News

Carols on the green will be on Wednesday 21st December at 5.00pm with the Honiton Town Band. Mulled wine and bangers served.

Services

25th Christmas Day 11.00am Eucharist

In January 2023 our Christingle service will be on the 2nd Sunday 8th, it is hoped we will be making the Christingles on Saturday 7th in the Parish room at 2.30, it would be good to have some children to help with the assembly.

Address

Date

Dear Strategic Planning Policy Team,

EMERGING LOCAL PLAN PUBLIC CONSULTATION – OBJECTION TO ALLOCATION LP_Gitti_05

I/we am/are writing to register our objection to any residential development in allocation reference  LP_Gitti_05 as identified in the Emerging Local Plan consultation. The reasons for this objection are as follows:

• The detrimental impact development will have on the setting of Gittisham Village and its conservation area
• Development will have a detrimental visual impact to the AONB and on the setting of the AONB
• It is not appropriate to increase further residentially generated traffic and pedestrian movements through an industrial estate
• Additional traffic accessing Hayne Lane or the existing Hayne Farm development will be detrimental to vehicular and pedestrian safety
• Further pressure on already overstretched health, social and education services
• Highways, sewers and sewage treatment infrastructure already at capacity
• Distance from town centre, schools, health centre/hospital, train station and commercial centre will result in car travel resulting in an unsustainable development
• It is totally inappropriate and irresponsible to be showing a settlement boundary at this point in time

Yours faithfully,

Name.

Send to:

East Devon District Council

Strategic Planning (Emerging Local Plan Comments)

Blackdown House

Border Road

Heathpark Industrial Estate

HONITON

EX14 1EJ

                                                                                               

East Devon District Council is carrying out a public consultation on its draft Local Plan, which includes proposals to develop sites for residential housing within and close to Gittisham parish. The map below shows the proposals. [Please email if you require a large print version or if you have any other access requirements.]

Gitti_03 and Gitti_04 on the above plan are employment allocations which form part of the current EDDC Local Plan which was approved, following a Public Inquiry. The current emerging Local Plan rolls forward this Local Plan to cover the period 2020-2040.

LP_Gitti_05 and LP_Gitti_06 are new proposed residential allocations within the Parish.

The Honiton Strategic Policy (21) in the Consultation Draft states:
Land to the west of Hayne Lane (LP_Gitti_05) – The western parts of the site will form a medium scale residential development close to the existing urban edges of Honiton to accommodate around
100 new homes. The extent of the allocation is, however, still to be determined through follow (up)
work in 2023. The policies map currently shows all the site (Gitt_05) falling in the Settlement
Boundary but the expectation is that this boundary line will be subject to refinement to ultimately
include those easterly parts of the site that are determined to be appropriate for development and
exclude those areas that are determined to not be appropriate for development

LP_Gitti_06 – This land will form a small scale residential development close to the existing urban
edges of Honiton to accommodate around 31 new homes.

Gittisham Parish Council will be raising an objection to any development within the proposed
allocation LP_Gitti_05. The redevelopment of the redundant farm buildings at the former Hayne
Farm, LP_Gitti_06, is supported by the Parish Council.

The reasons for the PC objection to LP_Gitti_05 are:

• The detrimental impact development will have on the setting of Gittisham Village and its
• conservation area
• Development will have a detrimental visual impact to the Area of Outstanding Natural
• Beauty (AONB) and on the setting of the AONB
• It is not appropriate to increase further residentially generated traffic and pedestrian
• movements through an industrial estate
• Additional traffic accessing Hayne Lane or the existing Hayne Farm development will be
• detrimental to vehicular and pedestrian safety
• Further pressure on already overstretched health, social and education services
• Highways, sewers, sewage treatment and surface water infrastructure already at capacity
• Distance from town centre, schools, health centre/hospital, train station and commercial
• centre will result in car travel resulting in an unsustainable development
• It is totally inappropriate and irresponsible to be showing a settlement boundary at this
• point in time.

The Parish Council will also look at the allocation LP_HON_01 and will comment in due course.

If you agree with the Parish Council it is essential that EDDC understand the extent of parishioners’
concerns and you are encouraged to submit your representations quoting the LP reference to EDDC
in writing to:

Strategic Planning (Emerging Local Plan Comments), Blackdown House, Border Road, Heathpark
Industrial Estate, HONITON. EX14 1EJ
By email:
On-line at: https://eastdevonlocalplan.commonplace.is

For convenience a WORD draft letter of objection can be found on the Gittisham PC web site:
https://gittisham.org.uk . Use the News drop down.

In addition EDDC are holding a number of “drop in exhibitions” at locations around the District. The
exhibitions will be an opportunity for people to find out more about the Local Plan and speak to a
planning officer face to face.

Honiton – Beehive. Wednesday 7th December 3pm to 7pm
Feniton – Youth Centre Tuesday 13th December 3pm to 7pm

Your comments have to be received by 15th January 2023.

With an increasing number of dead or dying birds being reported on our coastline, East Devon District Council has set up a rapid response team to deal with this.

If you see a dead or dying bird, do not touch it as there are potential contamination issues. But please do report it. If you visit the EDDC website and type ‘bird flu’, it will take you to a page where you can report a dead animal. Put your information in, and this will go directly to a team on the ground who will collect it with the appropriate PPE.

Information correct at 18.09.2022

There will be a short special commemoration service to mark the death of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at the Lych Gate on Sunday 18th September at 11.00.

There will also be an opportunity to light candles and sign the condolence book in St Michael’s church afterwards.

21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022

It is with great sadness that we have learned the news of the passing of Her Majesty the Queen.

Gittisham Parish Council wishes to express its heartfelt sympathies to the Royal Family.

To allow people to pay their respects a book of condolence has been opened at St Michael’s Church, Gittisham. During the mourning period, the church will be open 10am-5pm every day. There is also an online book of condolence.

More information about services and local events will follow.

Thursday (21st July 2022) will be the first Gittisham Community Kitchen meal.  Free meal for all in the village hall every Thursday evening. Hall open from 6-9pm and food served at (hopefully) about 6.30pm. All welcome. Hope to see as many as possible for our first evening!
Spread the word, bring your neighbour, see you there.

Stagecoach has revised its bus timetable through Gittisham village, with effect from 31st July 2022.

The new times are as follows:

Towards Honiton: 0955, 1355, 1555, 1859

Towards Exeter: 0807, 0926, 1126, 1726.