Under 30s - what do you think of the Regeneration Scheme?
We have noticed that, both on the blog and at various meetings, there are very few young people who seem to want to make their views on the regeneration area known more widely.
This is a group that will be very much affected by what goes on. You will be the ones who have very little affordable housing, you will be the ones who have to live with it for the next 50-75 years.
Are there any people in that age group who want to have a say?
posted by Fighting for East Devon's future @ 10:41 am
5 Comments:
The "regeneration" plans for Seaton, if they can be called that, are a shambles!
What is Seaton going to do with 600 houses? Liatris have made no attempt to adhere to the EDDC local planning brief, with potentially at least 80% of the developers plan reserved for housing. At this point I would like to mention the fact that Liatris is attempting to build on land specified for leisure and tourism and with no real replacement for the facilities that will be lost with the demolition of Lyme Bay.
It has been said that the supermarket will bring 350 new jobs to the town… part time, badly paid jobs mainly, but that isn’t really important is it? Not when the loss of 150 jobs at the holiday camp and lack of well paid full time jobs means that with 1000 estimated working adults coming to town… most will probably find they will have to find work outside of a bright, sunny and lets not forget (!) newly “regenerated” Seaton.
The plans are environmentally unsound and unfriendly, and for the few years during development lorries will constantly bring about 1 million tons of rubble from the site creating more noise and pollution than you can shake a blueprint at.
So with such badly conceived plans and an obvious “take the money and run “ attitude of Liatris, why would anyone want to buy any of the 600 proposed new housing?
I think building on a flood plain is stupid because with global warming the houses will be under water. As the council shut the youth centre the scouts can't use any more. They'll meet in the scout hut and guides have got to look of rsomewhere else to met. Why did the council close the youth centre? The Lions offered to run it and lots of people were stil using it.
The issue "guide" raises is part of the "lost facilities" problem, whilst we all bemoan the loss of all the arranged facilities we have with the holiday village, youth as a category (that is 0-18) gets a particularly rough deal in this plan. The youth centre as I understand it, belongs to Devon county council (shout somebody if I'm wrong) and was playing host to youth groups and many other activities. Liatris would have us lose the day nursery too. Thus leaving the skateboard park, and I can't see that that will survive long in nuSeaton, being next to housing and several feet lower than the infill area.
So with fewer places to go for either organised groups eg The Guides, nor free meeting places, that will leave....ah street corners if you're under 18 or pubs if you're over. I agree there are other activity places such as the football club, but it isn't for everyone, and misses the essential point...that this proposal reduces the overall leisure opportunities in the area and penalises in particular the younger element of our town.
I THINK the Youth Centre belongs to East Devon. They were supposed to discuss its fate at their "Asset Management Group" last November but - of course - nothing came of it. I think we have to do some serious following up of it. And perhaps the Guides and Scouts could so some pushing with EDDC too.
It is an absolute sin that the youth of this town have been kicked in the teeth with this.
It has been suggested to me that there was a lease on the youth centre that has now expired. Commercial leases normally include a right to renew - did this lease?
EDDC will now only offer a short term lease because they want to do a deal with Liatris - another example of pre-determination. And the building suddenly is said to need expensive repairs so that a short lease is not economic.
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