SOS Chair, Richard Thurlow, will take part in the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group, which meets for the first time this week. It promises to be a powerful team, chaired by Deidre Hounsom , an experienced and successful campaigner with the national pressure group, 38 degrees. Other knowledgeable activists working with her will include Jeremy Woodward author of http://futuresforumvgs.blogspot.co.uk/, and architecture expert Graham Cooper, both long-term members of Vision Group for Sidmouth, and the local representative of Sustrans, Michael Brittain. A full list of the Steering Group participants, and the First Steering Group agenda, can be found at this link http://www.sidmouth.gov.uk/index.php/neighbourhood-plan