The summer holidays got off to a ‘flying’ start for local youngsters when EDDC’s Countryside Team joined other local organisations with a rural theme at the annual Natural Seaton Festival.
The event was organised by the Seaton Visitor Centre Trust to celebrate the geological and ecological wealth of the town.
The first EDDC Countryside event of the weekend was Meet the Bats led by Fiona Mathews, Senior Lecturer in Mammalian Biology at Exeter University. Eleven of our 15 native species of bat have been recorded on the Axe Estuary Wetlands in Seaton, and electronic bat...
Delegates from East Devon’s Town and Parish Councils turned out in force for a Community Flood Forum event run by EDDC.
The District Council decided to organise the event after hearing from several Town and Parish Councils that it was something they would find useful. The aim of the forum was to give information to Town and Parish Councils on how to prepare for flooding, and how all the agencies involved could help them.
After the conference on Tuesday 23 July Councillor Peter Bowden, EDDC’s Champion for Flood Prevention, said: “Flooding is an issue that has been...
The Red Lion pub in Sidbury village, East Devon was put up for sale three months ago. The Red Lion pub is the only pub in a village of over 800 residents. In mid-May the residents came together at a packed public meeting to express their concerns at the potential loss of the pub and the impact that this would have upon the local community. At the meeting it was agreed to establish the Save The Red Lion campaign with the objective of saving the Red Lion as a pub for the community.
Today (Friday 19 July 2013) the Save The Red Lion campaign has submitted an application to East Devon...
Options for a new headquarters at Honiton or Cranbrook are to be put under the microscope following unanimous agreement from EDDC’s Cabinet on Wednesday 17 July that staying at Knowle is not a viable option.
Council Leader Paul Diviani says: “We looked long and hard at all the options on the table including staying at Knowle. The simple matter of fact is that our current offices are a huge drain on resources - as well as the financial considerations, the buildings are just not fit for purpose.
“We also considered in detail a number of options for demolishing the current...
If this is your fishing equipment, the time has come to catch it and carry it off!
The nets, floats and weights have been stacked without permission at East Devon District Council’s Camperdown depot in Exmouth.
EDDC has been happy to turn a blind eye until now, but with improvement work now planned it all needs to be removed.
The Council is now politely requesting that whoever owns the equipment makes arrangements to have it removed before 31 August 2013. Anything remaining after this date will have to be disposed of without further notice.
An exciting family community festival is being held by East Devon District Council in Honiton on Saturday 6 July and will feature the official unveiling of a special Jubilee sculpture.
The community festival will be at Allhallows Field from 1pm to 4pm. Children can enjoy face painting, circus skills, a bouncy castle and many other attractions, all for free!
The new sculpture on the side of Honiton Leisure Centre has been in place for a little while, but will be formally celebrated and officially unveiled at 1.30pm by EDDC Deputy Chairman, Cllr Christine Drew, as part of the...
Fantastic improvements to a playpark in Woodbury have taken a step closer to completion as local children have chosen their favourite design.
Woodbury Parish Council and East Devon District Council have been working closely together and with local children to make £25,000 worth of eagerly anticipated improvements to the Woodbury Village Green play area. This is a play area for children aged 8 and under.
£17,500 has been contributed by developers through Section 106 funding for play and £7,500 given to the project by Woodbury Parish Council. The Section 106 money was a...
A new consultation has been launched, asking people for their views on East Devon’s proposals for securing infrastructure funding from new developments.
The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is the new way to get contributions from developers for things such as road improvements, public open space, cycle routes and other infrastructure which is needed to support growth.
It’s proposed to replace the current Section 106 Agreement system for securing contributions towards infrastructure, meaning a flat rate would be paid by developers per square metre of gross internal...
It's going to be quite a summer for some of the projects that together make up the Seaton Regeneration Programme, with substantial progress on the horizon.
Meanwhile, plans are also under way to consult in the town about providing more council-owned employment units. Together, the projects represent a real vote of confidence in boosting Seaton’s economy and employment prospects in the town.
On Tuesday 11 June, a revised planning application for the Discovery Centre building was approved by EDDC’s Development Management Committee. The principle of planning permission for the...
An unusually busy agenda at an East Devon planning meeting has seen several decisions made about major planning applications and issues in the district.
The meeting on Tuesday 11 June (which lasted for 11 hours) took in 16 applcations and reports on the Validation of Planning Applicaitons and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), discussing a fresh round of consultation on the council’s updated plans for charging developers per home they build, with money going towards infrastructure and community facilities.
With several high profile applications on the agenda the meeting...
