“promoting a sustainable community for Kingsteignton and respect for its residents both present and future” Notice Board - May 2012 MORE PLANNING Do you live in the Sandygate or Furze Cap Area? DCC/3154/2010 -  the proposal by Sibelco to realign  the B3193 Chudleigh Road which may well bring more  traffic and adverse environmental conditions right to  your doorstep, was agreed by DCC Planners on  Wednesday, 9th September. Officers recommended Approval subject to conditions. See here for details. The idea was first mentioned in an application to  Devon County as Minerals Authority some years ago.  Permission has also been sought to increase the  height of Whitepit Tip by a further 10 metres. Click here to see the revised junction layout  incorporating a roundabout. Any resident is permitted to make a comment on planning applications appearing on the Teignbridge Planning website. Teignbridge District Council Devon County Council Click the CASE NUMBER to link through to details. Teignbridge Proposed Core Strategy Consultation Housing Numbers Reduced Following an independent review of the data, Teignbridge planners are reducing the estimate of number of houses required in the  next 20 years by about 2,000.    Opinion Research Services estimate that the number would be closer to 12,400, a level which is comparable to that of the 1990’s.  The draft ORS report was due to be considered by both the Housing Numbers Review Group and the Executive at a joint meeting  on 27^th March. However, the Mid Devon Advertiser of 27th April is now reporting the requirement could be as low as 5,000 to 8,000.    These figures will make a huge difference to proposed development in the core strategy presently under consideration.  Meanwhile, planners are considering the 7,000 or so responses received and a revised Core Strategy document will be prepared  by July 2012, two months later than originally planned. There will then be a final chance to comment before the plan comes  into force early next year.    The strategy will replace many of the area's existing planning policies and long term proposals originally published in the  Teignbridge Local Plan, which was adopted in 1996 and is now increasingly out of date.    To link to the page on the Teignbridge website click here. Kingsteignton is covered in Chapter 6, the “Heart of Teignbridge”, and as  such is packaged with Kingskerswell and Newton Abbot.   Permanent and Expanded Composting on Your Doorstep Viridor are seeking to make permanent and extend the composting facilities at the Heathfield Tip site just outside Kingsteignton town at Fosterville. You can see full details of the application numbered DCC/3009/2010 on the Devon County website. Following the EIA scoping report of September 2010, The Environmental Statement has just been added and consultation on the application is now ‘live’ again. The statement is also available in hard-copy for viewing at the Kingsteignton Town Council office, the Community Centre in Rydon Road. Please make your views known by contacting the case officer, Mike Deaton, at County Hall, Exeter, telephone (01392) 382130. Why should you be concerned? Click here to see. It is essential that any odours from the site are still recorded to ensure that the composting activity is properly constructed and regulated. Don’t forget to report any strange odours in Kingsteignton, however slight, to the Environment Agency 24 hour Incident Line 0800 80 70 60 The Town Council is also collating details. Please also advise them of your report on 01626 364089 Recent Planning Applications Granted  11/00960/MAJ  change of use of Abbrook sawmill site  to playing fields With the passage of time it’s easy to forget the extent  of development already agreed for Kingsteignton.  Listed below are some of the most significant ones.  07/02886/MAJ open space sports and recreation  development on land to the west of Old Exeter Road  09/01655/MAJ residential development on land to  east of Old Exeter Road, Newcross  08/01363/MAJ  Broadway Road to Greenhill Way link  road including demolition of 17-20 Homers Crescent 08/01377/MAJ residential development west of  Homers Lane  08/01376/MAJ  development of land for employment  at Rackerhayes/Zitherixon  Click the CASE NUMBER to link through to details.  Consolidated Planning Application - Broadway and Denistone Quarries Sibelco are currently working up an application to consolidate two existing permissions to enable more efficient  working at their sites to the west of Old Exeter Road which would include diverting the course of the Ugbrooke  Stream.  