Great news for the South West! The largest chunk of the Discover England Fund yet has been awarded to the promoters of England’s GREAT South West Peninsula. The Fund was designed to promote England to overseas visitors, and the successful bid for £300k was made by the South West Peninsula Overseas Partnership, a consortium led…
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It was exciting to join many of the South West’s movers and shakers today for the official opening of the succinctly-named Environmental Futures and Big Data Impact Lab at the Met Office HPC in Exeter. The Impact Lab, part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, is a three-year project operated by a partnership of seven…
Great news for Wessex. Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has today committed £83.1m of government funding to upgrade the North Devon Link Road (A361), which will better connect the North Devon district to the rest of the South West and UK. The work will concentrate on improving the stretch of road between South Molton and Bideford,…
Seaxburh Partners was delighted to join client Eden Westwood at the Eden Project mothership in Cornwall today, for a consultation event by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The event was part of a series organised by DEFRA around the country to debate how to create ‘A brighter future for farming and…
Taunton is the South West’s first garden town and we were delighted to join a wide range of local stakeholders at the first Taunton Garden Town Visioning Event. The morning was facilitated by an excellent team of officers from Taunton Deane and West Somerset Councils who will use the multiple outputs from the day to…
Last night, Taunton Deane Borough Council granted Outline Planning permission for the mixed-use ‘Firepool’ development proposed for one of the largest brownfield sites in the West Country. Situated to the north of Taunton, the £105m scheme promoted by St Modwen will include: waterfront restaurants, a mix of retail units and offices, a cinema, 200 homes…
Mid Devon’s Local Plan took another step forward tonight as Full Council carried a motion to: Approve the recently completed Sustainability Appraisal Update and associated documents (ie the Local Plan review work which resulted in the postponement of the Plan Hearings last September) Schedule a six-week public consultation on the amendments recommended by the Update…
Devon Live today launched the Devon Business Awards with an event comprising a live panel Q&A, which was held at Sandy Park, Exeter, attended by an enthusiastic and prestigious business audience, and broadcast live via the Devon Live Facebook page. We were delighted to attend in support of Malcolm Dudley-Williams, principal promoter of Eden Westwood,…
It was great to hear that MDDC’s Cabinet voted 6:0 in favour of progressing its Local Plan through to Examination in Public, at a special meeting on Friday 9 February. The purpose of the meeting had been to hear from Jenny Clifford, the Council’s Head of Planning, Economy and Regeneration, about the findings of a…
The South West region performed well in the latest round of funding for infrastructure improvements to unlock housing developments – announced today. Particular congratulations to Councils in the areas we’re currently involved with: Mid Devon District Council for securing £18.2m for infrastructure improvements at Tiverton’s Eastern Urban Extension, and for Junction 28 of the M5…
