Devon Live reported last week about the final step for the Neighbourhood Plan: Sid Valley Neighbourhood Plan to go to referendum The Herald now… Read More »Sid Valley Neighbourhood Plan to go to referendum > 19th September
Today’s exhibition at Kennaway House was very busy: Beach Management Plan > Exhibition The Lost Cliffs of Sidmouth > Exhibition There was a particularly… Read More »TH!NK FOOTPRINT launches > get involved in Sidmouth’s environmental awareness project
Tomorrow, the SVA is putting on an exhibition at Kennaway House – which will include a look at the current status of the Beach Management… Read More »Beach Management Plan > Exhibition
From the Butterfly Conservation Society – their annual citizen science project: Butterfly Conservation Help us take nature’s pulse by joining the big butterfly count.… Read More »The Big Butterfly Count starts today: 19th July – 11th August
We’ve had day one: Sidford Business Park: public hearing started today And day two of the appeal hearing into plans for an industrial estate in… Read More »Sidford Business Park: public hearing final day
What is the future of our land? The RSA has commissioned a report which is out now: OUR FUTURE IN THE LAND The… Read More »The future in our land: ‘A countryside that works for all, where rural communities are a powerhouse for a fair and green economy’
The appeal to consider the planning decision against a proposed industrial estate started up in Honiton yesterday: Sidford Business Park: public hearing started today With… Read More »Sidford Business Park: public hearing day two: the traffic videos
Last month, the Neighbourhood Plan passed its penultimate hurdle: Sid Valley Neighbourhood Plan passed by examiner And in September it will be… Read More »Sid Valley Neighbourhood Plan to go to referendum
Today, we had the first of three days of the hearing into building an industrial estate on the outskirts of Sidmouth: Sidford Business Park: public… Read More »Alexandria Industrial Estate as an alternative to the controversial Sidford Business Park
The appeal against refused planning permission for an industrial estate is going ahead: Developers lodge appeal against refusal of plans for Sidford… Read More »Sidford Business Park: public hearing started today
We have the problem of an ageing population: County Council challenges underfunding of care system Sidmouth does not really need any more expensive gated communities… Read More »Sidmouth is singled out as one of the towns facing the biggest increase in the elderly
Does nature have a ‘use’? Futures Forum: “Environment is a key part in the fabric of economy” In 2017, the independent Natural Capital Committee released… Read More »What is the ‘natural capital approach’ – and will it really be effective in reducing our impact on nature?
A great story from Devon Live: Utilising power from the River Exe could see UK’s first zero-carbon council Mid Devon could become the first… Read More »The huge potential of hydro-electricity on the Exe
Is the expansion of Exeter sustainable? As reported on the VGS news pages this year: £300m redevelopment of Exeter Liveable Exeter “highlights the property crisis… Read More »How ‘liveable’ and how ‘green’ is the Exeter Garden City project?
A week on Saturday, the Plastic Warriors will be doing another beach clean: Sidmouth Plastic Warriors > beach clean But it’s somewhat dispiriting when… Read More »New plastic packaging at Boots: “It’s completely against what we’re trying to achieve here in Sidmouth, as a plastic-free community”