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The application (16/00765/LBC) comes before Dawlish Town Council Planning Committee on Thursday. The previous application to demolish part of the building and to redevelop the site (forming a total of 9 houmes) was considered last year (15/01204/FUL). This is how the Committee commented then: Comment:  RESOLVED by the majority of Members present and voting that this Council recommends refusal of ...

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 ...

As Ziggy put it in his opening post, it's still got a way to go yet... http://www.devonlive.com/bid-for-1-3m-cash-for-cycle-route-between-teignmouth-and-dawlish-rejected/story-30285407-detail/story.html

So the writing is on the wall: we will all now have to work longer to pay for a government pension in retirement, which (on the law of averages) will be longer than our forebears. Bearing that in mind, I would recommend to everyone who has yet to receive the govenment pension to double-check their date of retirement and what to expect from the new State Pension using the website below (click ...

Margaret, you should know better than to feed the trolls.

With the benefit of hindsight, Indy Scot, it was inappropriate to suggest any specific member of the public posts on this site under a pseudonym. I would therefore offer an apology to Michael if any offence was taken (certainly none was meant) and I have removed the line in question from my posting above. And you are also right that what I write here will reflect on how I am perceived as a Town ...

Vive La France... and for that matter WRT June 8th, vive le Royaume-Uni.

Touche. Yep, you got me. The contest spun on the use of the word 'now' instead of 'really' in my post of 15:26. Note to self: must try harder. So there we have it, a woman (and a local woman at that) Marie Chadwick (nee Jenkins) will be taking on the mighty Anne-Marie Morris in the General Election on June 8th. I am confident she will take the fight to the wire (as will all the LD team) and I ...

UKIP is alive and well - and voting Tory. Don't believe me? Just ask John Clatworthy.

Or again if your names Paul Nuttall.

More here: http://www.devonlive.com/teignbridge-vote-split-between-conservatives-and-lib-dems/story-30315308-detail/story.html#gz3bZoslcufYdUJi.01

Thank you for that posting Roberta. There is no doubt that the policy tussles between these two main candidates, together with their old school / new broom campaigning styles, has resulted in a certain amount of negative posturing. On a personal level however, both have the same aim - to do the best for the communities they represent. Like Martin Wrigley, I spent much of polling day doing telling ...

With ominous storm clouds building up by the day Burneside, it won't be just those many people who want a socially and economically acceptable deal that will be disappointed.

Adopt the brace position?

Many a fine wine in an old bottle, Burneside.

Actually Indy Scot, while you are dismissive of Conservative voters, there will be many who would not be in favour of a hard-Brexit and would be prepared to give the Lib Dems here another go (having come within a whisker of retaining the seat in 2010) - especially given the odds-on certainty that Labour under Jeremy Corbyn will play no part in the future running of this country. Many traditional ...

If our PM carries on repeating that mantra during her campaign, she may not get elected in her own Maidenhead constituency, which voted (quite sensibly in my opinion) to Remain. I don't know how people voted in the referendum in your constituency Burneside, I just hope that - unlike the MP for Newton Abbot - the Tory candidate that will be seeking to represent you has at least got the common sense ...

Your right about environment legislation issues Lynne. I've read that a large percentage of directives - perhaps the sort that protect estuary wildlife habitats and which are about to help bring forward significant open green spaces here in Dawlish and Exminster  - may end up on a bonfire of 'red tape' under the Great Repeal Bill, following our EU departure. These open spaces will have been ...

Quite, Lynne. The NHS cannot wait until the cusp of the next general election to be thrown a lifeline. Meanwhile that very real figure of £50 million a year is disappearing through doctors being trained here, then taking their skills abroad - even before the extra cost of locum doctors comes into play.

A quick update on the freight train derailment between Castle Cary and Westbury. Network Rail have today confirmed that the line will re-open at 2200 tomorrow, Friday (24 March). Services will therefore operate normally from Saturday (25 March), albeit that there are improvement works between Reading and London on Sunday (26 March).

It was 50 years ago today...

Hedging your bets there Burneside? I do not accept your characterisation or your logic, however I would agree that an out-of-touch Tory party leadership conducted a disastrous Remain campaign (on the back of a dismal pre-referendum EU negotiation display by David Cameron) which emphasised more the negative aspects of leaving, rather than the positive reasons to remain. The Remain side was not ...

