The highly contentious planning application for a 100-acre quarry at Straitgate Farm (a mile west of Ottery St Mary) is to be finally decided at the Devon County Council Planning Committee at County Hall at 2.15 pm on Wednesday 1 December. The planning application for a sand and gravel quarry at Straitgate Farm was submitted … Continue reading Decision day for contentious quarry application
Credit: Jo Hackman photography mother and kits on the River Otter I was very upset to read in The Times on 1st November that the much-loved beaver colony on the River Otter is under threat from sewage discharges by South West Water at its overflow site in Honiton. Our beavers, a native species hunted to … Continue reading Beavers on River Otter under threat from sewage
With heavy rainfall on Wednesday night, I was concerned about possible flooding at Tipton St John School, so I went to check out the situation. When I arrived at 8 o' clock on Thursday morning, I was shocked to see just how much water was on the site - and this was hours after the … Continue reading Tipton St John School – my letter to government minister
Our children and young people have, in my view, been badly let down by the government’s poor handling of the pandemic not least over the last few months. The government would have known full well that there were significant risks of a large new wave of covid in children from the start of the autumn … Continue reading My questions for Devon Covid Board tomorrow
I submitted my objection to the latest planning application for a McDonalds at Daisymount this week, the previous application having been turned down by East Devon's planning committee in May 2020. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OBJECTION TO PLANNING APPLICATION I wish to register my OBJECTION to this planning application. I am submitting this objection as the East Devon … Continue reading My objection to the latest application for a petrol station and McDonalds at Daisymount
Jess Bailey 