UPDATED: Is aerial photography a council priority? It is for Teignbridge Council

Teignbridge District Council Offices

There’s a story doing the rounds that Teignbridge Council has been shelling out shed loads for aerial photography

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Plan Teignbridge delay – Lib Dems want answers

Plan Teignbridge delays could mean the Teignbridge Planning Committee is powerless to prevent damaging development in the district

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Ecocide lawyer supports Buckfastleigh incinerator campaign

Polly Higgins and Charlie McConnell (BTT member and ex-director of Schumacher College) field questions

The Buckfastleigh campaign against the incinerator was visited by ecocide campaigning lawyer Polly Higgins

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Census finds a step decline in religion across Devon

Woodbury Church, Devon © Copyright David Smith and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

According to the latest census, the number of people who say they are religious is falling

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The Council Tax: Lord Jenkin warns of a new Poll Tax... and he should know

Devon Poll Tax

The omnishambles of the Coalition government is now resurrecting the spectre of Poll Tax

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Council Tax in South Devon: there may be trouble ahead...

Hammer smashing house

New council tax plans are set to hammer the poor again

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Ombudsman gets Teignbridge & Devon Councils to agree action over uncompleted road

Teignbridge and Devon Councils agree to sort out road for new housing estate

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More new houses for Teignbridge as chairman sways with casting vote

Tory chairman changes mind on the number of houses to be built in Teignbridge

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Teignbridge Council blows £3,000 on Olympic video

Jeremy Christophers

Teignbridge Conservative leader Jeremy Christophers got all ‘rock-star’ in his Olympic Flame video – no wonder, considering the price tag – but then he did get to meet Muse…

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Devon council's new housing policy is 'disincentive' to work

Newton Abbot, Forde House, Teignbridge

Do well in Teignbridge and you’re in danger of having your home snatched away if you live in social housing, under new rules from the ruling Tories… and it could spread throughout Devon

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Volunteers sought for Ipplepen Spring Clean

Ipplepen Rooftops

There’s a community spring clean planned for Ipplepen, and you can join in too!

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Community cycle scheme needs a home to house its bikes

Community bike project

A community cycle scheme in Teignbridge has been so successful it’s in need of somewhere for its donated bikes

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Teignmouth sets up its own Core Strategy after rejecting the one from Teignbridge

David Cox, Teignmouth mayor

Teignmouth Town Council have favoured affordable and social housing in its own Core Strategy plan after rejecting the one from Teignbridge District Council

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Teignbridge in the next 20 years?

A broken gate, Holcombe Down Road

Ever wondered what where you live would be like in 20 years’ time? Local Development Frameworks and Core Strategies do just that, and time’s running out to offer your tuppence on the Teignbridge version

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