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Thursday 22 June 2017

Plans for Port Royal: anticipating a Regeneration Board >> "BIG seafront development plans ... lots of income for land-holding EDDC and big income potential"

An observation by the EDW blog could well be applied to Sidmouth's 'seafront development plans':

A TALE OF TWO SEASIDE TOWNS

22 JUN 2017
Exmouth
BIG seafront development plans, unpopular with locals, lots of income for land-holding EDDC and big income potential, quick tender and choice of partner:
http://www.devonlive.com/here-s-what-the-exmouth-seafront-development-will-look-like/story-30067091-detail/story.html
Seaton
SMALL seafront development plans, popular with locals, almost no EDDC land- holding or big income potential, no tender, no progress:
http://www.devonlive.com/multi-million-pound-seaton-seafront-redevelopment-plans-revealed/story-30194330-detail/story.html
Gung-ho Exmouth, inertia on Seaton
If anything illustrates EDDC as business-led rather than resident-led this is it.

A tale of two seaside towns | East Devon Watch

See:
Here's what Exmouth's major seafront development will look like | Devon Live (January 2017)
Multi-million pound Seaton seafront redevelopment plans revealed | Devon Live (March 2017)
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