A £20,000 neighbourhood plan in a Devon town has been rejected as "unsound" by a public examiner.
Dawlish was given the money as part of a nationwide pilot by the government to give local people more say in how communities develop.
Professor Chris Balch said the plans for 900 new homes were not justified and the district council should decide how many houses should be built.
Teignbridge District Council said there had been "many benefits" from the plan.
Although not a member of the Dawlish steering group which was heavily involved in producing the Dawlish N'bourhood Plan, along with other non steering group members I was someone who took a lot of interest in this process as threads on this website will testify.
As this community involvement process rolls out throughout the rest of the country I feel sure others will see the whole localism 'communities having a say in their future' process for what it really is. A farce. And a waste of public money farce to boot.
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