The Town Council’s consultation with the public on this matter, will have been well received. Sidmouth’s future needs to be carefully steered, of course, through changing times and needs, to ensure it continues to thrive.
Save our Sidmouth followers may have noticed some insidious changes to Sidmouth described in the following 2012 survey,and a lot has happened since then: https://saveoursidmouth.com/2012/10/29/clone-town-britain-sidmouth-survey/