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Sunday 30 March 2014

Knowle relocation project: to be examined by District Council's scrutiny committee

The District Council's relocation project is moving fast:
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: latest

With the leadership promising to engage further:
Council Leader says EDDC will be ‘engaging with customers and stakeholders’ on office relocation. | Save Our Sidmouth

... despite reservations:
EDDC Relocation..reality check? | Save Our Sidmouth

It is with this in mind, that the District Council has agreed to its Overview and Scrutiny Committee 'having a closer look' at the project details:

EDDC office relocation plans to be scrutinised in June

Friday, 28 March 2014 0 Comments by Claire
EDDC’s plans to relocate to Skypark are set to be examined by the overview and scrutiny committee in June, it was agreed at last night’s committee meeting.
I requested, in the forward plan section, that the controversial plans to move from Knowle and build new ones at Skypark, be scrutinised before going before the full council in July.
For some reason, there is no overview and scrutiny committee scheduled for June so I asked that one be arranged.  This was agreed by officers and councillors present.
Some councillors asked that the item be held with the press and public excluded, which I completely disagree with, given that virtually all decisions have been taken so far in private session.
Scrutiny is about examining issues of public concern. How can we do this effectively if the meeting is in private?
I have written again to the chairman of the committee, Cllr Tim Wood to ask that the item is held with the press and public allowed to be present.

The full, un-redacted Davis Langdon report should be made available by then for the Committee to consider:

This report had not been made available to the Inspector when considering the draft local plan:
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