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‘Sustainable development’ at Sidford Fields?

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Councillor Stuart Hughes, currently side-lined by EDDC, has vociferously argued against development of a 12 acre business park on a Sidford floodplain in a designated  Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (See SOS post yesterday, and Booted Off , front page headline in Sidmouth Herald 17 May).  An SOS sleuth has also recently established that EDDC has erroneously described the site as  Flood zone 2, in its Local Plan documents. when in fact the Environment Agency rates much of it as Flood zone 3b (entirely unsuitable for building on). EAFloodmapSidford

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A proposal for the business park is illustrated here (from the Local Plan Representation Library, no. 1969 (Fords) at  http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/lpreplibrary2.pdf. )
Oddly, no cars are shown on the diagrams, so we have added a photograph of vehicles navigating alongside the site, in July 2012. More to follow.

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Reshuffle, and many changes, planned by EDDC

The agenda for the next EDDC Full Council Meeting (Wednesday 22nd May) is now available  at  http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/annual_council_220513_agenda_combined.pdf

SOS would like to draw your attention to the following:

p.22 Several proposed changes to the Constitution, including limits to the  Overview and Scrutiny Committee (see also p.24)

p.24      The future of Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

                Public Speaking. ( N.B. possible restrictions to public speaking at the Development Management Committee, including a shortened time proposal,  are to be considered by the Standards Committee)

                Recording of meetings.

p. 25 Changes to the term of office of the Leader.  (Will Paul Diviani be relieved of his duties before the 4-year term? )

p. 27.  an anodyne note on the  East Devon Business Forum TAFF :

The Committee agreed to look at the relationship between business and the Council, in

particular at the East Devon Business Forum. The Committee felt that the Forum needed

some revitalising, looking to extending membership and self-financing. A Business Task

and Finish Forum is underway to look at different methods for the Council and business to

communicate and exchange views.

p. 28 Recording of meetings . (No webcasting, as low viewing figures predicted.  Devon County Council does have webcasts, of course.)

pp.44-47.  Membership of Committees

New chair and vice chair of the Development Management Committee

And Tim Wood replaces Stuart Hughes as Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Committee, with Graham Troman as vice-chair

p.60 Stuart Hughes is relegated to the back bench at full council meetings. 



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STC objects to new notice board in Old Fore Street.

Sidmouth Town Council has recommended refusal for retrospective planning permission for the new noticeboard on the Pure Indulgence wall, in Old Fore Street. Grounds for refusal are that it is a hazard for delivery lorries, and that it is too untidy.

Intended for  local news and events,  SOS has found  this town centre noticeboard very useful. Though unprotected, notices have been treated with respect, and the board is constantly full, and easy to access.

The deadline for comments to EDDC  (online or in writing) is midday this Friday, 10th May. Please quote reference 13/0770/ FUL/