A note on the 450 homes in the regeneration area
Do note that originally, only 350 homes were projected for the whole regeneration area. This went up to 400 for the whole wite in the East Devon Local Plan and the lead developer has now asked for 450. This is not the total number which will be built - there is provision for homes above shops, etc and if Axe Riverside decides to build homes on its site fronting the river, these will be extra to the 450. It looks as though we will get at least 500.
The provision of 350/400/450 homes was made before all the home building work that has gone on in Seaton for the last 3-4 years. Just on Harbour Road alone I can count around 50 new homes; add to that the developments at the top of the Underfleet, at Riverside, the new developments on the road out to Colyton and you are coming up to at least 100 new homes built recently - and there must be many more.
This is creating a large extra population which has no community centre, no sports centre, no arts centre, no cinema (the Film Club does a sterling job but only once every two months), no youth club - in a town where public transport stops around 8pm. The Town Hall has one large room and, if it is booked, no-one else can do anything there. The rooms above it are not accessible to people with disabilities and anyway plans are moving ahead to turn the Council Chamber upstairs into a commercial office to generate revenue.
There are a number of groups catering for the engaged teenager or the sporty (scouts, football teams, etc) but what do we do with the bored kids who don't like that sort of entertainment?
posted by Fighting for East Devon's future @ 2:20 pm
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The question of young people is a serious matter regarding the "signet plan". Whilst they have left the skatepark alone, under this plan, it is the only unsupervised area for say 12-18 year olds to go in Seaton. Those that want to hang out with their friends will find that the an intolerant society will not accept street corners as a suitable meeting place. Strange then, that it is plabns like this that create that very scenario! Don't be fooled by all those green patches, they'll be the gardens for those houses. There is an opportunity for decent leisure facilities for all, plus affordable housing and still space to attract business/industry to provide jobs.
As to the younger children's area, ah well, that just disappears to provide parking!
I think someone said we shouldn't be living in the fifties, well, I don't accept that life in the 21st century should revolve solely around shopping and diy.
Can I also make a point to all the "anonymous" posters, please would you either adopt a name to stick with or use your own as a blog full of "anons" makes it hard to work out who to reply to.
Thanks
Mel Greenyer (who has that other tag because of another blog, not some ego trip! So I'll stick with it)
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