Following today’s revelations in the Daily Telegraph*, the Task and Finish Forum can at last get on with the job it was tasked with: to do an ‘in-depth report’ on the East Devon Business Forum.
A large public presence, and many direct questions, are guaranteed at tomorrow’s TAFF meeting , 6 pm Tues 12 March, at EDDC’s HQ, Knowle, Sidmouth .
Media will be also present.
EDDC’s problems have just become a national scandal. It is summed up as follows: When a reporter asked what his “strategy” was when it came to winning approval for a planning application, Mr Brown explained: “Where I’m good, I know all the different people to go to … Like if you came to me with a set of problems, I’d say, ‘Right the first thing we do, we need to go and talk to, say, the economic development manager’.”
Full story at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9921344/Councillors-for-hire-who-give-firms-planning-advice.html
SOS is keenly following the progress of the newly-formed East Devon Alliance (see East Devon Alliance category archive on this website).
The EDA is a non-party-political pressure group (NOT a political group as erroneously reported in the Sidmouth Herald recently). It is composed of groups from all seven towns, and villages such as Feniton and Budleigh Salterton, who have joined forces to keep East Devon special. They are not against change, but aim to ensure that Every Development is Appropriate.
For a brief update, go to http://sidmouthindependentnews.wordpress.com East Devon Alliance continues to flourish .
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