Local Residents' Submissions to the East Devon District Council
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Local residents’ submissions to the East Devon District Council electoral review This PDF document contains submissions from local residents. Some versions of Adobe allow the viewer to move quickly between bookmarks. ! "#$ % &'# (( Dear Sirs Inclusion of the south-west part of Seaton in the Beer and Branscombe Ward We live on the Beer Road in Seaton and I would like to strongly object to having my community identity, even in a small way, change. We feel that we live in Seaton and belong in Seaton. It seems strange to move part of a town rather than a whole town or village, especially as it will make very little difference to the Beer and Branscombe Ward. I do hope you will reconsider these plans, thank you Yours faithfully Hilary Arnold 1 Cooper, Mark From: Jerry B Sent: 13 March 2017 09:31 To: reviews Subject: ELECTORAL REVIEW OF EAST DEVON: DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS Dear Sirs FARRINGDON PARISH - CLYST VALLEY WARD Writing as a resident of Farringdon Parish, East Devon, I wish to object to the Commission's proposal to change the existing Clyst Valley Ward boundary, which will effectively lose Farringdon Parish to a new and bigger Broadclyst Ward. Our Parish Council has already objected, and cited the reasons why. I am in full agreement with their objections, and reiterate everything that they have stated. Looking at the criteria set out by the Commission, everything about this proposed change goes entirely against the very spirit of what the Commission's aims are. It appears to boil down to the fact that this has nothing to do with 'reflecting the interests and identities of local communities', but simply an unnecessary 'political game', based on predictions of electorate numbers within each Ward. Please leave things as they are for Farringdon. Nothing in the proposed change reflects the best interests of Farringdon Parish, and being stuck within a new Broadclyst Ward does nothing to help Farringdon Parish at all. There are no commonalities between what goes on in Broadclyst and here in Farringdon. In short, there is no common identity between the two. Our common identity is with, and must remain with Clyst Valley Ward. If anybody had actually taken the time to investigate properly, then this would be obvious. Our shared issues are associated with the A3052 Road, the Hill Barton Industrial Estate and the real possibility of the additional unwanted mass development into the area under the Greater Exeter Strategic Plan. Remaining with Clyst Valley Ward better reflects the interests and identities of each of our local communities. We will not be represented in the same, understanding way under Broadclyst as we are now. What we have now works, and works extremely well. It's not broken, so please don't fix it! Please take on board what the people within Farringdon Parish want in keeping with your own criteria, i.e. what's best for Farringdon and our community is not what the Commission is proposing. We wish to stay within Clyst Valley Ward, and definitely not a Broadclyst one. Thank you. Yours sincerely Jerry Bird 1 Cooper, Mark From: Sent: 05 March 2017 12:53 To: reviews Cc: Subject: EDDC Electoral Review 2017. Draft recommendations on the new electoral arrangements for the East Devon Dist Council (EDDC) Electoral Review dtd Feb 2017 by The Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Objections to the above recommendations submitted by: Brian CURRYER, Para 10, page 2 and Para 32, page 7 in the above review refer to: * Reflect community identity, * Provide for effective and convenient local government. My comments are: The Clyst Valley Ward to which we are currently linked gives Farringdon all the necessary "community links". Farringdon shares the A3052 (a major road) and Farringdon parishioners would naturally migrate to Clyst St Mary in their daily travels along the A3052. Clyst St Mary village hall is used by Farringdon parishioners especially as its size allows for sports pursuits. Clyst St Mary is "just down the road" and we "rub shoulders" with our neighbours. What do we have in common with Broadclyst ? Very little. Both primary and secondary schools are nearer to us and NOT in the Broadclyst Ward.Transport links are totally unconnected. Broadclyst has the B3181, Clyst Valley has the A3052. Both are totally different in their traffic flows, uses and volumes. The proposed "Super" Broadclyst Ward is too big especially in its North to South dimension, a distance of some 9 miles (as the crow flies) from one end to the other. The northern extremity (at Hele) being nearer to Cullompton than Exeter. In winter and other times of heavy rainfall Broadclyst is cut off from Farringdon owing to road closure caused by constant flooding at Broadclyst Station. This necessitates a detour via Exeter and Pinhoe. At Farringdon we have little or nothing in common with Broadclyst but certainly affinity to Clyst St Mary. The creation of a Super Broadclyst Ward may suit 'electoral equality' but it doesn't 'reflect community identity' as the Electoral Review is required to do as per Para 10 & para 32 above. As we do NOT have anything in common with Broadclyst, but much in common with our current Clyst Valley Ward I urge you to reconsider your proposal in this respect. The mathematics of 'electoral equality' may need to be re configured to accommodate this but our link to community identity would then be retained. is that not what some of this is about ? Brian Curryer. 