All council appointments are ratified at this meeting. It was unclear why this omission happened and I was a bit fatalistic about it realising that despite my best efforts I could end up taking part of the blame for a horrendous final document. Cllrs Roger Giles and Trevor Cope (leader of the Independents) followed it up on my behalf and replaced Geoff’s name with mine, based on the fact I have [...]
Around 20 tyres were found in Blind Lane, opposite the pub in the village. I have reported the illegal fly-tipping incident to Streetscene, East Devon District Council’s clean up service. It is one of several instances of fly-tipping since the rural skip was removed from the Land of Canaan Car Park, as well as the decision by Devon County Council to introduce charges at Woods Farm [...]
The application, which included blocks of four storey flats, as well as the possiblity of a commercial unit, is on land outside the village’s built up area boundary. It was refused earlier this month for sound reasons including: - the land is outside the development boundary - the design is completely out of keeping with the village - there is an excess of a supply of land for [...]
Sara Randall Johnson, EDDC’s Leader of 10 years and Ottery St Mary Rural’s councillor for 20 years, lost her seat. Tony Howard, her fellow Conservative running mate, who was elected with 822 votes, will also serve residents living in Ottery St Mary Rural ward. The turnout in the Ottery St Mary Rural Ward was spectacularly high (the highest in East Devon at 62.3 per cent) a [...]
Dear Mrs Wright I’m sorry we were out when you called recently. I have been a life-long Conservative voter at local and general elections since getting the vote at 18 - I am now 81. However, I have been very impressed by your efforts with regard to the LDF and shall be voting for you on May 5th. My exasperation with EDDC (Tory controlled!) reached boiling point this week when I received a [...]