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The authorship of this blog has no connection whatsoever with any EDDC councillor, past or present nor any employee, past or present, of East Devon District Council  nor is it authored by anyone with any past or present connection to Sidmouth Chamber of Commerce.   It is intended to give an independent voice to local public opinion, and does not necessarily represent the views of any other body.  This site may offer information, national or global, which could be relevant to local issues and concerns.  Its focus is however, and will remain – Sidmouth, Independence and News.  We believe that the overwhelming majority of the employees of East Devon District Council are hardworking and honourabl;e people and it is unfortunate for them and us that they are embroiled in the difficulties brought upon them by our council. 

Contact us by email at:  sidmouthindependentnews@gmail.com

EAST DEVON ALLIANCE

EDA can be contacted at eastdevonalliance@gmail.com.  This new non-political-party  organisation unites and supports pressure groups from the seven towns and many villages throughout the District, who have major concerns about what EDDC Leader, Paul Diviani, himself calls the “democratic deficit”. It aims for reforms in Planning policy, particularly with regard to Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The EDA website is currently in progress, and will be available shortly. Meanwhile, please watch SIN for news.

Relevant issues are also discussed at these links:  www.claire-wright.org andhttp://susiebond.wordpress.com/tag/feniton/

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GRAHAM BROWN – Former EDDC Councillor and its erstwhile Chairman of the Council’s Local Development Framework Panel AND simultaneously Chairman of the now defunct East Devon Business Forum (which was supported financially and with dedicated officer time by East Devon District Council) was caught up in a Daily Telegraph sting (March 2013). He told an undercover journalist, “If I can’t get planning permission, nobody will..but I don’t come cheap”   STORY HERE and  HERE

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Examination of the Local Plan will begin onTuesday 11 February 2014 at 10 am at the Flybe Training Academy, Exeter Airport.

statements (see below) by 10 January 2014

Admin Officer:

Amanda Polley, Programme Officer, Council Offices, Knowle, Sidmouth EX10 8HL
Tel: 01395 571682, E-mail: programmeofficer@eastdevon.gov.uk

Some important clarification on a second deadline (17h00, 10th January 2014) is given at http://saveoursidmouth.com/2013/12/11/guidance-notes-for-representors/

The full guidance notes are here: http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/guidancenotes.pdf

The oral hearing sessions for the Examination of the East Devon Local Plan will commence at 10:00 am on Tuesday 11 February 2014 at the Council Offices, Knowle, Sidmouth EX10 8HL. Subsequent days will start at 9.30 am. The Local Plan oral hearings sessions, all at this venue, are schedule to run from:

Tuesday 11th to Friday 14th February 2014;  · Tuesday 25th to Friday 28th February 2014;  · Tuesday 4th to Friday 7th March 2014;  · Tuesday 11th March 2014 has been held as a reserve day.

Transport to Exeter Airport

Service 56 (56A 56B) Exeter St. Davids Station – Bus Station – Airport – Exmouth

Timetable here

Car parking here

A full list of dates and agendas of forthcoming EDDC public meetings with agendas and minutes of past meetings can be found HERE

The weekly digest of news circulated by EDDC to its Councillors (The Knowledge) can be found HERE.

Advance Notice:  Saturday 11 January 2014

the East Devon Alliance and Fight for Feniton’s Future have arranged a march through Feniton, so please keep this date free!

Click here for poster: Feniton march Jan 2014

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