East Devon has again shot itself in the foot. Each council has to have a variety of strategies in place in order to gain pull down funding for the provision of all sorts of things. included in these are the provision of sports and recreational facilities.
East Devon has for many years ignored the need to put better facilities in place to allow us the residents a fair chance to enjoy physical and leisure activities to keep up our health and fitness.they would much rather spend their time and our money setting up supermarkets and conducting false surveys about housing need that getting better leisure facilities of the blocks.
A golden opportunity has been lost to build on the Olympics no athletic facilities have either been set up or even improvements made to any existing sites. the same is happening with the Football World cup and will if not corrected swiftly similarly not happen with the rugby world cup that is now only 12 months away. East Devon has a big shortfall in pitches for all sports and still thay are pushing f0r the supermarket on the existing rugby ground in Exmouth This is a classic example of the folly that is EDDC There is no reason why there should not be more pitch provision all over the district after all the funds to provide them would be drawn down from Sport England although running costs would come home to EDDC or the hirers!
One clear and necessary need is for EDDC to consult with local sports governing bodies to set out a plan to deliver what is needed for the next 15/20 years.
I can say that EDDC are to investigate but so far have not broken the sound barrier in respect of the speed at which they will go about this
Read more about it with the usual council spin at this link
http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/playingpitchstrategy
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