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* ??Have your say on new housing and employment sites in East Devon [ #local-plan ]
* ⏰Time running out to register to vote and to apply for a postal vote [ #election-deadlines ]
* ??️East Devon’s UK General Election candidates announced [ #election-candidates ]
* ??Phase two of Exmouth’s seawall repairs approved [ #Exmouth-seawall ]
* ??Cranbrook’s second expansion area gets the go ahead [ #Cranbrook-expansion ]
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Have your say on new housing and employment sites in East Devon
Local Plan Consultation - May/June 2024 YouTube video preview [
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Limited time remains for you to share your thoughts on additional housing and employment sites proposed across East Devon.
These sites have been submitted for consideration since East Devon District Council’s previous Local Plan consultation in early 2023. The Local Plan is the key document used to make planning decisions in East Devon, so it is vital that residents let East Devon District Council know what they think of the proposals.
You have until 5pm on Thursday, 27 June 2024 to share your thoughts online [
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Watch this short video to find out more [
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Time running out to register to vote and to apply for a postal vote
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Don’t lose your opportunity to have your say, register to vote [
] before the rapidly approaching deadline of 11.59pm on Tuesday 18 June 2024.
If you may find it difficult to visit a polling station on Election Day, apply for a postal vote [
] before 5pm on Wednesday 19 June 2024.
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East Devon’s UK General Election candidates announced
Maps: Left: Exmouth and Exeter East constituency. Right: Honiton and Sidmouth constituency [
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Left: Exmouth and Exeter East constituency. Right: Honiton and Sidmouth constituency
The candidates nominated for the Exmouth and Exeter East constituency are:
*Name of Candidate*
*Description of Candidate (if any)*
Paul Arnott
Liberal Democrats – for a fair deal
Mark Baldwin
Climate Party
Helen Dallimore
Labour Party
Olly Davey
Green Party
Peter Faithfull
Independent
David Reed
The Conservative Party Candidate
Garry Sutherland
Reform UK
Daniel Wilson
Independent
The candidates nominated for the Honiton and Sidmouth constituency are:
*Name of Candidate*
*Description of Candidate (if any)*
Jake Bonetta
Labour Party
Vanessa Coxon
Independent
Hazel Exon
Party of Women
Richard Foord
Liberal Democrats
Henry Gent
Green Party
Simon Jupp
The Conservative Party Candidate
Paul Quickenden
Reform UK
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Phase two of Exmouth’s seawall repairs approved
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A further 150 metres of vulnerable seawall will be secured with a steel sheet pile wall in the second phase of repairs to Exmouth’s sea defences [
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*Andrew Hancock, East Devon District Council’s Assistant Director for Streetscene*, said:
"Strengthening Exmouth’s coastal defences for the next 100 years is vital, with increasingly frequent, more severe storms an unfortunate consequence of the climate crisis.”
“Securing the seawall ahead of the winter storm season is an urgent task. The council’s engineers are working incredibly hard to ensure the best options are chosen in terms of financial costs and environmental impacts too.”
“EDDC would like to thank visitors, residents, and local businesses for their patience whilst this important work continues.”
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Cranbrook’s second expansion area gets the go ahead
Cranbrook second expansion map. Image credit Carden Group applicant, drawing prepared by Stantec. [
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Image credit: "Carden Group" applicant, drawing prepared by "Stantec".
Planning permission has been granted [
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*Andy Wood, East Devon District Council's Interim Director of Place* said:
"Issuing this planning permission is the result of months of work by Council Officers negotiating with the developers to secure the best form of development for our thriving new community at Cranbrook."
"It will provide much-needed homes and employment opportunities, as well as community facilities for Cranbrook residents. We continue to work with the developers and the community to deliver high quality and sustainable development at Cranbrook."
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Arts and Culture East Devon Volunteer of the Year announced
© Simon Tutty Photography L to R - Colin Trussell - Sidmouth Folk Festival, Sarah Elghady - ACED [
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Colin Trussell, Sidmouth Folk Festival, and Sarah Elghady, ACED. © Simon Tutty Photography
Congratulations to Colin Trussell from Sidmouth Folk Festival, winner of the inaugural ACED Volunteer of the Year 2024 award [
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The award recognises a volunteer’s outstanding contribution to an arts/heritage organisation or festival, and the impact they have made to East Devon's cultural landscape.
