“to look at the viability of other previously dismissed options, given they may now be affordable, and to approve the investigation of temporary planning permission… Read More »Beach Management Plan: cabinet agrees to a six-month pause
“We cannot really make a start on protecting and promoting biodiversity in the valley until we know what we already have.” . “The Sid Valley… Read More »Surveying the Sid Valley’s wild flowers
… as ExeCargo . Sidmouth has been looking at an e-trike service of some sort – and whether it should be a delivery service and/or… Read More »An e-delivery service launches in Exmouth
The evolution of the house plan in Europe. Living in damp and mouldy housing in the UK. . The emerging Local Plan consultation asked for… Read More »Would you prefer a small house or a damp house?
Making a ‘meaningful start’. And yet the developers are “considering the options for the site’s redevelopment”. . Back in January 2018, the Inspector over-ruled councillors… Read More »Knowle relocation project: digging a hole on-site
“Most of East Devon’s future housing growth will have to be built on sites outside of existing town centres.” . The East Devon Local Plan… Read More »What is the housing quota for the Sid Valley?
With almost 26.5 million households in England, Wales, and Scotland, it would take around 250 years to reach the point where all homes had some… Read More »The slow uptake of small-scale renewable energy in housing
“We wish people would think more about deforestation before buying and consuming forest-risk commodities.” “Obtaining net forest gains domestically, but expanding non-domestic deforestation footprints in… Read More »What is our ‘deforestation footprint’?
“Politicians and developers ruthlessly building motorways, new towns and suburbia, scattering the population and eating up the countryside around our cities.” “This is why the… Read More »The true costs of subsidised infrastructure
“I think all the evidence is out there to show that actually Zoom has done more… [and] has been instrumental in getting people involved.” .… Read More »Should councils be allowed to continue doing virtual meetings?
“Where healthy eating, healthy living and enjoying life are central to the community.” . For the last year we have been appreciating how to go… Read More »Slowfood and Cittaslow and keeping things slow…
“What does a really healthy hourly labor market look like in the twenty-first century?” “This gig-work market wouldn’t be run for profit but to facilitate… Read More »An open-source future for the sharing economy
“Farming thrives when it works with local ecosystems.” “The transition to agroecology has wide and significant benefits, for farmers, soils, nutrition and nature.” “From box schemes… Read More »Agroecology: a science, a movement, an agricultural practice.
The alternatives to turbines. . There are a lot of issues around wind turbines: The questions around wind energy – Vision Group for Sidmouth Not… Read More »Bladeless wind turbines
“A boom in demand for rural living and the rise of working from home propelled house prices in the South West to grow at the… Read More »Rural relocation