{"id":908,"date":"2018-05-16T18:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workingwithgold.org.uk\/?p=908"},"modified":"2018-05-30T22:24:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T21:24:34","slug":"planning-applications-and-imagining-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/wwg\/planning-applications-and-imagining-alternatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning applications and imagining alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

There doesn’t seem to be a week goes by without the announcement of a proposed development in St Loyes, or that will affect St Loyes. At the moment I can think of the following, at various stages of approval:<\/p>\n

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  1. McCarthy & Stone off Russell Way near Tesco – DevonLive 13 Mar 2018<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Retail on the Tesco car park overflow – DevonLive 12 Feb 2018<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. More retail at Moor Exchange off Honiton Road, just outside the ward – DevonLive 30 Jan 2018<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Retail on the north end of the Police headquarters at Middlemoor – DevonLive 16 Feb 2018<\/a> and 15 May 2018<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Yet more retail on the Western Power Distribution sites off Honiton Road – DevonLive 6 Mar 2018<\/a> (handy map of 3-5) and 28 Mar 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    But what do we really<\/em> want to see on our doorsteps? Green spaces are great for our mental health. So how can we keep and cherish the pockets of green left in St Loyes?<\/p>\n