We are delighted to announce that the Dartmoor National Park Authority has commissioned our design team to produce a folder and series of information leaflets aimed at helping a wide variety of Specific Interest Groups to make the most of their visits to this stunning Devon destination. This commission adds to our rural tourism client…
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Local Plan Review Examination Main Hearings Following preliminary hearings in September 2018, the Inspector will conduct the Main Hearings for the Mid Devon Local Plan Review on 14, 15, 19 and 20 February 2019. The Local Plan Review will guide development in the district over a 20 year period and aims to ensure that new homes, jobs…
Public consultation on both the draft East Cullompton Masterplan SPD Issues, Opportunities and Concepts document for the Culm Garden Village (Phase 1), and the Vision and Concept document for the Village, is now open – until 1 March 2019. Staffed consultation events are to be held: Mon 4 Feb Cullompton Town Hall 4.00pm – 8.00pm Sat…
English Tourism Week, which promotes holidays and leisure activities in England while celebrating those who organise them, is this year running from 30 March to 7 April. In preparation, Visit Britain and Visit England are opening up their online events platform for all in the tourism sector to submit their events to. If you are a…
Seaxburh was delighted to support Acorn Property Group and Wessex Investors at this weekend’s exhibition of exciting plans for the conversion and regeneration of the historic Oliver Buildings in Barnstaple. The Oliver Buildings are the final part of the Anchorwood Bank site on Barnstaple’s riverside to be developed – and Seaxburh has been there since…
With our Visit Devon hat on, Seaxburh joined the best of Devon’s visitor destination and hospitality operators last night for the prestigious and glamourous 2018 Devon Tourism Awards, held over a sumptuous banquet at the wonderful Highbullen Hotel, Golf and Country Club. Now in its ninth year, the Awards comprised 26 categories, and some 80…
We are delighted that long-term client Wessex Strategic has now submitted a planning application for its residential project in Milborne St Andrew, Dorset. Seaxburh has been working with Wessex and the project team since the project’s inception, running a well attended and successful public exhibition in September as well as engaging with other community stakeholders.…
Having suffered from the refocus of public funds on STEM subjects and engineering/science facilities, the Arts have had little to celebrate in the South West in recent times. That is all changing, though – and we were delighted to meet and hear the latest from Julian Morgan, chairman of Tiverton Community Arts Theatre (TCAT). In…
‘Culm Garden Village’, the development proposed for the east of Cullompton, has taken another baby-step towards realisation with a website, on which information, progress updates and consultation documents will be published by Mid Devon District Council (MDDC). Twitter and Facebook profiles have also been set up (@CulmGV). This development – on a site allocated in the…
The phone, social and email accounts of Seaxburh Partners have been running hot since Inspector Paul Griffiths delivered his findings late yesterday following the two-day Preliminary Hearings on the Mid Devon Local Plan in September. The Hearings looked at the allocation made as a ‘major modification’ to the Local Plan in 2016, which included sites…
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