The East Devon District Council, like other rural councils, suffers from the current funding formula which disproportionately favours urban councils. [Rural Services Network] EDDC has a… Read More »Fairer funding for rural authorities: the campaign
How not to penalise communities most at risk from the harms of air pollution. . THE EXETER LOW TRAFFIC NEIGHBOURHOOD SCHEME: Exeter has been struggling… Read More »The problem with the Exeter LTN
Evolving from looking at ‘energy descent’ to considering ‘carbon descent’. . The Transition Town movement was founded 15 years ago largely on the notion of… Read More »Carbon descent planning
Oven vs microwave… . As the Times money pages said recently, the cost of living may be easing but food prices are still up almost… Read More »Cutting the cost of cooking
Is the Oxford-based First Light Fusion the future of energy? . The Sidmouth Solarpunk pages recently looked at “fusionpunk” – as a creative way of looking… Read More »Is fusion the future of energy?
Giving feedback on the council’s four priorities: better homes and communities for all; a greener East Devon; a resilient economy; and quality service delivery. .… Read More »Draft East Devon Local Plan – consultation ends Friday 19th January
The latest plans do not knock down the original late-Victorian brick buildings – but have made full use of the unique design. . There have… Read More »Laundry Lane: new housing in old buildings
“Highlighting the unfairness of the current funding formula for rural councils.” [Rural Services Network] The consultation on the settlement runs until 15th January. . The… Read More »Critiquing local government finance
Opportunities and risks. . As the consultants Strutt & Parker suggest, there are all sorts of opportunities and risks for the rural sector in 2024… Read More »How the rural sector can look forward
“The sustainable development goals prioritise everything. In the real world, that is to prioritise nothing.” [David Pilling, FT] . The UN has its 17 Sustainable… Read More »Are the UN’s sustainable development goals still relevant?
“We need to be able to look again at each town and come up with a comprehensive traffic management plan for each of them.” [Devon… Read More »Parking meters for Sidmouth?
Research and practical tips about flooding and the property market [AVRillo Conveyancing] . The south of England is facing huge amounts of rain – with… Read More »How to prevent and protect homes against flooding
The Devon Housing Commission pushes for more affordable housing – and calls for evidence. . East Devon is not by any means unique when it… Read More »Devon’s housing shortage has ‘severe consequences’
“Alarmed by the rising tide of waste we are all creating, my family and I decided to try to make do with much less. But… Read More »Do we need so much stuff?!
The built environment accounts for 40% of global carbon emissions. [Arch Daily] . Buildings have to get greener. But how? Firstly is the idea of retrofitting… Read More »Sustainable architecture: going beyond ‘single use’ buildings