Disabled parking permits will rise by 20% from April disability campaigners and opposition members of Teignbridge Council have discovered – while at the same time charges for some car parks and time bands are being cut! The surprise proposals are part of a package of measures to bring-in an extra £160,000 a year from car […]

The Big Tree Plant funding is for community and civic groups, or other non-profit organisations to establish community-led tree planting projects in areas that would benefit most. Defra is particularly keen to see applications from communities in disadvantaged urban areas who lack access to green space. The trees must be planted in streets or in […]

Devon County Council is using financial contributions from the Milbury Farm development in Exminster to fund the extension of Stagecoach’s Service B. The new route of the Service B will start on Monday (4 February) providing a six days a week, all day connection between Exminster, Matford Business Park, Marsh Barton, the city centre, Pinhoe […]

Revised plans for the proposed cycle bridge over the railway at Pwoderham were approved today by the planning committee at Devon County Council. The new ‘shape’ loses the curved ramp up to the bridge from the Powderham side and is instead more angular. It is hoped the new design will allow the bridge and cycle […]

The unauthorised use of the Strand car park in Starcross by people living in cravans for the past week or so has come to an end, I reported the issue to Teignbridge Council on the very night the caravans moved onto the car park and also alterted the council on Saturday night when they moved […]

Exminster will grow by 127% official figures published today by Teignbridge Council confirm. There are 1,579 houses in the parish now, and with at least 2,000 more planned under the Conservative council’s Local Plan proposals, Exminster will grow to nearly 3,600 houses. Teignbridge confirmed the planned increase is 127%. That’s much bigger than any other […]

The proposed new parking plans for part of Kenton will be advertised in the Express and Echo on Thursday (January 10). Devon County Council is proposing some changes in response to concerns from local residents and after consultation in the area. In summary, it is proposed that no parking will be allowed for short sections on […]

Highways engineers will be attending Kenton Parish Council next Tuesday (15th January) to show the proposals for improving safety on the A379, the main road through the village, at South Town. Along with residents and the parish council, I have been supporting the local cocnerns about the road and am pleased the highways team have […]

The damaged tarmac outside the shops in Exminster will be repaired, Devon County Council has told local councillor Alan Connett. The red sections have twice worn away, but now red tarmac rather than a syntehtic material is to be used. We don’t yet have a date for when the contractors will do the work, but […]