The 27th March, 2013, could go down in history as Black Wednesday, marking the start of rampant despoliation of the English countryside.
Consequences are likely to be particularly serious in Devon, for reasons set out in a letter sent last week by Michael Temple on behalf of the newly-formed East Devon Alliance.
His letter to the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Planning can be viewed at this link Letter to Nick Boles
EDA’s own website will be available shortly.
The emergence of this new non-party-political pressure group is a sign of the unrest throughout the District.
Thanks go to Mike Temple and Kelvin Dent of the Knowle Residents’ Association, for their independent initiative in convening the meeting which resulted in the formation of the East Devon Alliance.
Many sympathetic Save Our Sidmouth supporters participated in this meeting, held in Sidmouth on 16th February, although the majority of those present had travelled from other towns and villages in the area. SOS Chair, Richard Thurlow, emphasises that the EDA is not an offshoot of Save our Sidmouth, but ” an organisation which brings all concerned residents of East Devon together, to fight for the common good”.
There is an excellent report in the Express and Echo “Exmouth and East Devon” section today (page 56) of the East Devon Alliance meeting on Saturday 16th February.
Towards the end of the article, Cll Paul Diviani, Leader of EDDC, is quoted as saying: “We are open to constructive well-informed discussion and debate on things that are important to local people.”
Cllr Diviani may like to note what provoked the idea, now realised, of an East Devon Alliance . See SOS: two posts on 6th February A full and comprehensive debate sadly lacking ..and Yesterday’s DMC Meeting at Knowle: in breach of EDDCConstitution? See also, SIN blog: 5th Feb The meeting today..,7th Feb Warm Congratulations and 8th Feb, No warm congratulations
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