South Hams council leader Julian Brazil (Lib Dem, Stokenham) said: “We are not all going to agree about it, but we are striving to make the Freeport the best it can be, and make it deliver what we want it to deliver for our residents in the South Hams.
People in the South Hams have been promised they will not be left out of pocket by the much-vaunted Plymouth and South Devon Freeport project. The Freeport will pay for itself in the business rates it collects from new enterprises starting up in the di…
Image: Red Air Drones Aerial Media LTD for Plymouth and South Devon Freeport
Some concerned about finances
People in the South Hams have been promised they will not be left out of pocket by the much-vaunted Plymouth and South Devon Freeport project.
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At the SHDC meeting, South Hams’ councillors were asked to agree to a long list of measures to support the project, but Green representatives Georgina Allen (Totnes) and Jacqi Hodgson (Dartington and Staverton) asked for assurances that if the freeport…
At the SHDC meeting, South Hams’ councillors were asked to agree to a long list of measures to support the project, but Green representatives Georgina Allen (Totnes) and Jacqi Hodgson (Dartington and Staverton) asked for assurances that if the freeport…
South Hams resident Jim Funnell, who has closely been following the project’s progress, as well as being on the panel of a recent talk in Totnes on the Devon Freeport, gave a scathing assessment of the report, saying it had not taken into account all t…
Plymouth Hoe (image courtesy: Robert Pittman:Creative Commons)
‘It’s all about getting the best for our residents’
A tax-busting ‘freeport’ could create 3,500 new jobs across Plymouth and South Devon, councillors have been told.
Plymouth is one of eig…
Wales & The West and Saffie Osborne[1] lead the way in the William Hill[2] Racing League, after a dramatic evening that saw fire engines called to Chepstow[3] on night two of the competition.
London & The South took maximum points in the first race as …
An investigation is to be launched following a massive fire which broke out overnight in Plymouth. Fire crews from across the region were sent to the scene of the blaze near the A38[1] at Marsh Mills just before 11pm on Sunday night.
The fire broke out…
It’s the end of the working week and as the weekend edges ever closer, roads across the county are set to fill up. There are reports of some delays across Devon due to roadworks and crashes.
The A38 is currently shut at Ashburton due to a collision inv…
Six days a week magistrates and District Judges sit in judgement of people brought before them for a variety of offences. The cases can be recent – particularly for those arrested and charged to appear at court from police custody – or quite old. This …