Thursday, 23 October 2014

Identifying housing 'need' in East Devon: "Floodgates are open for developers"

The availability of 'affordable housing' is pretty dire by most accounts
Futures Forum: Identifying housing 'need' in the West Country... "Broken Market, Broken Dreams"

... with the CPRE in Cornwall declaring:

“We found one affordable home for £270,000 – the whole issue around affordable housing is broken and it just doesn’t add up,” he added. “There remains a huge amount of brown field available yet green fields continue to be gobbled up.”
'Dream' of buying home in South West shattered by rising prices and low earnings | Western Morning News

The front page of today's Express & Echo made the situation in East Devon very clear:

































... with the full article here:


















Latest Exeter Home news | Exeter Express and Echo

This has a rather familiar ring:
Futures Forum: Housing in East Devon: "I don’t see it as the floodgates opening, but I do see a stampede coming.”

See also:
Any progress with new Local Plan? | East Devon Alliance
Feniton and Wain Homes on “The One Show” yesterday | East Devon Alliance

And:
Susie Bond | Independent District Councillor for Feniton and Buckerell ward, EDDC
Claire Wright - Independent Councillor
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