The Knowledge
www.eastdevon.gov.uk 15 July 2016 Issue 9 2016/2017
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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 18 July 14:00 Council Chamber
‣ Standards Committee CL Tuesday 19 July 10:00 Council Chamber
Licensing & Enforcement Sub Committee CL Wednesday 20 July 09:30 NOT REQUIRED
Recycling & Refuse Partnership Board AT Wednesday 20 July 11:00 Committee Room
New Homes Bonus Panel CL Wednesday 20 July 14:00 Room 1
‣ Strategic Planning Committee HW Thursday 21 July 10:00 Council Chamber
Councillor Worksmart Workshop DV Thursday 21 July 17:00 Council Chamber
Licensing & Enforcement Sub Committee CL Wednesday 27 July 09:30 Committee Room
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) –
training for Town & Parish Councils
DV
Wednesday 27 July
14:30-
16:00
Council Chamber
COUNCIL HW Wednesday 27 July 18:30 Council Chamber
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) –
training for Town & Parish Councils
Cabinet decisions
DV
Thursday 28 July
19:00-
20:30
Council Chamber
Members are notified of decisions from the Cabinet meeting held on 13 July 2016:
‣ Cabinet minutes
East Devon profile
Cabinet decisions will become effective on 21 July 2016 at 9.00am unless “called in”. The published
procedure for a call-in is on pages 145 -147 of the Council Constitution, or contact Democratic Services for
assistance or explanation. Recommendations by Cabinet to Council are not subject to call-in.
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Cannington Viaduct
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Minutes
Audit & Governance
Committee
‣ 30 June 2016
Development Management
Committee
‣ 5 July 2016
Scrutiny Committee
‣ 7 July 2016
EDDC news
‣ Read the latest news
‣ Councils partner-up to
protect the environment
‣ New Devon attraction
welcomes 20,000th visitor
and looks forward to many
more
‣ Women’s Institute
contribute to Seaton
Wetlands
‣ Seaton Wetlands
recognised by
International University
‣ Community Building
Fund ready for more
applications
‣ Help support Love Parks
Week in East Devon
Let’s Celebrate!
The Big Lottery Fund has announced a new small grant funding
programme across the UK which is aimed at bringing communities
together to ‘Celebrate’ something that is important to them. In a recent
survey carried out by YouGov, 6 out of 10 respondents say they have never or cannot
remember ever coming together to celebrate with their community. Communities will be able
to apply for up to £10,000 to support them to organise events that bring people together –
these could be a new event or activity or it may be something that already happens within a
community that might benefit from some additional funding from this programme.
The application process is simple with an eligibility checker on the website. If applicants can
answer yes to all of these questions then they will be eligible to apply. It is recommended
that groups read the guidance notes first with some examples of what communities might
celebrate can be found here.
Applications will be assessed on a first come first served basis and once the programme
funding has been allocated it will close and it is only available for a limited time.
Big Advice Team 0345 4102030 or general.enquiries@biglotteryfundlorg.uk
Let’s get the South West celebrating!
In the press
‣ Councils call for crackdown on fraudsters
Cowboy roofers, bogus faith healers, fake parking
ticket wardens and disreputable letting agents are
ripping off five million Britons a year, costing them
almost £10 billion annually. To mark National Scams
Awareness Month, the LGA is urging people to report
all suspected scams to help tackle the £9.7 billion
annual cost of fraud to UK citizens. Last month alone,
a bogus faith healer who defrauded several women
of around £145,000 was jailed for seven-and-a-half
years in a case brought by Birmingham City Council. Meanwhile, officers from
Cambridgeshire County Council’s Supporting Businesses and Communities Service are also
reminding people that scams come in all shapes and sizes and that it’s not just the elderly
and vulnerable that can become victims. Cllr Simon Blackburn, Chair of the LGA's Safer and
Stronger Communities Board, said: "Scams damage people's lives, both financially and
emotionally. Victims of fraud can lose thousands of pounds and feel anxious and scared due
to being harassed by people every day. It also creates significant costs for taxpayers as
elderly victims in particular often require more care and support after they have been
scammed. Scammers often target the vulnerable but anyone can be fooled by a bogus
businessman or scheme, as fraudsters are always devising new ways to trick people out of
their savings. Trading Standards teams see at first hand the devastation but victims should
not suffer in silence or feel embarrassed. By reporting a scam, people can help someone
else avoid being a victim."
‣ Gambling machines mean Britain's betting shops 'now world's most violent'
Addictive fixed-odds terminals are making UK betting shops the most violent and dangerous
gambling venues in the world, MPs have been warned. Derek Webb of the Campaign for
Fairer Gambling said a terminal was to blame for a shop manager being killed and the
attempted murder of a female employee. He told a meeting of the All-party Group on FOBTs
(Fixed-Odds Betting Terminals), held in Parliament, that our betting shops are among the
“most dangerous legalised gambling venues in the developed world".
‣ Next steps mapped out
for renewal of Sidmouth’s
Port Royal
Civic engagements
Saturday 16 July
Devon Scouts County Fun
Day, Tavistock
What’s on
‣ Thelma Hulbert Gallery
‣ Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth
‣ Exmouth Pavilion
‣ The Gateway, Seaton
‣ Seaton Visitor Centre
‣ The Beehive, Honiton
‣ Countryside events
Legacy to landscape
Wednesday 20 July, 2pm
Summer at Shute
A leisurely amble at the Shute
estate to enjoy the sights and
sounds of summer with
stunning views over the
parkland. Meet Haddon
Corner, Shute.
