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Saturday 9 June 2018

Sidford business park >>> campaign group's first update

The Say NO to Sidford Business Park campaign group has had a large amount of media coverage, including:
Futures Forum: Sidford business park >>> campaign group calls for help and funding

It has its own Facebook page:
Say NO to Sidford Business Park - Home | Facebook

And it has started sending out regular emails. Here's the first from yesterday - with the email address below:


Welcome to emails from the Say NO to Sidford Business Park campaign...
 
Thank you to the 150 concerned people who attended the campaign's public meeting on Tuesday evening. Now we have updated the campaign mailing list you will now receive information about the campaign, its activities and what is happening with the planning application.

If you are on Facebook please go to the campaign's page - Say NO to Sidford Business Park - which you can find by typing that into the search bar in your Facebook page. Please follow the campaign page, like the page, invite your Facebook friends to like the page and share the postings that are on the page. You might even decide to post your own thoughts and to share photos and videos of the traffic difficulties in and around Sidford and Sidbury. Those photos can also be sent to this email account.

For those of you on Twitter; watch out as the campaign's new Twitter account is about to hit social media! We will let you have its details shortly.

It was pleasing to see that today's Sidmouth Herald, which had a reporter at the meeting on Tuesday evening, has placed its report of the meeting on page 5, and there is also a related letter on page 18. This link takes you to the Herald's story as posted on Twitter today:


The campaign needs to maintain public interest and so please consider drafting a letter about your concerns about the business park and sending them to the Herald. Ideally, any letters seeking publication should be sent by the Tuesday of the week of publication. The Herald's letter's page email address is sidmouth.letters@archant.co.uk or they can be posted to Sidmouth Herald, Newbery House, Fair Oak Close, Exeter Business Park, Exeter EX5 2UL.

If you would like a copy of Marianne Rixson's illuminating powerpoint presentation that she gave at the meeting let us know and it will be emailed to you. We would point out that it is a large document, but you are most welcome to receive it nonetheless.

A reminder that your objections to the business park planning application have to be received by next Friday, 15 June. The key information regarding that is -

WRITE TO: Planning Central, East Devon District Council, Knowle, Sidmouth, EX10 8HL or 

QUOTE PLANNING REFERENCE: 18/1094/MOUT: Outline Application for the development of Employment Facilities on Land Adjacent to Two Bridges, Two Bridges Road Sidford

Please do not copy/paste comments from others, as identical responses do not count! If you have a personal story, or photos to back up what you say, then please include them.

ENSURE THAT YOU INCLUDE THESE MAIN AREAS OF CONCERN which are:
● Traffic size/volume and its consequences
● Flood mitigation and overflow
● Visibility from surrounding area
● Impact on Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
● Light & noise pollution
● Unsupported need

Best wishes


Campaign Team


nosidfordbusinesspark@yahoo.co.uk.
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