The preliminary VGS Futures Forum submission to the planning application at Sidford was based largely on concerns about flooding in the context of climate change:
Vision Group for Sidmouth - VGS Futures Forum - comment on Sidford planning application
This was in turn based on a report from the Environment Agency:
Futures Forum: Sidford business park > Fords planning application >>> 16/0669/MOUT >>> Strategy 3 Target: "Reduction in the number of permissions granted contrary to the advice of the Environment Agency"
However, the EA's guidance seems to have been ignored - in the EA's own last-minute submission to the Sidford application:
Environment Agency comment appears to contradict its own findings | Save Our Sidmouth
The final VGS Futures Forum submission highlighted these contradictions:
Vision Group for Sidmouth - VGS Futures Forum - final comment on Sidford planning application
As did the SVA in its comprehensive comment:
Sid Vale Association (SVA) objections to the Sidford Business Park Planning Application | Save Our Sidmouth
District Councillors representing the ward had already provided a full report, containing photographs, maps, and a video - which is possibly what prompted the Environment Agency's last-minute submission:
Comments on Fords employment site_final
There is now considerable concern mounting over the perceived irregularities in procedure:
How did business-park on-a-Sidford -floodplain come to be in the Local Plan? | East Devon Watch
“MPs criticise government over flood protection plans” | East Devon Watch
These issues will no doubt be raised at the Town Council's special planning committee meeting next Wednesday:
Town Council’s stance on planning application for Sidford floodplain business park, to be decided NEXT WEDS EVE, 15th JUNE, at Sidford Social Hall | Save Our Sidmouth
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