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They're making a temporary road for the machinery to get down safely to repair the tunnel.
I shall be giving a light-hearted talk: “Dawlish in the 19th Century and How Brunel Changed the Town” on Thursday 19th August in the Carnival Marquee on the Lawn from 2.00-3.00pm. All welcome. Free entry. My books on Dawlish will be available at a Special Price! Please come!
I think Fred is probably right, and even if they do paint the bay what's to stop other disabled badge holders from parking there - unless there's a great big sign saying for Tony only! (which would still get ignored)
And not only are some of the proposed sites classified as undeveloped coast but in the case of the Teignmouth Road site the area is also part of an AGLV (Area of Great Landscape Value). PLUS, plus........by (presently) being open farmland it forms a gap between the settlement at Holcombe and the beginnings of the settlement (Southdowns Road area) at Dawlish. In the present Local Plan it is the ...
From Dawlish Town Council's submission to TDC; "Some of the proposed sites are classified as undeveloped coast. It is imperative that these areas are preserved from all further housing development.". Yep! I'll go along with that. Question is though - will the planners at TDC?
Yes, I'll also be very interested to see what decision is made with regard to the Teignmouth Road site. It shouldn't be built on because it has Undeveloped Coast protection but..........
They have built a small housing plot on the area nearest the woods already. I would assume Lord Hoity Toity most probably got a taste for it when he sold the first plot down there. Also the road the housing estate was built off was setup for a continuation to build at some point in the future just like the other road terminations down there. Bunting Way as I believe off Southdown Road. You ...
At a guess I would say DCC just dont want to set a presedence for fear of being inundated by similar requests.
Fred Holman topped the podium for Great Britain during the first Games hosted in the country - but his life took a sad demise after his success Fred Holman was born in Dawlish in 1883, the son of a baker and one of 10 children. Known affectionately to the swimming community as "our Freddie", he showed an exceptional talent for swimming as a child, winning contests from the age of 11. Read ...
Seeing as this is going to be up out of the way at Manor Gardens, what is the so-called "Lawn Working Group" doing to enhance the lawn itself? I'm think in terms of using available funding to give us a bandstand to be proud of (I.e. a bandstand!).