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Drill Hall plans endorsed – with recommendations

  • by JW

Last week, the Town Council’s planning committee met to consider the planning application for the Drill Hall:

Drill Hall plans to be considered Wednesday 28th August

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And the plans were wholeheartedly agreed to:

Drill Hall plans endorsed

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However, disquiet was expressed about the proposed colour of the building: which is much darker than it appears below.

and with grey shutters.

The first look at Rockfish’s planning application for Sidmouth’s Drill Hall. Picture: Grainge Architects

Drill Hall plans: shades of grey

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Here are the minutes from the Town Council meeting:

sidmouth.gov.uk/images/PL._MINS._28.08.19.pdf

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And here’s the report from the Sidmouth Hub news pages:

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Town council supports Rockfish plans but suggests alterations

Sidmouth Town Council has thrown its weight behind an application to convert the town’s historic Drill Hall into a seafood restaurant, however the council has suggested some alterations to the plans.

At the meeting members asked that the following items be taken into consideration by Rockfish and East Devon District Council:

– Councillors would like any extractor fans and ducting to be of dark colour.
– Councillors would like the site to become carbon neutral and have suggested the inclusion of solar panels on the roof and bicycle racks for customers.

Town council supports Rockfish plans but suggests alterations