Mr Burrows said he had farmed at Straitgate all his life and he was very concerned at the proposed loss of agricultural land, which East Devon had had a “bellyful” of recently. Local campaigner, Monica Mortimer also spoke against the quarry, with a particular emphasis on tourism. Many people referred to the potential 200 lorry journeys every day along the B3180, a road that is [...]
My proposal, which was supported unanimously by the committee, was based on what I (and many north Devon residents) believe is evidence of poorer care, following the controversial closure of Torrington Hospital’s beds by NEW Devon Clinical Commissioning Group. Feelings were running high at last Thursday’s meeting, which was attended by dozens of residents, as well as being filmed by ITV and [...]
Led by the North Devon Biosphere Service in Barnstaple, Devon County Council officers are poised to submit a bid for around £70,000 to a national charity. The bid is an extension of my wildflower verge pilot in Ottery Rural and is set to help local communities create and maintain their own wildflower highways verges – and to monitor their progress. In 2013, I teamed up with Devon Wildlife [...]
The decision on whether to close Ottery Hospital’s beds will be taken next month - on 16 July, at the governing body meeting of NEW Devon Clinical Clinical Commissioning Group, which starts at 1pm at Newcourt Community centre. Following the decision to shut all the beds at Torrington Hospital, the NEW Devon Clinical Commissioning Group quickly made a decision to shut around half of North [...]
Dear Hugo You may be interested to know that Devon County Council has today pledged to respond to the above consultation, pressing for the retention of these important laws, which protect scarce wildlife and habitats. Many environmental charities believe that this consultation could result in the weakening of nature directives, as a result of pressure from some governments, including senior [...]
I urged the council to submit a response to the controversial consultation via a written question at today’s cabinet meeting, which was answered by environment portfolioholder, Cllr Roger Croad. Many Devon landscapes and wildlife, including parts of Dartmoor, the pebblebed heaths in East Devon and the Exe Estuary have benefited from the nature directives, and are now seeing threatened [...]
The petition is set to trigger a community governance review, and a formal public consultation.