Lynne
This matter of the reports (or lack of reports to be more precise) has just been raised at Prime Minister's questions by the MP for Torbay. I'll post the MP's question and the PM's response when today's Hansard comes out.
Thread already running on this. see http://www.dawlish.com/thread/details/44779
'ave a read of this http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/WMN-OPINION-South-West-let-rail-investment/story-28600368-detail/story.html and this http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Westcountry-MPs-issue-urgent-appeal-rail/story-28608609-detail/story.html and this http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/WMN-OPINION-time-deliver-better-rail-services-Mr/story-28608603-detail/story.html
The building of Starter Homes on brownfield sites was a Coalition government initiative. (The present Conservative government is currently legislating to extend the scheme to also include green field sites). Here is some info about Starter Homes and brownfield sites as per the Coalition government policy. "Innovative planning changes – to bring new homes onto the market at a minimum 20% ...
Two planning applications have been submitted to TDC for 21 two storey houses to be built on the site of the Peppermint Club, Dawlish Warren. The houses to be a mixture of two and three bed. Houses to be built under the brownfield 'Starter Home' scheme. Click on these links for more details. ...
On page 64 of this week's Dawlish Post at the bottom right of the page there is an official notice concerning the above. It talks of a 3 metre cycleway/footway to run adjacent to the A379. It is proposed to remove and relocate advisory disabled parking bays. It is intended to install a Zebra Crossing on Exeter Road at 30 metre north east of Elm Grove Road. The appropriate Order and ...
When my daughter was at primary school (not in Dawlish) it wasn't unusual to have certain parents decide that the pavement was in fact the highway and drive along it as far as they could in order that their little darlings could get as near as possible to the school gate. Needless to say there was a near miss or two.
There's an article about it in the Dawlish Gazette.
Okay , so whilst it's the case that with the discounts on offer some tenants could, and can, afford to buy, say, their council/housing association flat, it doesn't then necessarily follow that they can then subsequently afford a bill for £0000s that they might then get from the freeholder for their financial contribution, as leaseholders, for major works needing to be carried out. That's the ...
Yes, I agree, as far as I am aware, such a situation applies to all leaseholders. It was just that seeing the BBC news article (and the amount of money that these leaseholders were being asked to fork out) brought back to me the plight and financial distress that I witnessed of many leaseholders who had RTB'd their council flats when I worked in housing back in the 1990s.
