Sorry this post is long and involved, but the new local plan is important and complex. There is a shorter post here : https://kennvalley.mycouncillor.org.uk/2023/01/15/tdc-local-p`lan-short-version/ The Teignbbridge local plan is published in the agenda for full council of 12 Jan including the final list of sites chosen for inclusion. All documents are at : https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/planning/local-plans-and-policy/local-plan-review-2040/full-council-documents-12-january-2023/ The […]

District councillors normally attend Parish council meetings, though they are not required to. Ours is a large district ward covering 8 parishes, meetings often clash. To spread the workload in larger wards there are more councillors. We have 3 district and 1 county councillor in Kenn Valley. We share the work and try to have […]

Published in Mid Devon Advertiser January ’23, and in Western morning News Jan ’23 Sometimes we don’t notice our fundamental rights until it is too late. For example, the Government’s Retained EU Law bill will automatically revoke all EU laws, unless ‘preserved’ by a minister. Our rights which could be silently discarded include the 48-hour maximum […]

published in Mid Devon Advertiser 3 November 2022

Bin collections are still behind, despite the teams working really hard. Post Brexit it is still extremely difficult to find HGV drivers. There are 9 open vacancies, and 2 more drivers are long term sick. That’s about 20% of the fleet.

The draft local plan is expected to come to the Full council meeting on 15th December. The requirement to build 760 houses per year is handed to Teignbridge by government along with many of the rules to select sites. The government has an ambition to make development easier, so getting the Plan in place before […]

Remember the story about the con artists who promise to give the emperor beautiful amazing new clothes. The clothes will give him a better future and elevate his empire above all others. Anyone who can’t see the fabulous clothes is stupid. We were promised a glorious future. We were told only Conservatives can be trusted […]

Our group of councillors intends to freeze the Teignbridge share of council tax next year in response to the cost of living crisis. The council tax you pay is collected by Teignbridge, but less than 10% is used to fund Teignbridge services, the rest going to police, fire, most to Devon county Council and some […]

In May next year there will be local elections. This is a chance for our community to choose who will represent us in Teignbridge, and to choose who will run our Parish Councils. The Parish Council is the most local level of government. Parish Councillors are volunteers with a wide variety of ages, experiences and […]

We are still working to get a policy in the next Teignbridge local plan requiring developers to use cut and fill where possible to accommodate surplus materials on site. This incentive would reduce the need for inert landfill sites which are damaging and unpopular with communities. Developments which ignore this policy and export large quantities […]