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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, April 22, 2008

The press release from Seaton town councillors after the Tesco meeting

Below is the press release issued by the Town Clerk on behalf of those Seaton town councillors who attended the meeting with Tesco last week:

Some Seaton Town Councillors Meet with East Devon District Council and Tesco

On 17th April 2008, six Seaton Town Councillors attended at short notice a meeting with Members and Officers of East Devon District Council at the EDDC offices in the Knowle, and later they also attended a meeting with EDDC Members and Officers with Tesco. The meeting took place with EDDC and Tesco as landowners on the site, not as planners.

The meeting with Members and Officers of EDDC was to discuss the aspirations of EDDC and Seaton Town Council for the regeneration area and for the town in general. This discussion covered all the usual areas that councillors and residents have considered over the years. It included a wish list of what both groups would like to see from the site.

When the two groups met Tesco, they put forward their various ideas and Tesco gave an indication of their thinking so far about the site, with particular reference to the District Council land, the supermarket and the Visitor Centre only in very much draft form. There is no planning application ready and currently Tesco are still doing geological surveys on the site to see precisely what the make up of the site is and whether infill from the site can be used and whether it will need to be imported.

The list of what EDDC and Seaton Town Council would like to see on and off site included:

On site: a supermarket, a Visitor Centre with a Sustrans cycle terminus, Seaton tramway, overnight tourist accommodation, and housing.

Offsite: replacement facilities for those lost on the site, provision for a resited nursery and improved school facilities, a Town Centre Manager, extended wetlands recreational facilities, youth and community facilities.

These aspirations were communicated to Tesco and both councils expressed willingness to continuing to work with Tesco whilst they worked up their planning application.

P J Higginson
Town Clerk
21 April 2008
01297 21388

Note that Seaton town councillors present wanted replacement of those facilities to be lost on the site.



posted by Fighting for East Devon's future @ 1:47 pm

1 Comments:

At 10:23 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I was pleased to see Seatons interest being represented, but dissapointed that the sorely needed Sports Centre/Swimming pool did not get the priority it needs to stand any chance of materialising. It would obviously need strong support of the EDDC and be probably the most costly project to set up and run, but other more fortunate neighbours seem to manage it..

 

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