Newspage
The day before Devon County Councillors were due to meet to discuss how to best respond to the government’s English Devolution White Paper members were presented with a report by the Council’s chief executive Donna Manson.... Read more
Speaking on Politics South West two weekends ago (Sunday 3 November) Martyn Oates informed his viewers ‘It seems pretty clear that the Government wants to get rid of the remaining two-tier council areas.’
Should that... Read more
The Society today submitted its response to the Government’s Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system.
Should all the proposals proceed as presented... Read more
According to the recently published ‘Outcome of the proposed revised method’ on the Ministry of Housing website, South Hams District Council has somehow now to build no fewer than 875 new dwellings each year.
This... Read more
That there is a need for more genuinely affordable housing in the South Hams is not in dispute. But as Policy TTV25 of our Joint Local Plan makes clear, ‘the JLP does not identify sites for development in Sustainable Villages... Read more
The introduction of Parish Profiles was the subject of an article in our July Newsletter in which we quoted the words of Council Leader Cllr Brazil, speaking to his fellow members of the Council’s executive:
Last Thursday the Society’s Planning Lead emailed South Hams District Council officers, Councillors and Dartmouth Town Council demanding the ongoing saga at Seymour Drive in Dartmouth should be brought to an end.
The... Read more
Since the autumn of 2021 the Society has been campaigning against the proposed construction of both an agricultural storage building and an access track on land at Butterford in the parish of North Huish.
Eventually, in... Read more
