The Knowledge
www.eastdevon.gov.uk 27 November 2015 Issue 29 2015/2016
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Meetings
Please note meetings shaded pink are NOT open to the public
Meeting DSO Date Time Location
‣ Standards Hearing Sub Committee DV Monday 30 November 10:00 Council Chamber
Capital Strategy and Allocation Group DV Tuesday 1 December 09:30 Committee Room
Meeting of Town & Parish Councils (District
Councillors welcome)
Manor Pavilion Theatre Steering
Committee
DV Tuesday 1 December 18:00 Council Chamber
CL Tuesday 1 December 18:30 Committee Room
Licensing & Enforcement Sub Committee CL Wednesday 2 December 09:30 NOT REQUIRED
‣ Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committees DM Wednesday 2 December 15:00 Council Chamber
‣ Cabinet DV Wednesday 2 December 17:30 Council Chamber
‣ Strata Joint Scrutiny Committee DV Thursday 3 December 17:30
Sustainable Homes and Communities
Portfolio – Housing Seminar
Civic Centre
Exeter
DV Thursday 3 December 18:00 Council Chamber
‣ Development Management Committee HW Tuesday 8 December 10:00 Council Chamber
Licensing & Enforcement Sub Committee CL Wednesday 9 December 09:30 NOT REQUIRED
Exeter International Airport Consultative
Committee
CL Wednesday 9 December 15:15 Exeter Airport
Asset Management Forum CL Thursday 10 December 09:30 Council Chamber
Time management training for councillors DV Thursday 10 December 14:30 Council Chamber
East Devon profile
Scrutiny Committee DM Thursday 10 December 18:00 Council Chamber
Diary Note: Special Development
Management Committee: Issues and
Options – Cranbrook Masterplan
HW Tuesday 15 December
14:00 POSTPONED
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Sidmouth Photos by Ben Chesters
Minutes
Strata Joint Executive
Committee
‣ 22 October 2015
Overview Committee
‣ 17 November 2015
Audit & Governance
Committee
‣ 19 November 2015
Strata - Joint Executive
Committee decision sheet
‣ 24 November 2015
Portfolio Holders’ decisions
Decision put to Portfolio Holder
Sustainable
Homes &
Communities
Jill Elson
10 Little Normans, Plymtree
The owner/occupier of 10 Little Normans, Plymtree, a former local authority
property, has constructed a single-storey extension and car port and despite
applying and achieving planning consent was unaware of the covenants
restricting building work and had now applied for the consent for the
building work that has already been undertaken.
Recommendation:
That consent be granted.
Further details: John Moss, Housing Officer, Ext 2580
Decision by Portfolio Holder
EDDC news
‣ Read the latest news
‣ Boy racers to be deterred
from using Seaton and
Sidmouth public car parks
Environment
Iain Chubb
Winter car parking offer
Following the success of the Christmas 2014 parking concession, this report
recommends that the same concession should apply this year commencing 1
December 2015 and running through to the end of February 2016 to encourage
residents and visitors to shop in our town centres and to support the growth
and vitality of our town centre economies.
Agreed:
To approve a special offer of all day parking for £2 (after 10am) in all East
Devon’s car parks between 1 December 2015 and 29 February 2016 and anyone
buying a £2 ticket after 10am is entitled to use the same ticket to park in any
other EDDC pay and display car park for the remainder of that day.
‣ East Devon primary
schools take over their local
council for the day
Under our Constitution a decision cannot be implemented until 9.00am 3 December 2015. If a
decision is subject to a valid Call In by members before that specified time and date it cannot be
implemented until the Scrutiny Committee has reviewed the decision. If a portfolio holder
decision is called in, the report writer will be notified of this by a democratic services officer.
In the press
‣ Call for children abused within the family to be identified
Only one in eight children in England who are sexually abused are identified by authorities, a
study by the Children’s Commissioner suggests. Police and local authorities found 50,000
cases of abuse in the two-year period from April 2012 to March 2014 but the report
suggests the actual number was up to 450,000, with 85% of cases missed, particularly within
families. Cllr Roy Perry, Chairman of the LGA’s Children and Young People’s Board said that
the burden of disclosing abuse needed to be taken away from children wherever possible,
but stressed that "councils cannot do this alone. We need support from a million eyes and
ears amongst the public".
