Seaton Heights application 5464637283etc gets thumbs up...
....just.
Yesterday evening (7th Jan) saw Seaton Town Council's planning committee recommend approval to the M2 plan for the Seaton Heights site.
A narrow majority voted approval, but concerns were raised on water, light pollution and transport.
However, the main objection point is the "what's in it for Seaton" angle.
Rather than have me write on their behalf, I throw open the blog to discuss the pros and cons of the development.
Labels: Seaton Heights
posted by archmaster @ 9:31 am
3 Comments:
No, I guess it won't do much for Seaton but then again is the derelict motel doing anything for Seaton now?
Seaton needs a lot more than some timeshare apartments to get it on the road to success.
Perhaps some of that Devon County Council £48 million pounds windfall from the sale of Exeter Airport?
Is this new development going to help the environment or is it going to be more second homes in Seaton?
No new building "helps" the environment. As it eventually becoming second homes - well that's a conundrum and only East Devon District Council can legislate to avoid that. However, some of their recent decisions (allowing the retention of homes behind the Pole Arms in spite of the fact that they were built too close to the boundary with their neighbours) does not auger well. It seems in East Devon you can sometimes just build what you want and then get retrospective planning permission relatively easily.
Contrast with Cornwall - where a house had to be demolished because the roofline was 6 inches too high.
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