1 Cooper, Mark From: Nick & Karen Sent: 14 March 2017 13:41 To: reviews Subject: Beer & Branscombe East Devon DC Ward Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged Property Address: I am writing to give our full support and agreement with the proposal to incorporate Beer Road into the Beer & Branscombe Ward. Everything about our property location demonstrates our community identity should naturally belong to Beer:- 1. Beer village centre is 0.5 miles, whereas Seaton is 1.4 miles 2. We use Beer facilities more regularly than Seaton 2. Our immediate neighbours on Stovar Long Lane are classified as Beer 4. Our property is built on the white cliffs of Beer (Beer Hill) not the red cliffs of Seaton There has always been confusion on our stretch of Beer Road as to whether we live in Beer or Seaton due to conflicting Road signage. Departing from Seaton on the B3174 there is a sign just by Old Beer Road which says 'Welcome to Beer', however, continuing along the road, at the top of Beer Hill/New Road (near Stovar Long Lane) there's a sign which says 'Welcome to Seaton' so depending on the direction of travel we could live in Beer or we could live in Seaton??? We live in 'no-mans land' between the two signs and would welcome Beer truly adopting us within their boundary, and having the signage corrected by moving the 'Welcome to Seaton' sign to the Seaton side of the 'Welcome to Beer' sign. Many thanks Mr & Mrs Fox 1 Cooper, Mark From: Richard Franks Sent: 01 March 2017 11:11 To: reviews Cc: [email protected] Subject: East Devon Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged Dear sir I object to the proposed changes to the ward boundaries in East Devon. The rural area Raleigh ward must be retained as a separate entity from the built up area of Budleigh salterton to ensure its uniqueness retains its voice. 2 councilors for Woodbury and lympstone 1 councilor for an "adjusted" rural Raleigh 2 councilors for Budleigh salterton would be a much better representation for the people of the area. Yours faithfully Richard Franks 1 Cooper, Mark From: Sent: 26 February 2017 19:32 To: reviews Cc: Subject: RESPONSE TO THE ELECTORAL REVIEW OF EAST DEVON: DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS Dear Sir / Madam RESPONSE TO THE ELECTORAL REVIEW OF EAST DEVON: DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS I would like to strongly object to proposed recommendations that would see Farringdon Parish becoming part of a newly created Broadclyst Ward. I believe that the Broadclyst area have much different interests and identities than that of Farringdon. Farringdon has had to put up with a lot of unwanted development in previous years. Local residents have had to fight to contain the nearby industrial site from taking over and ruining our village. I am very concerned that all of our hard work could be undone. I understand that this review will also look into the needs for improving and updating road and transport links. I am very concerned that if a road was planned to be built anywhere near to Farringdon village it would ruin what is currently a beautiful, historic Devon village and would have a negative impact on many residents that live in Farringdon. Regards Ross Garcia 1 Cooper, Mark From: heloise goodbody Sent: 17 March 2017 09:11 To: reviews Subject: Objection to new Budleigh Raleigh Ward - East Devon Dear sir/madam I am writing to voice my objection to the newly proposed changes to the wards in the east Devon area. After reading about how this would merge the area of Budleigh Salterton with the area of Raleigh - Woodbury common I think,it would be of detriment to both these communities. The areas are very different with very different needs and should therefore be kept as individual wards with their own representative bodies for each. As a resident of Budleigh Salterton, with a young family frowning up here I hope my views are taken into account. Thank you for your consideration, Heloise Goodbody 1 Cooper, Mark From: MARK Sent: 23 March 2017 20:54 To: reviews Subject: Re-Submission for Inclusion in Beer/Branscombe Boundary Dear Sirs I write to powerfully support the inclusion of our property above, within the proposed Beer/Branscombe boundary adjustment and for the following irrefutable reasons:- 1.