At the heart of the Sid Valley Neighbourhood Plan is the Place Analysis which is all about good design in the built environment: The second… Read More »Getting housing design right

This week, district councils were pushing the agenda on climate change: Mid Devon declares climate emergency > going carbon-free by 2030   This follows action… Read More »County Council sets up the Net Zero Task Force to develop its carbon plan

One of the key elements of the Neighbourhood Plan is economic resilience: The Sid Valley Neighbourhood Plan – supporting an entrepreneurial culture   Because more… Read More »A boom in small start up businesses in Devon

There are fears that East Devon’s response to climate change is not exactly urgent: District Council report on climate change ‘lacks ambition’   Mid Devon… Read More »Mid Devon declares climate emergency > going carbon-free by 2030

Earlier this month, a posthumous award was given to a campaigner from Exmouth: Remembering Joanna Toole – of Exmouth and the Global Ghost Gear Initiative… Read More »RSPCA remembering Joanna Toole – of Exmouth and the Global Ghost Gear Initiative

The Conservative Party hustings reached Exeter today: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt in Exeter for leadership hustings | Devon Live Conservative leadership hustings: Devon voters… Read More »Saving the High Street

We would like to encourage start-ups and work from home: The Sid Valley Neighbourhood Plan – supporting an entrepreneurial culture   However, a poor internet… Read More »Transitioning to Smart Villages

The group which signposts where to go for health and care services offers a lot: Sid Valley HELP has big plans: from befriending to first-aid… Read More »Sid Valley Help > health and care support

It is becoming common practice to cover trees to keep birds out: In preparation for development work at Sainsbury’s Brookwood branch the trees that are… Read More »Calling on the Government to ensure housing developers cannot use nets to prevent birds from nesting in trees and hedgerows

Who exactly is responsible for the way in which so much rubbish is created? Supermarkets should lead the way in cutting plastic waste What happens… Read More »Who is to blame for the low recycling rates?

We’d like to promote digitally-connected business: The Sid Valley Neighbourhood Plan – supporting an entrepreneurial culture   © Copyright Lewis Clarke and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons… Read More »Problems around rural broadband continue…

The future of work lies in automation: On automation, demographic change and the climate crisis   Which means that any ‘new jobs’ could well be… Read More »The empty promises of ‘warehousing jobs’ for East Devon

Earlier this month, the new town council in Ottery St Mary made its intentions clear: Ottery declares climate emergency > going carbon-free by 2030  … Read More »Help Ottery go carbon free

For a really ignorant way a city council has handled its trees, one need look no further than Sheffield: Futures Forum: “Sheffield’s tree massacre”: How… Read More »Our Trees in Sheffield: why we care so much about urban trees

The Sid Valley Neighbourhood Plan has been passed by the Examiner: Neighbourhood Plans being produced in East Devon – Sidmouth     One of the… Read More »The Sid Valley Neighbourhood Plan – supporting an entrepreneurial culture