‣ 'Cut business rates – and help us cope with Referendum': key groups send
urgent plea to Chancellor from 100,000 UK firms
Top groups representing more than 100,000 firms wrote to former chancellor George
Osborne, calling for an urgent cut in business rates coupled with action to help companies
cope with the effects of the Referendum. Those issuing the demands include the British
Chambers of Commerce, the Federation of Small Businesses, the British Retail Consortium,
the Association of Convenience Stores and the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers.
They represent a range of businesses from FTSE retailers to corner shops. Companies are
offering to ring-fence the money they save from any reduction in business rates and then to
reinvest it in their firms. They want the date for the introduction of planned reforms to the
rates system – due in 2020 – to be brought forward. The companies also want many firms to
be relieved of the obligation to pay business rates altogether and they are calling for the
whole system to be simplified.
‣ Sex education in schools 'unfit' for smartphone generation, survey finds
‣ Council tax rises 'fail to stop care cuts'
Three-quarters of young people are not taught
about sexual consent, while one in seven said
they did not receive any sex and relationship
education at all, according to a report from the
Terrence Higgins Trust. The survey of young
people by the HIV and sexual health charity said
infrequent and poor-quality sex and relationship
education in schools was creating a “safeguarding
crisis” for young people. It also found 95% said
they were not taught about LGBT relationships.
Care services are facing cuts this year as rises in council tax have failed to plug the gaps in
budgets in England, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) are
warning. The Government allowed councils to increase council tax by 2% this year to spend
on care - and most have done so. But, according to ADASS’ survey of all 151 social care
directors, they still face a shortfall of nearly £1 billion. It said councils had no option but to
reduce the services. Cllr Nick Forbes, LGA Senior Vice Chair, said: “It cannot be solely left to
local council taxpayers to fix our chronically underfunded social care system. Councils, care
providers, charities and the NHS are all united around the need for central government to
fully fund adult social care as this is vital to ensure our loved ones enjoy the dignified and
independent quality of life they deserve. As a starting point, the Government should bring
forward £700 million of desperately needed social care funding earmarked for the end of
the decade to allow councils to protect vital social care services essential to easing the
pressure on care providers and on the NHS.”
‣ 'Life-saving' course on managing diabetes benefiting few patients
Many patients with diabetes are at risk of blindness,
amputation and even death because so few of them
attend courses about how to manage their condition,
Diabetes UK has said. Only 8,274 of the 144,352 people
newly diagnosed with the disease in England and
Wales in 2014/15 went to a diabetes education course,
which advises patients on how to stay as healthy as
possible. Cllr Izzi Seccombe, LGA Community Wellbeing
spokeswoman, said: "The figures are alarming and confirm that diabetes is one of the
fastest-growing health challenges facing the UK today. We need to increase awareness of
the risks, bring about wholesale changes in lifestyle, improve self-management among
people with diabetes and improve access to integrated diabetes care services."
Town & Parish websites
‣ All Saints
‣ Awliscombe
‣ Axminster
‣ Aylesbeare
‣ Beer
‣ Branscombe
‣ Broadclyst
‣ Broadhembury
‣ Budleigh Salterton
‣ Chardstock
‣ Clyst Honiton
‣ Clyst St Mary
‣ Cranbrook
‣ Dunkeswell
‣ Exmouth
‣ Farringdon
‣ Feniton
‣ Gittisham
‣ Honiton
‣ Luppitt
‣ Lympstone
‣ Kilmington
‣ Musbury
‣ Newton Poppleford
‣ Northleigh
‣ Otterton
‣ Ottery St Mary
‣ Payhembury
‣ Plymtree
‣ Rockbeare
‣ Seaton
‣ Sidmouth
‣ Stoke Canon
‣ Talaton
‣ Uplyme
‣ Upottery
‣ Upton Pyne
‣ Woodbury
‣ Town & Parish contacts
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‣ Open all hours: behind the scenes of the UK's night-time economy
Feature about the growth of the night-time economy,
which is worth £66 billion in the UK, according to the
Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), and employs
1.3 million people in hospitality and entertainment.
The NTIA claimss night-time operators are badly
affected by "overzealous" regulation of the night-time
economy. Cllr Tony Page, LGA Licensing spokesman,
said: “Local authorities will consider various factors when determining an application for a
late-night licence, which will be granted if the premises can demonstrate appropriate safety
measures, including the ability of people to disperse quickly and quietly when the premises
close so as not to have an adverse impact on neighbouring businesses and residents. In a
few cases, where there has been a track record of problems at certain premises, such as
serious violence or compelling evidence of ongoing drug use, councils will consider
reviewing or revoking the licence.”
‣ Litter on motorways and A roads costs taxpayers £5 million every year
Roadside crews are filling an average of 332 sacks of rubbish every day
from the 4,300 miles of 'strategic road network' at an estimated cost of
£40 each. This has added up to 364,000 bags of waste since 2013 at a
total cost of £14.5 million. However, Auto Express magazine, which
obtained the data from Highways England, says the alarming figures
are just the tip of the iceberg. Highways England is only responsible for
motorways and A roads and the total cost is likely to be much higher
when minor roads, which councils are responsible for, are taken into
account.
Stop Loan Sharks Community Funding 2016
The England Illegal Money Lending Team has funding available for groups that want to raise
awareness of the issues of illegal money lending. The money available has come from the
proceeds of crime taken from convicted illegal money lenders. The aim of this funding is to
give groups the opportunity to raise
awareness of the issue, in their community in
a different way. Find out more here.
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White Butterflies -
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