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Stand Up For Seaton (SU4S)

Community Action for Seaton's Regeneration Area, 80% owned by Tesco - a floodplain on a World Heritage site bordered by nature reserves, tidal river, the sea and the unspoilt town. SU4S is a state of mind - no members, no structure, no politics. SU4S has objected to 2 planning applications by Tesco, including one for a massive superstore/dot com distribution centre which led to the recent closure on the site of 400 tourist beds with the loss of 150 jobs,a gym and pool - all used by locals.

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Karime Hassan talks sustainability - honest!

Today, Karime Hassan (our esteemed "Corporate Director, Environment at EDDC) speaks at a conference on "Sustainable Development and New Settlements" at the RIBA, London.

His talk: Cranbrook: A New Community for East Devon

The blurb for the conference reads (partly): "The new town is beginning to resume its proper place ..... popular backlash against high densities and town cramming ... more realistic look at the land required to handle an area's need for new homes and associated facilities. ..... Case study presentations ..... reali life current information [showing] the current approaches to developer's Section 106 contributions ....."

That's right, that's what our esteemed Corporate Director is speaking about. And here we are in Seaton - high densities, town cramming, no associated facilities, nothing to show for town residents for the Section 106 money - and there he is an "expert" on these things. Oh, would that I was there to ask some questions after the talk!

Well, we must hope that he comes back from the meeting A Better Man!

And whilst we are on the subject: when I went to check the planning application letters recently, there was a poster up in the room which said you will find it difficult to get hold of a planning officer as one-third of jobs in the planning department are unfilled. That seems an awful lot. Why?

2 Comments:

At 4:24 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

if the planning staff can work with developers the way EDDC have doen with Liatris perhaps we're better off without them?

 
At 3:53 pm, Blogger archmaster said...

Is he the warm-up act, like the way Seaton is Cranbrooks?

Ahem boys & girls, this isn't how to do sustainable planning & development for communities.

 

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