The PC have received details of 2 planning applications within the parish.  Please click on the links below to view the applications and associated documents and to  comment if you wish.

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PARISH:                DUNCHIDEOCK WARD: Kenn Valley (02/05/2019)
REF:                       19/00668/FUL
LOCATION:         Greenacres  Belvedere Park Dunchideock Devon EX2 9TY
PROPOSAL:         Change of roof materials from concrete tiles to natural slate and extend existing front dormer
Web Link:            https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/planning/forms/planning-application-details/?Type=Application&Refval=19/00668/FUL&MN=Y
 
PARISH:                DUNCHIDEOCK WARD: Kenn Valley
REF:                       19/01358/CLDE
LOCATION:         Treetops Higher Ashton Devon EX6 7QZ
PROPOSAL:         Non-compliance with an agricultural occupancy condition attached to Treetops
Web Link:            https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/planning/forms/planning-application-details/?Type=Application&Refval=19/01358/CLDE&MN=Y

Dunchideock Parish Council has recently learned that BT are running a 90 day consultation to consider the removal of 27 telephone kiosks in the area; this includes the kiosk in our village on Blacksmiths Hill, from which no calls have been made in the past 12 months. 
 
The public are encouraged to submit their views to BT / Teignbridge District Council via the following web link:  https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/planning/forms/planning-application-details/?Type=Application&Refval=19/01367/CONSLT&MN=Y
 
The Parish Council would also like to hear your views in order to help them form a response to the consultation, as it is possible for the Parish Council to ‘adopt’ the box on behalf of the village.
 
You can email the Parish Clerk with your views, speak directly to one of our councillors, or come to an Extraordinary meeting of the PC on the 13th August where the matter will be discussed.

The PC has received the attached notice about a consultation it is holding for proposed changes to the Fire Service - the notice gives details of "Have Your Say" meetings throughout Devon.  Click here to view the notice.

If you would like or have garden waste removed through the kerbside scheme, see this notice on how to contact Teignbridge Council.  Click here.

The newly formed TCEAG are having a meeting for willing folk who want to be involved in the Teignbridge wide steering sub-group for the Teignbridge Climate Emergency Action Group (TCEAG).  This will be at 7.30pm on Friday 2nd August at the Ashton Village Hall (this is the green timber clad building on the main lane diagonally opposite The Great Barn, EX6 7QP if you are Googling it).

This will be a kick-off meeting to define the scope of what needs to be done and assign actions to those coming to the meeting.

Broadly, the purpose of the steering group could be:

• define and agree its terms of reference;
• provide a structure for everything that they do;
• make sure they communicate effectively with Teignbridge District Council, Town and Parish Councils and any other groups that want to work with them;
• apply for grants to help them achieve their aims and ensure that any money is used well and recorded accurately.

Themed sub-groups will also be set up - for example Housing and the Built Environment; Ecology & Water; Farming, Food & Forestry; Transport

Please let them know whether you can attend - if you can't come, but would like to be involved in follow-up steering sub-group meetings, please also let them know.


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Please see the attached notice from Teignbridge about a Satisfaction Survey that the Council have launched.

​Click here..

The Parish Council recently asked the Forestry Commission (FC) for free parking for local residents at Haldon Forest in view of the proposal to make roads around the forests an ‘Urban Clearway’. Once the Clearway is implemented there will be no roadside parking across much of the area.  The FC appreciates local residents this may inconvenience local people if they have previously parked on the roads here and also that many regular local users may not want to pay full parking charges.  Whilst the FC is unable to offer free parking, they pointed us to the FC Discovery Pass - known ‘Haldon Forest Park Membership - which allows unlimited access at Bullers Hill (as well as to the car park at Bellever on Dartmoor) for a fixed annual fee of £38.00.  We understand that if you time the application carefully you can get nearly 13 months cover, since as the pass runs until the end of the month in which you apply. The membership also provides a number of other benefits, including discounts in the café.

To find out more click the following link - https://boxoffice.forestryengland.uk/en-GB/memberships/haldon%20forest%20park%20membership/info

The Parish Council have received the attached notice from Devon Highways for a road closure between Windy Cross and Idestone Brook Cross between Wednesday 17 July and Sunday 21 July (both dates inclusive) between 0700 and 1900 hrs.  See the full notice here.