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Save Our Sidmouth legal representative will speak at Public Examination of Local Plan

As required, SOS has confirmed that it will be participating in the Public Hearing with the Government Inspector, to be held at Knowle next February. Sessions will begin on Tuesday 11th February 2014, and for approximately one month.

All those wishing to speak MUST CONFIRM THEIR INTENTION BY NEXT MONDAY 16TH DECEMBER.
Contact Programme Officer, Amanda Polley, tel 01395 571 682 e-mail programmeofficer@eastdevon.gov.uk

The confirmation by SOS is copied below for your information:

Dear Ms Polley

I confirm that Save Our Sidmouth will wish to speak and participate in sessions

Hearing No 1 (for the opening session)
Hearings 3&4 (Housing and Employment)
Hearing 6 (Nat Env)
Hearing 7 Sidmouth

We will be represented by Mr C Hopkins, Planning Consultant

Richard Thurlow
Chair SoS


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Public Examination of the Local Plan scheduled for February 2014

The EDDC Programme Officer has put on the web site the draft programme for the Public Examination of the Local Plan. It starts on the 11th February 2014.

Details of the programme can be found at http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/progofficer.htm

Save Our Sidmouth is already starting to prepare their evidence. Charlie Hopkins will be representing us.


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Re. Knowle and Manstone Lane depot: new descriptions in EDDC’s latest summary for the Inspector

Save Our Sidmouth has noted a serious omission in EDDC’s latest Knowle summary. An SOS spokesperson says, “The claim by the council that, although their planning application was refused, there was no opposition to the site’s use as residential is surely not correct? One of the major issues raised by our protests was the loss of employment land in Sidmouth if this change of use went ahead. The number of job losses was a recurring theme in their various re-writes of the application.”

As mentioned in our yesterday’s post, SIN has the details: http://sidmouthindependentnews.wordpress.com/2013/12/02/breaking-news-2/