Worth looking beyond the headlines for the facts on this story...

Looks like last summer's much-heralded government starter homes plans are now headed for the shredder. Is it any wonder that we do not have the new housing we need when policy changes (whether welcome or not) which significantly affect the delivery cycle come along at such regular intervals? "Housing market broken, ministers say ahead of White Paper..." ...

This from the article regarding data: The Exeter commuter and access map shows two sets of analysis; drive time catchments depicted by five-minute interval zones and commuter inflows into Exeter which are depicted by 3D extruded bars. Barton Willmore analysed commuter flow data derived from the 2011 census origin-destination tables for the built-up-area boundary of Exeter. The bars represent the ...

As many will know, Tuck's Plot mini-golf course is Teignbridge District Council owned and run. Last summer, proposals for a new cycle path crossing Tuck's Plot were shown by DCC to Dawlish Town Council members by way of consultation. At this consultation, suggestions for alternative uses for the somewhat dilapidated site allowing the area to be more attractively landscaped were proposed by ...

Few would disagree with the ethos of this EO Policy HM2, however the various DHC band qualifications are quite clear: Unless there is an emergency housing need (as detailed above) - without a Devon connection an applicant would be placed in Band D, Low Housing Need. But as you point out, while this scheme does not provide Affordable Housing, it does not look like a bad development (especially ...

Thank for this link, Lynne. There will be many in the community who would seem to be able to qualify - and with the credits going towards topping up any shortfall in the new state pension, a bit of effort with some form filling could prove very worthwhile.

Following the Dawlish.com news story about Little Mix at Powderham, I thought they were dead rabbits! Seriously though, thanks DEEDOODLE - great pix!

I see the spirit of goodwill is alive and well in the Bassett virtual household this Christmas! The principle of building at the Little Leigh site is not at issue, Fred. 35 homes are allocated in the local plan for Holcombe, the question is why the developer would wish to shoot themselves in the foot and upset almost the entire village by presenting plans this poor (it was likened to the ...

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Thanks for the petition link Lynne. Obviously the more that sign the petition better - and as with all these things it will be good to see what sort of response this will generate.

To be honest lord DC, I've found it difficult to get into. Not that that is any fault of the book, you understand.

You're right Leatash - but  although the Woodland Avenue area has a TQ postcode, it is (until the controversial Boundary Commission changes take effect) within the parish of Dawlish. One way or the other, these houses would appear to be among those affected if the second option is chosen. Let's hope the £500 million can be found to fund the first option instead.

Dawlish SANGS (16/02485/MAJ) is an agenda item at this Thursday's DTC Planning Committee Meeting at The Manor House. A snap-shot of the proposals showing the various access points, paths and planting (an extract from the D&AS above) can be viewed below: http://docimages.teignbridge.gov.uk/Planning/StreamDocPage/obj.pdf?DocNo=3894840&PDF=true&content=obj.pdf

Looking at the aerial map the T&H Express have provided Lynne, the entrance would appear to be around a hundred yards past Orchard Lane (heading south) close to the Dawlish boundary sign. Leaving aside the question about whether compulsory purchase should ever have been considered in pursuit of delivery of the Teignbridge plan for a SANGS 'coastal park' ' at Warren Farm, this new site to the north ...

Yes, it was an option in 2013 (as you say Option 2 in the report below) - and quite an attractive one given its size, prominence and elevation. The temporary SANGS area within this option site (the tongue shaped plot of land described by Lynne above) has to the best of my knowledge been provided by Redrow - even though it would appear Redrow have already paid Teignbridge to secure permanent SANGS ...

Leatash, Morty, You are both right. Parking is suspended in both The Strand in Starcross and The Strand in Dawlish (times per posted notices) - but for entirely different reasons. Starcross per the Powderham bash above, but Dawlish will be having a big weekend of its own - with a number of events planned, starting on Friday 27th (before the road closure) with a charity coffee morning at Luscombe ...

Below is the PRoW statement from this planning application, BEE9: National Cycle Network Route 2 (NCN2). Dawlish-Lanherne Open Space and PROW statement. The proposal is for a shared used path wholly off road through Lanherne, Dawlish, and form part of National Cycle Network Route 2 (NCN2). Present land use is urban amenity green space, some of which is landscaped with shrubs, some of which is ...