have something to do with George Osborne's austerity regime whereby along with cuts to the welfare budget and other aspects of public spending he cut back on council funding? Thereby leading to a reduction in the services that councils could once afford to provide?
Country park! so one area full of wildlife is bulldozed and concreted over under the banner of building affordable housing for local people, we all know that that is a croc of poop. Then the blood money for building houses that were not needed in the first place is used to build a revenue earning 'country park' for the local council on another area untouched by development. To say that the ...
Go back many years and Dawlish always had street cleaners making sure that the area was spick and span. Now it's a different story. As I walked through the little green area to the side of the Barton car park I was met with the following images, not what a tourist to the area wants to see. This is certainly not the first time I have seen these images in this area. Also the amount of leaves on ...
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'. ...
@ZIGGY - shame his not still on the council
When Michael Clayson was on Dawlish Council he was brilliant at getting things done. He was the one who got the seats replaced on the green behind the Rockstone Flats and the ones overlooking the sea also the ones opposite the Charlton Flats. He was very approachable and nothing was too much trouble.