Councillor Joan Lambert's Personal Blog

Welcome to my blog.†

My name is Joan Lambert, Teignbridge District Councillor and Kingsteignton Town Councillor. I am the Member for Kingsteignton West Ward in South Devon, which comprises the Parishes of Kingsteignton West and Teigngrace.

My committee membership within the District Council includes the Overview & Scrutiny and Development Control Committees and the Health and Safety Forum.

My responsibilities within the Parish Council include Works & Services/Planning and Finance. I have been School Governor of Rydon Primary School, Kingsteignton, since 1990.

The purpose of this site is to try and keep you informed about my role and provide you with information about developments in Teignbridge District Council and our local Ward Kingsteignton West.

I will clarify my responsibilities in future blogs...

Monday, 11 August 2008

Endangered Trees

This is a fact, there are more trees being uprooted, just to provide more space to build concrete jungles!

We are being told by this Government that we in Teignbridge need to put up 8,000 more houses, that is above the amount that we have already been tasked to do. Here in Kingsteignton mature trees have been felled, what did that do to the atmostphere? How much carbon was released in to the atmostphere? I have looked at the report from the government SWRA but I am not convinced at the methodology used.

Why do we expect people to leave the village or hamlet where they have lived all their lives? We need more village trusts, that will take up land for their own residents, young people growing, these properties would be kept in perpetuity, and not sold to outsiders.

Just, look around you and see how many homes are up for sale, I would like to know what you think, affordable what is that? This is a question I have asked many times in questionnaires that I have sent out.

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