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Engineers do a super swift job at Honiton Primary School
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National Grid engineer in cherry picker installs swift boxes at Honiton Primary School
National Grid engineers have swapped installing cable boxes for nest boxes to help an East Devon school become a summer home for a bird that’s becoming increasingly rare.
Honiton Primary School now has 10 new boxes to welcome swifts [
] that are arriving from 3,000 miles away in Africa where they have spent the winter.
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Dangerous Exmouth tree made safe
Photos of the split tree at Manor Gardens and a tree surgeon at work [
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A large, mature tree in Exmouth’s Manor Gardens split down the middle, posing the risk of serious damage to anything below.
Luckily, East Devon’s StreetScene team spotted the danger, acting quickly, conducting surgery on the tree to make it safe. A big thanks to the StreetScene team for carrying out this important work, and to residents for their patience whilst the nearby road was closed.
Any small chippings from the removed branches will be chipped and put in the park's beds.
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Drop-in sessions organised for Devon County Council's Children’s Centre consultation
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Credit: Devon County Council
Devon County Council are consulting parents and carers on proposals for how they would like to use their former Children’s Centre buildings in a new network of Family Hubs across Devon.
DCC are running a series of in-person, drop-in sessions throughout June [
], with Action for Children, to give parents, carers and young people the opportunity to find out more about the proposals, ask questions, and tell DCC what they think.
Where Children’s Centres in Devon have for some years offered support to families of children aged zero to eight years-old, referred to them by a GP or other professional, the new Family Hubs will offer targeted and universal support [
] to all families of children aged from zero to 19, or up to 25 years old for young people with special educational needs or disabilities.
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Where does my food waste go?
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We hope you keep your food waste to a minimum, but even the most careful shoppers and skilled cooks will have some food waste.
Food waste is a valuable resource which is used to give a double benefit, generating energy and producing fertiliser for agriculture. Capturing food waste is good for our economy and our environment!
You can use any single use plastic packaging bag to line your indoor food caddy and keep it clean. Our super-recyclers favour using bread bags, liners of cereal boxes and vegetable bags.
All the bags are taken out by a special piece of equipment before the processing stage, so they don’t go into the digestion process.
Visit the Recycling and Waste webpages [
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*Have you downloaded our free East Devon App yet?*
Join more than 60,000 people using our smartphone app and get simple personalised collection reminders, the latest collection updates and tell us about a missed collection. You can download the app through the Apple App Store [
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Events in East Devon
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Have your worked featured in an upcoming exhibition
Thelma Hulbert Gallery Present Makers 2024 Makers Call Out. Photo of colourful dishes [
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Whether you're an established, emerging, or recently graduated maker, Thelma Hulbert Gallery would love for you to apply to have your work featured [
] in their festive selling exhibition of contemporary craft and design.
The Present Makers 2024 exhibition will run from 16 November until 24 December, showcasing a range of high-quality work from woodworkers to jewellery artists, ceramicists to glassmakers, and textile artists to embroidery artists.
Apply before the deadline of 24 September [
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Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Dowell St, Honiton EX14 1LX thelmahulbert.com [
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Free concerts every Sunday in Sidmouth
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Credit: Sidmouth Town Band
Sidmouth Town Band are performing concerts from 8pm every Sunday [
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Bring a chair along and enjoy a different programme each week in the lovely setting of Connaught Gardens.
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* Read Manor Pavilion Theatre's latest newsletter [
] for details of this year's Panto
* Discover more local events by heading to the East Devon Excellence website [
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Planning applications and decisions
Discover this week's planning applications [
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For a weekly email update, add 'key applications received' and 'decision on key applications' to your subscriptions [
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Upcoming council meetings
Over the next week the following East Devon District Council meetings [
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* *17 June* - 9.30am - Asset Management Forum [
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* *18 June* - 10am - Planning Committee [
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You can watch public meetings live on the council’s YouTube [
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