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Sidmouth seafront pictured from Connaught Gardens. Photo: East Devon News.

Sidmouth faces more than a year of waiting before work starts on town’s coastal defences

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By on East Devon, News, Sidmouth

Protecting Sidmouth from the sea is at least a year away after the district council announced the detailed planning stage of the town’s coastal defence work will not be completed until autumn 2027. East Devon District Council (EDDC) this week revealed it had picked a contractor for the town’s £21million coastal defence work. EDDC hoped the first stage of detailed design and further technical work would be completed in autumn 2027. The contract has gone to a Hampshire-based firm to carry out the design and delivery of shoring up Sidmouth seafront and East Beach from rising sea levels. The district…

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The proposed outline planning application is for up to 2,000 homes, on land between Crealy and Clyst St George, in East Devon. Image: EDDC/The Environmental Division Partnership.

Developer submits plans for new East Devon ‘village’ of up to 2,000 homes near Crealy and Clyst St George

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By on East Devon, Exeter, News, Sidmouth

Plans for a mass development of up to 2,000 new homes on land in East Devon, near Crealy and Clyst St George, have been submitted to the district council. Called Clyst Village, the proposed site falls outside the district’s agreed Local Plan development area and is away from the authority’s hoped-for new town of Marlcombe for 25,000 residents – anticipated  to be built on land between the A30 and A3052, east of Westpoint. Applicant Stuart Partners Ltd has submitted an outline planning application for up to 2,000 homes, park and bus change and mobility hub, primary school, public open space,…

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Stanley the XL Bully dog thinks he is a lapdog, but takes up. out of the sofa. Photos: with permission.

‘He’s a big dope, I wouldn’t have him any other way’ – East Devon XL Bully dog owner says the banned breed is paws-itively the best

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By on East Devon, Editor's Choice, News, Newton Poppleford, Sidmouth

An East Devon owner of a ‘dangerous’ XL Bully dog, adopted from the RSPCA, has given an insight into daily life living with the banned breed. Georgie Ashton, aged 38, from Newton Poppleford, in East Devon, adopted two-year-old Stanley from the RSCPA Little Valley Animal Shelter near Exeter as a puppy after he was born in police kennels when cops seized his mum. Georgie said it was a nail-biting wait to learn from the court if she could keep Stanley, adding it was a ‘huge relief’ to learn the pup could stay. The court warned the dog would be destroyed…

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The former council house at The Byes, in Sidmouth, has been sold by EDDC four years after it was fully refurbished by the authority.Photo: Clive Emson Auctioneers.

Authority refuses to reveal renovation costs of unique Sidmouth council house sold at auction

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By on East Devon, Exclusive, News, Property, Sidmouth

A landmark one-of-a-kind council house in Sidmouth has gone under the hammer four years after it was fully renovated using taxpayer cash. The Byes Toll House this month sold at auction for £100,000, after East Devon District Council (EDDC) said the Grade II listed building had ‘proven unsuitable for continued use as social housing’. EDDC said the decision to sell the historic toll house followed a review of its housing assets, saying it had a ‘responsibility to manage public resources carefully’. It said funds from the sale would be used to improve council homes, or in the development or purchase…

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News in brief from East Devon. Photos: with permission.

Community news in-brief from East Devon

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By on Beer, Colyton, Colyton, East Devon, Exmouth, Honiton, News, Ottery St Mary, Seaton, Sidmouth

Community news in-brief from East Devon, photos, what’s on from across the district. Email your community news to newsdesk@eastdevonnews.co.uk Sidmouth Firefighters this week tackled a blaze on Fire Beacon Hill after flames spread from a barbecue lit in the woods. Crews from Sidmouth, Ottery St Mary and Seaton fire stations had to carry firefighting equipment over a long distance, and find water, as the blaze was in remote location. Firefighters said the blaze was caused by a barbecue lit on wooden decking in the woods, where flames spread to the structure and woodland. A Sidmouth fire station spokesperson said: “The…

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The Class of 2026: Students from Sidmouth College and Cranbrook Education Campus celebrated their prom nights. Photos:Kyle Baker Photography/Gabriela Sánchez Martínez.

