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Sunday, 21 August 2016

Sidford business park > Fords planning application >>> 16/0669/MOUT >>> further consultation opens

There are questions about the viability of industrial units post-referendum:
Futures Forum: Brexit: and commercial property in East Devon

Whether or not the Sidford industrial estate will actually go ahead...

CONSTRUCTION SHRINKS ENORMOUSLY – PARTICULARLY FOR INDUSTRIAL UNITS

2 AUG 2016

Sidford Industrial Park makes even less sense.

“The sharpest decline came in commercial activity, which fell for a second month running and at the fastest pace since December 2009 as investment in offices, industrial units and retail space slumped.”
UK construction shrinks at fastest pace since 2009 after Brexit vote | Business News | News | The Independent

Construction shrinks enormously – particularly for industrial units | East Devon Watch

However, as reported earlier today by the SOS blog, the developer behind the project is going ahead - despite grave concerns - and new comments are being invited:


New consultation for Sidford Business Park plans. DEADLINE FOR YOUR COMMENTS is FRIDAY 16th SEPTEMBER 2016.

August 21, 2016 by sidmouthsid

Additional information has been submitted by the applicants, Fords of Sidmouth. Comments on the additional documents must be sent in by 16th September 2016.

The extra twelve documents, dated 19/08/2016, can now be viewed on the eddc.gov.uk website, under Planning, reference 16/0669/MOUT – Land Adjacent To Two Bridges Two Bridges Road Sidford .

Ford’s planning application has had to be put out to consultation again, after overwhelmingly adverse comment from consultees and individuals signalling major issues of flood risk and of dangerous access roads, and impact on the landscape. 

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