What’s on
‣ Thelma Hulbert Gallery
‣ Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth
‣ Exmouth Pavilion
‣ The Gateway, Seaton
‣ The Beehive, Honiton
‣ Countryside events
‣ Councils set to freeze services as they reach 'tipping point'
‣ Spending Review: Local councils warn of funding crisis
Councils are starting to freeze non-essential services
as they reach a "tipping point". The survey of local
authorities across Britain shows the scale of cuts they
are already facing.
Town halls face a financial black hole that could not
be filled by closing every children’s centre, library,
museum and park, council leaders warned after the
Spending Review. The Chancellor announced a
“revolution in the way we govern this country” by
allowing councils to keep 100% of business rates, for
example, but it will be accompanied with the loss of central government grant. The LGA
warned that services could be lost altogether as councils cope with growing funding
pressures and struggle to protect “life and death services, such as caring for the elderly and
protecting children, already buckling under growing demand”. LGA Chairman, Lord Porter,
said: “Even if councils stopped filling in potholes, maintaining parks, closed all children’s
centres, libraries, museums, leisure centres and turned off every street light they will not
have saved enough money to plug the financial black hole they face by 2020.”
‣ How can public services show prevention really is better than cure?
A Guardian feature suggesting that if the government invested more in a prevention, public
services would be much more cost-effective and quality of life would improve too. In a
recent report calling for a £2 billion prevention transformation fund, the LGA warned health
and social care would "buckle under the weight of demand" unless money was invested into
promoting better health and avoiding costly hospital treatment.
‣ Britain's biggest housebuilders slow home construction
The number of new homes registered in the three months to the end of September was 2%
lower than a year ago, according to the National
Housebuilding Council. The slowdown comes despite
government measures such as a relaxation in
planning rules and incentives for homebuyers. Costs
for on-site labour have started to rise sharply with
the industry facing a skills shortage. LGA research
found the number of construction qualifications
awarded through apprenticeships, colleges and
universities has fallen 10,000 in the past two years.
‣ Loneliness – the silent killer
New statistics have revealed that loneliness has become a silent killer. The latest figures
from the Office for National Statistics show that 7.1 million people are now living alone in
England and Wales, up 600,000 in ten years.
Scientists say that a sense of isolation leads to
lowered immune systems, resulting in increased
sensitivity to diseases, meaning lonely people
are 14% more likely to die. Caroline Abrahams of
Age UK said: “Research shows that more than a
million older people haven’t spoken to a friend,
neighbour or family member for over a month
and unless we act, we’ll see ever greater
numbers of lonely older people.
Town & Parish websites
‣ Awliscombe
‣ Axminster
‣ Branscombe
‣ Broadclyst
‣ Broadhembury
‣ Budleigh Salterton
‣ Chardstock
‣ Clyst Honiton
‣ Clyst St Mary
‣ Dunkeswell
‣ Exmouth
‣ Farringdon
‣ Honiton
‣ Kilmington
‣ Musbury
‣ Newton Poppleford
‣ Northleigh
‣ Otterton
‣ Ottery St Mary
‣ Rockbeare
‣ Seaton
‣ Sidmouth
‣ Uplyme
‣ Upton Pyne
‣ Town & Parish contacts
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Knowledge
‣ Slimming down fire engines
An increase in the number of large cars over the past decade has led to fire brigades buying
slimmer engines in order to navigate through smaller streets lined with parked vehicles. East
Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is the latest brigade to announce it is considering buying a
fleet of thinner vehicles. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service purchased new
vehicles last year.
Stop Loan Sharks social media campaign week
Around 310,000 people use a loan shark each year. A loan shark is someone who lends money
without the correct permission from the Financial Conduct Authority. Loan sharks may initially
appear friendly but they will often use violence and intimidation to ensure they get their
money, causing borrowers endless misery.
To report a loan shark call 0300 555 2222 Email reportaloanshark@stoploansharks.gov.uk
How to support the England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) campaign:
Follow IMLT on Twitter @loansharksnews
and Facebook www.facebook.com/stoploansharksproject
• Talk about loan sharks and the campaign using the hashtag: #Standuptoloansharks
• Spread the word via websites and social media
• Join in on 30 November for the England wide tweetathon. Simply tweet a message of
support along with the hashtag #Standuptoloansharks
• Display posters and leaflets
• Take part in activities and joint media opportunities
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