The application proposes the coalescence and deepening of Denistone and Broadway quarries which are  presently subject to Application 05/4362/2002 dated 3rd August 2003 and Application 99/2081/01/9/DCC  respectively. The sites are immediately adjacent to the proposed sports complex already agreed (07/02886/MAJ) and across  the road from the proposed Newcross housing development (09/01655/MAJ). Follow us Welcome to our website! Here we aim to keep Kingsteignton residents, and anyone else who is interested, fully informed about things which are going on in their locality. We concentrate on planning matters in particular but also include anything else in general which we feel needs an airing. There is currently so much happening and we realise that it is not easy to keep up. So click-through links are given to further details which are elsewhere on the internet. The site also provides some background to KREAG and some history of the area. The ideas in the Core Strategy have been brought together through community involvement following on from a survey that was  conducted in 2007. A Community Plan document was produced in 2010 and has been taken forward by a local group, the  Kingsteignton Community Plan Implementation Group, supported by Teignbridge DC. You can see the local suggestions produced  at the drop-ins and workshops on the Teignbridge website by clicking here.     INDEX - Please click on the suject to read more. Plans for Kingsteignton Town Centre - See the proposals from Teignbridge planners - 17th May Devon Waste Plan Consultation - Have your say - 17th May “Penns Mount” - Plans for building revealed - Update 18th April Teignbridge Core Strategy Consultation - Figures Updated - Updated 8th May Viridor application for permanent composting facility at Heathfield Tip - Update 24th April,    Why Kingsteignton residents should be concerned  Sibelco intends to re-work Broadway and Denistone quarries - see where this is Realignment of B3193 between Kingsteignton and John Acres Lane - now agreed Housing and industrial development agreed for Kingsteignton - see where See it all on a map Are you not clear about all the planning things going on? Click here to check out our Google maps. See more easily what’s happening in Kingsteignton See it on a map Plans and diagrams of the above can be found here Plans for Building on “Penns Mount” Revealed Exeter based developer Eagle One Homes wants to cover the above green field, seen here from the A381 Teignmouth road, with “up to 250 high quality” houses. They aim to get outline planning permission from Teignbridge by September this year, before the Core Strategy is adopted.  Local feeling is that this area should remain green. However, at the drop-in event held on the 16th April, the developers felt confident they would secure planning permission from Teignbridge who have given their support for development from day-one of the negotiations. These plans are in addition to the permissions already granted for up to 77 houses on the other side of Penns Mount nursing home, which is just visible at the top of the hill. It is interesting to compare the proposals with the Teignbridge Urban Fringe Study for Kingsteigntonwhere which considered  the area ‘sensitive’ to development, being designated as a Site of Local Amenity Importance. Does Teignbridge now consider it  ‘has the potential to provide a high quality residential environment’, as stated in the Core Strategy consultation document?     Pictured here from Hackney Lane, Penns Mount was built as a private residence in 1925 at the top of the hill. The land had formed part of the much larger Greenhill Estate which dates back over 200 years. The extent and importance of the estate can be gauged on the map here. The building is now run as a residential care home. Greenhills House, seen here from the A383 Greenhill Way, is now also a residential care home run by the Guiness Trust. The historic significance of this area is important to the heritage of Kingsteignton. This, together with the visual amenity it affords, deserves protection for future generations to value and enjoy.  If you have any information that could be used to help the case for protection of the Green Hill, please e-mail us. kreag@live.co.uk Charted here are the number of complaints received per month by the Environment Agency since November last year 11/11 12/11 1/12 2/12 3/12 10 5 4/12 Plans for the centre of Kingsteignton Teignbridge DC has been working with members of the local community and consultants to assess the feasibility of creating a town centre for Kingsteignton. There is to be an exhibition of the draft proposals on  Saturday 26th May at the United Reformed Church, Church Street 9.30 am to 12.30 pm You can then view a display at the library until the 8th June. Please attend and make your views known. Details here. Devon Waste Plan - Consultation Devon County Council is required to identify a planning strategy for the sorting, recycling and disposal of waste in an environmentally friendly way over the next 20 years to reduce the reliance on landfill.  As a result, the County Council is currently producing the Devon Waste Plan. A consultation on the Issues and Options of the Waste Core Strategy was held during the summer of 2011 which has informed the development of the Waste Plan to this point. As part of the development of the Devon Waste Plan, the County Council is holding a twelve week consultation from Friday 11th May to Friday 3rd August.  The focus of the consultation is a report outlining a waste planning strategy, a number of draft site options for different types of future waste development and draft planning policies.  A Waste Planning Exhibition being held at Community Hall, Rydon Road, Kingsteignton on 23 July, 2012 4pm-8pm The Consultation Document, consultation questionnaire and further information will be available during the consultation at: www.devon.gov.uk/wastecorestrategy