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General Discussion

I must give my thanks to Lynne for some of her links to TDC documents and reports. As a consultee to the Green Infrastructure Draft Strategy earlier this year I questioned the shortfall in SANGS that would be provided through a Coastal Park at Warren Farm, particularly as an additional 350 houses were to be built at Shutterton Park as 'windfall development' through permission granted at appeal in ...

27 Nov 2014

Lynne, I have heard that sound before. I heard it in 2012 when, following the decision by Dawlish Councillors to switch the emerging Local Plan (eLP) housing allocation from Shutterton Park (where a planning application for 350 homes had just been refused) to Gatehouse Farm (DA2), I asked what would happen if the developer was to win approval on appeal? And would this relocation "result in the ...

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27 Nov 2014

Thank you for that little beauty, Lynne. So to be clear, Teignbridge is saying it may be appropriate for residents to pay for the future maintenance of SANGS land via an increase in (or a supplement to) Council Tax. Would this be because the authority is going soft on the developers regarding CIL contributions (the old viabilty arguement is already being wheeled out despite the Local Plan being ...

26 Nov 2014

An interesting synopsis from Kaz. Could it be that TDC have chosen Richard Weeks's Warren Farm for SANGS so as to appease these rival factions? Or is it that the other sites examined may be considered for further development at some point in the future?? BTW JC, the sum of £500,000, which has been speculated as being on offer for Warren Farm, is merely the going rate for farmland - and you ...

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