Newsletters
In this issue: we report on a forthcoming meeting with SHDC officers to raise issues surrounding tree protection, separately noting the threat to trees in East Portlemouth; we reiterate our concerns about the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill, commenting upon its progress through Parliament; we tell how members of the Development Management Committee were able to go against officer recommendation and refuse an application on the basis it conflicted with the Kingsbridge Neighbourhood Plan; we pay tribute to long standing member and Society stalwart Val Mercer but mourn the loss of Pippa Woods; and we include a detailed examination of our polluted waters, explaining who is doing what and who is trying to do something about it.
In this issue: we detail our concerns about the Plymouth and South Devon Freeport, questioning why the boundary encompasses so much of the AONB; we examine the threat of pollution to the local economy, and who profits; we take a look at enforcement at Hendham and how the Butterford saga rolls on; we note officers have refused an application to convert agricultural buildings to residential; we report on the other work being done by our planning team; and we explain why we have less than a week to save our rivers.
In this issue: we report how the Society had helped ensure the Alston Gate developer would still be required to deliver on their 50% affordable commitment; we explain why the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill will take away power from local communities and place it in the hands of whoever happens to be the Secretary of State; we admit to failing to stop the proposed Collaton development; we look back to 2012 and the Society’s vision for the Joint Local Plan; we explain why proposals for Sand Pebbles are both out of place and out of proportion; and we suggest the construction of an agricultural storage building at Butterford has been permitted in error.
