Sometimes it’s good to look down the cliff face and see how far we’ve climbed. Visit Devon’s Board and Marketing Committee met for a brain-straining but highly invigorating strategic planning day today, at the ever-hospitable University of Exeter campus. We discussed everything from challenges – including Brexit, of course – to long-term goals and quick…
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Local Plan Review Examination Main Hearings Following preliminary hearings in September 2018, the Inspector will conduct the Main Hearings for the Mid Devon Local Plan Review on 14, 15, 19 and 20 February 2019. The Local Plan Review will guide development in the district over a 20 year period and aims to ensure that new homes, jobs…
Public consultation on both the draft East Cullompton Masterplan SPD Issues, Opportunities and Concepts document for the Culm Garden Village (Phase 1), and the Vision and Concept document for the Village, is now open – until 1 March 2019. Staffed consultation events are to be held: Mon 4 Feb Cullompton Town Hall 4.00pm – 8.00pm Sat…
English Tourism Week, which promotes holidays and leisure activities in England while celebrating those who organise them, is this year running from 30 March to 7 April. In preparation, Visit Britain and Visit England are opening up their online events platform for all in the tourism sector to submit their events to. If you are a…
With our Visit Devon hat on, Seaxburh joined the best of Devon’s visitor destination and hospitality operators last night for the prestigious and glamourous 2018 Devon Tourism Awards, held over a sumptuous banquet at the wonderful Highbullen Hotel, Golf and Country Club. Now in its ninth year, the Awards comprised 26 categories, and some 80…
Having suffered from the refocus of public funds on STEM subjects and engineering/science facilities, the Arts have had little to celebrate in the South West in recent times. That is all changing, though – and we were delighted to meet and hear the latest from Julian Morgan, chairman of Tiverton Community Arts Theatre (TCAT). In…
‘Culm Garden Village’, the development proposed for the east of Cullompton, has taken another baby-step towards realisation with a website, on which information, progress updates and consultation documents will be published by Mid Devon District Council (MDDC). Twitter and Facebook profiles have also been set up (@CulmGV). This development – on a site allocated in the…
Within months of achieving outline planning for the Firepool mixed use scheme in Taunton, the promoter St. Modwen and the Council have parted ways. The decision has been attributed to a new commercial focus by St. Modwen on commercial/industrial and residential developments, rather than on mixed use, town centre regeneration schemes like Firepool. Meanwhile, the…
The much anticipated Examination in Public of Mid Devon’s Local Plan Review 2013-2033 commences today with Preliminary Hearings on Policies J27 (land at M5 Junction 27), and associated Policies SP2 (houses at Sampford Peverell, Higher Town) and TIV16 (Blundells Road, Tiverton.) Inspector Paul Griffiths, has identified a number of Matters & Issues he wants to…
Consultation has opened for the Cullompton Town Centre Relief Road. Comments are invited from all interested parties until 25 October. Three optional routes have been proposed. These will be displayed, with the expert opinion on the pros and cons for each, at a series of exhibitions: Dates Location Time Friday 14th September 2018 Cullompton Town…
