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The Redrow Homes Planning Application 21/00454/MARM to build 162 homes and associated infrasructure in the Tiverton Eastern Urban Extension was finally approved by the MDDC Plaaning Committee on January 19th, 2022, with additional conditions,. For full details of this contentious application, please see the Recent News Page.
Please see the Applications, Consultations and Responses Page for the latest important developments for the Tiverton Neighbourhood Plan, which has been submitted to Mid Devon District Council and has now reached the Publicity stage. You are strongly encouraged to write in with your comments during the current Consultation Stage, which runs until Friday, February 18th.
Bevan Ashford have closed their offices in Gotham House, one of Tiverton’s finest buildings, which was built in 1739 and is listed Grade 2*. We share concerns about the future of the building and hope that a responsible new owner or tenant can be found. For more information about this Gotham House please see the Listed Buildings and Scheduled Ancient Monuments Page.
Former Police Station Appeal Refused! The Planning Inspector concludes that ‘I consider that the cumulative harm from the proposal should be attributed moderate weight and the benefits of the scheme limited weight. It follows that the benefits would not outweigh the
identified harm. For the reasons given above, I conclude that the scheme would not comply
with the development plan when considered as a whole and there are no
material considerations that outweigh the identified harm and associated
development plan conflict. I therefore conclude that the appeal should be
dismissed and planning permission refused’. (See Recent News Page).
‘Demolition is not efficient or desirable for many reasons, so the challenge is how we upgrade, how we refit’. (Cam 94, 2021).
‘ It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the armosphere, ocean and land. Widespread and rapid change in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have arrived’. (IPCC 2021).
The Redrow Homes application to build 164 Homes in the TEUE has again been deferred by the Planning Committee, who feel that many questions raised at the meeting on July 28th have still not been satisfactorily resolved. (See the Recent News Page). The application will be discussed for a third time during a Special Planning Committee Meeting on Wednesday, January 19th at 2.30 pm
COP26. ‘WHAT’S NOW AT STAKE IS LITERALLY EVERYTHING. HOPE IS ETERNAL BUT TIME IS NOT. ‘ (FT)
A planning application for an extension to Hartnoll Business Park and a development of up to 150 new houses at Hartnoll Farm has been submitted by Waddeton Park Ltd. Full details will be posted on the Applications, Consultations and Responses Page.
Two highly controversial Planning Applications were on the Agenda of the MDDC Planning Committee on June 23rd: 20/00128/MFUL for 86 houses at Braid Park; and: 20/01774/MOUT for 191 houses at Tidcombe Hall. Please see the Recent News Page for more detail. The Planning Officers recommended refusal of the Tidcombe Application, and the granting of Planning Permission, with conditions, of the Braid Park application. During the Planning Meeting on June 23rd the Tidcombe Hall application was unanimously refused planning permission. The Braid Park application was passed.
‘Meanwhile, in the outskirts of town, all of the fields are now filled with identi homes that appear to have been pushed out of a plane as it flew overhead‘ (Jeremy Clarkson, writing about his home town, Chipping Norton, in the Sunday Times on May 16th). This could equally well apply to Tiverton, where the design of recent and planned housing developments shows minimal local distinctiveness!
CPRE Devon reveals that Mid Devon has, when compared to government targets, ‘over-delivered new houses by 76%, 19% and 28% over the past three years (average 39%), and by 30% overall over the past five years (473 excess houses).
Please see the Recent News Page for information concerning the Anaerobic Digester problem and the Fly-Tipping ‘epidemic’.
Please see the Applications, Consultations and Responses Page for news about The National Model Design Code Consultation.
The revised TrailTale app entry for Tiverton, developed with the assistance of this society, is now available. The app can be downloaded onto mobile phones free, and the entry for Tiverton can be found under ‘Guided Walks’.
Please see the Consultations, Applications and Responses Page for details of the government’s consultation on the expansion of Permitted Development Rights. These are a particular concern because of the potentially negative effects on town centre conservation areas. Our response can also be accessed on that page.
Please see the Applications, Consultations and Responses Page for the latest news about the Tiverton Neighbourhood Plan and the consultation for which responses are sought in October.
Please see the Recent News Page for information about the Government’s new planning system reforms ‘Planning for the Future’, and widespread concerns about their likely effects.
Tiverton Civic Society supports the view that we should all, both individually and collectively, urgently act to combat the causes of climatic change. Predicted global effects of increasing average temperatures are: 0.5°C safety 1.3°C irreversible feedbacks (now) 1.5°C severe danger 2°C extreme danger 2.5°C approaching hell 3°C horror 3.5°C death of organised society 4°C human survival in doubt 5°C extinction possible 6°C extinction likely 7°C current trajectory

Our new, revised, Merchants’ Trail leaflet is now available in the Tiverton Museum. Many thanks to Tiverton Town Council who provided the bulk of the funding._Merchant Trail leaflet ARTWORK 2018
Please see the Recent News Page for our statement about the new data protection regulations and for our Privacy Statement.
Many thanks to Jo Mortimer, the distinguished Tiverton artist, for permitting us to use some of her paintings on this website. These emphasise and enhance the attractiveness of many of our buildings and townscapes. See the Listed Buildings and Scheduled Ancient Monuments Page and the Links Page.
As a result of a contribution by this Society Historic England have highlighted Tiverton Conservation Area as one of six examples of ‘amazing conservation areas’ in England. Please see the Recent News and the Conservation Areas Pages.

Opposition to new developments is 'chiefly a cri de coeur against the second-rate, the environmentally damaging and the bland. Instead of new housing that people want, we have a soulless monoculture'.Richrad Bacon M.P.

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