True Fiction

Now having read the view from wrapper, I'm torn between whether to sink to the bottom of the barrel where Liatris' PR co seems to reside, or using the thing as a firelighter.
A major dissection would seem to grant them more of the oxygen of publicity they crave, and dignify what some well-read colleagues of mine said when they saw it, "rubbish"

So let's examine one bit I can agree with...the 'facts not fiction' section.

The first sentence says much for the communications in itself, so let's move on, they've only themselves to blame;-)

Community facilities - ooh look, spot the weasel words "if that is what EDDC want" Actually it was a protest by the people of Seaton that got the youth club back on the agenda. It is true it'll be down to EDDC, they approve or disapprove, and they are public servants, Liatris is not, but they're making sure they're wearing the teflon here.

It is also true that the leisure facilities are privately owned...but then you will find most of East Devons leisure facilities are now privately run. That is why Liatris can define a 30 square foot room on 3 floors as an addition. The local brief doesn't define particular community facilities, but it isn't that detailed a document. Overall there will be a net loss. (don't forget, the number one request in 2003 by Seaton folk was...a swimming pool)

Again, they say that "Normally most major planning permissions contribute to wider public works if they are related to the scheme and are affordable" - Hmm, quite so, the small matter of the 2 metre infill makes this one fairly abnormal, so on that basis, contributing money to the unrelated megamarsh project is par for the course. Can't argue with that logic then...but if you didn't want to make so much profit.

I've no idea who said that the risk of flooding will increase...the risk of flooding on a floodplain is pretty straightforward...it depends how you define risk when your own environmental impact assessment calls for the provision of a boat as the whole thing will be an island when it floods.
So there is a risk of flooding, but the increased risk is at the mercy of global warming...anyone want to go into denial here?

"The shops will be just a couple of retail sheds" - well, as the person who uses the word "shed" for any large store, they must have thought I said it...you wish. The predominant retail stores will be 2 sheds, there will be some other shops. I lived in a town that had a development just like that, one shed and 6 shops...only the shed kept wiping out all the shops if they happened to be selling anything similar to the sheds lines. I never said "just" but look at the map and you'll get the gist:0)

And I find myself agreeing with the last point, except, it wasn't because of the public consultation, because that was a Liatris presentation, and their boys admitted they had "speculatively" carparked the play area.
But seriously, how long will the residents of novaSeaton put up with the "yoof" in its expensive back garden?

Sooo, I could have sat in an office and made these "fictions" up, I must be a PR co and I claim my £5...funny they didn't go for "facts".

The rest, to paraphrase others, is a firelighter.