PHOTOS: Sidmouth and Cranbrook Class of 2026 have a ball at proms in East Devon

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By on Cranbrook, East Devon, Editor's Choice, News, Sidmouth

East Devon Class of 2026 students laughed and danced the night away with friends amid a glitzy evening of prom celebrations to mark the end of school life. Year 11 school leavers from Sidmouth College had a ball when the red carpet was rolled out for a night of fun at Woodbury Park. Cranbrook Education Campus students at Winslade Manor made lasting memories as the students partied together for the final time. The Sidmouth youngsters dreamed up a host of imaginative ideas for transport to the party, riding horses, motorbikes, or getting lifts in vintage cars, trucks and tractors. Alex…

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Newton Poppleford currently has one pedestrian crossing. Image: Google Street View.

‘It beggars belief that things have taken so long’ – County road chiefs are accused of dawdling over East Devon village crossing concerns

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By on East Devon, News, Newton Poppleford, Sidmouth

County road chiefs are accused of dragging their feet over calls for a pedestrian crossing on a main route through an East Devon village. Frustration has been aired about the protracted analysis over a possible pedestrian crossing for an East Devon village that its residents believe is long overdue, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. Members of a committee that deals with traffic-related issues heard that work was continuing to see whether there was need for a pedestrian crossing in Newton Poppleford. The village is well-used thoroughfare for drivers because it is dissected by the A3052, which connects Exeter with…

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The Government's political shake-up will spell the end of East Devon District Council and Devon County Council. Image: DCC.

Councils’ shake-up announced by government – what it will mean for East Devon and Exeter

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By on Axminster, Beer, Branscombe, Budleigh Salterton, Colyton, Colyton, Cranbrook, East Devon, Exeter, Exmouth, Honiton, News, Newton Poppleford, Ottery St Mary, Seaton, Sidbury, Sidford, Sidmouth

Devon’s most significant political shake-up for half a century was on Thursday (July 16) announced by the government leading to changes that will result in the end of East Devon District Council and Devon County Council, and more power for Exeter as the authority expands. The Government revealed its decision on the future structure of local government in Devon, confirming four unitary authorities will be created by local government reorganisation for the county. The changes mean a host of councils will be abolished and fewer but larger versions created in their place, with some of the newer councils taking on critical services…

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News in brief from East Devon. Photos: with permission. Left, bottom: Steve Haywood.

Community news in-brief from East Devon

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By on East Devon, Exmouth, Honiton, News, Sidmouth, What's On, What's on in East Devon, What's on in Sidmouth

Community news in-brief from East Devon, photos, what’s on from across the district. Email your community news to newsdesk@eastdevonnews.co.uk Topsham The annual Nello cycle ride, starting and finishing in Topsham, raised more than £82,000 for cancer charity, FORCE. Some 1,265 riders tackled 100-mile or 60-mile route through the Devon countryside, and into Somerset. The Nello, annually held on the last Sunday in June, is in memory of Topsham restaurateur Nello Ghezzo, who in 1997 with his friend Marc Millon cycled from the town to St Mark’s Square in Venice to raise money for FORCE. When Nello died of cancer in…

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News in brief from East Devon. Photos: with permission.

Community news in-brief from East Devon

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By on Beer, Branscombe, Budleigh Salterton, Cranbrook, East Devon, Exeter, Exmouth, News, Sidmouth

Community news in-brief and photos from East Devon. Email your community, town and village news, what’s-on, to newsdesk@eastdevonnews.co.uk Cranbrook Young green-fingered pupils at Cranbrook Education Campus got stuck into their new garden project, after Tesco and Otter Garden Centres donated plants, bulbs, seeds and compost. Stephen Farmer, Cranbrook Education Campus head, said: “It has been a joy to see our children so engaged in this project from the very beginning. The garden is already bringing learning to life in such a hands-on way, and we are excited to see it continue to grow.” Sidmouth A kayaker reported missing near Branscombe…

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