South Hams District Council have informed Dartmouth Town Council that there will be an election in the Clifton Ward on February 27th 2020 to elect a new Dartmouth Town Councillor. The deadline for nominations for the election will be the (Read more)
The NHS trust has revealed the plans for the new Health and Wellbeing Center in the overflow car park at the top of town. Residents are invioted to view those plans and comment on Monday the 16th December at the (Read more)
The County Council Parking survey results are in. If you really want to read them all then click below to download the results in PDF format. First I would warn you to get the supplies in as it is a (Read more)
THE DART PATIENTS ANNUAL MEMBERS MEETING SCHEDULED FOR 24TH SEPTEMBER HAS BEEN POSTPONED The PPG is sorry to have to cancel the Dart Patients annual members meeting at short notice owing to the last-minute unavailability of two key speakers. Most (Read more)
The text below is extracted from the South Hams District Councils website. I was informed about it by someone who had a flyer placed on their car windscreen in town. I am surprised to find no mention of this survey (Read more)
The Government has announced the short lists for the Future High Street Fund. They have also announced increased funding under the new PM Boris Johnson. The additional list of 50 more towns has also been announced: No town from the (Read more)
Last nights meeting of the DTC Health and Wellbeing group was well attended and you can follow the whole meeting below on a YouTube video made by John Walker. You will see that there were many stories about the hardship (Read more)
Our new Mayor Graham Webb has been interviewed by The Politics Show which will be shown on BBC 1, on Sunday 23rd of June at 11.00am. Graham was interviewed as part of a wider West Country feature on the rise of (Read more)
Dartmouth Town Council are holding a Councillor Cafe, where you can come and meet members of the council. It will be held on Tuesday 25th June 2019 from 16.30 – 18.30 in the Clifton Room at the Guildhall, Dartmouth. Members (Read more)
Below is a message from Cllr Ged Yardy inviting you all to a public meeting for the health and wellbeing group on Thursday the 27th June at 6pm – 7.30 pm A Public Meeting of the Dartmouth Community and stakeholders has (Read more)
Dartmouth Town Council gets a mention in today’s Guardian. The article is about a revolution going on in small towns around the country. This revolution is turning local politics into a participative process which involves the whole community, and not (Read more)
The Dart Music festival has just uploaded a new, brilliant video taken during the last Festival. I have to say it presents a fabulous impression of Dartmouth and the event in particular. To see the video click below: (Read more)
How did it go? It showed that the new Council is full of ideas and determined to make a difference to the town but needs the help of others to achieve their ambitions. The new Councillors are learning the processes (Read more)
At last nights Corporate Property committee meeting the proceedings were marred by a personal attack on Cllr Adam Edsall, who achieved the highest popular vote in the recent Town Council elections. Linda Goss who attended the meeting published the following (Read more)
At the first Council meeting attended by the newly elected Councillors they chose Graham Webb from the DIG group to be the Mayor of Dartmouth for the year. Sally Hibbert, also from the DIG group, was chosen to be Deputy (Read more)
The DIG group have succeeded in winning 11 out of the 16 seats on Dartmouth Town Council. In doing so they unseated some long standing Councillors who have served for many years such as Paul Allen, David Gent, Tony Fyson (Read more)
Two of the DIG candidates were interviewed on Waterwaves Radio this week. To hear their interviews click on the images below:
The Dartmouth Chronicle has published the full list of candidates for the Town Council election on Thursday 2nd May: Unfortunately the list does not tell you which ward each candidate is standing in: by Charley Adams – Dartmouth Chronicle @charleyad21 charley.adams@dartmouth-today.co.uk Dartmouth (Read more)
The DIG candidates held an open public meeting last night (15th April) at the Flavel church. The meeting was well attended and an open question and answer session stimulated debate on several important subjects. The need for more affordable housing, (Read more)
Over the next week or so, we will be featuring the personal profiles of the DIG 16. Hopefully they will give you more of an insight into what we are like. Also more importantly, what we hope to achieve if (Read more)
Today will see the launch of the Dartmouth Initiative Group. 16 Dartmouth residents who want to change the way the local Town Council works with the community. This their list of candidates announced today: Dartmouth Initiative Group DIG is delighted (Read more)
As a part of the Future High Street initiative by the Government they have declared this Saturday is High Street Saturday. They are encouraging people to shop in the independent and national shops on their own high street to try (Read more)
A representative of the Government Ministry responsible for this funding, Laura Hurley, Cities & Local Growth Unit, MHCLG , gave a detailed presentation on how to complete the application for this funding. During the Q&A session I asked how many (Read more)
The Heart of the West LEP is hosting a workshop on applying for the Future High Street Funding. I will be attending this workshop to gain a better understanding of how to apply for it. We will not succeed in (Read more)
This is extracted from Sarah Wollaston MP’s website: Personal Message to Constituents from Dr Sarah Wollaston With regret, I have decided to resign the Conservative Party whip. I am passionate about this constituency and proud to have been the first (Read more)
This article was posted on the South Hams Gazette website today. This meeting will probably be well attended so get their early if you want to attend: Public meeting with MP Sarah Wollaston Thursday, 7 February 2019 – by Charley Adams – Dartmouth Chronicle (Read more)
Thought that headline might get your attention! It is a popular hobby in Dartmouth to complain about the performance of our Town Council. My message to you is “You elected them!”. If you think you can do better then you (Read more)
Dartmouth Visitor Centre has unveiled an ambitious extension project that will bring together aspects of the town’s history and heritage in a building offering so much more for future generations. The exciting proposal will include display and exhibition space for (Read more)
The South West Tourism Alliance is seeking “evidence” and “support” for a campaign to fight for fairer Business Rates. If you read their letter below it explains the idea better than I can. You can help by completing their survey (Read more)
This is a post I have placed on our Facebook page this morning: Yesterday I attended a Town Centre Strategy meeting at South Hams District Council, Follaton House. We formed a group to discuss this issue monthly over the next (Read more)
At a recent meeting on the 24th January 12 business owners came together to support a campaign to apply for the Governments new £675M Future High Street Fund. The Government Launched this fund with this statement: This government is committed (Read more)
Today the Dartmouth Chronicle published an artciel in support of our initiative to apply for funding from the Governments Future High Street fund. This is extracted from their website: Click on the image to read the article. The Town (Read more)
The Government has just announced the Future High Street fund. With a budget of £675M this is available to towns that wish to invest in the infrastructure needed to re-invigorate our town center. If you run a business in Dartmouth, (Read more)
The government has announced funding of about £650 million pounds for the rejuvenation of our high streets. The question is will Dartmouth take advantage of this fund by applying through SHDC or DCC for support? What would we invest in (Read more)
Friday, 7 December 2018 – Business The Dartmouth Chronicle today posted an article announcing that Companies House had decided to strike off the Dartmouth & District Chamber of Trade and Business (see below). This means there is no longer an official organisation (Read more)
Last week I wrote to Dartmouth Town Council asking them to debate the threat to the towns economic welfare resulting from the declining visitor numbers reported weekly on this website. With regular measurements of around 30% decline, I am concerned (Read more)
At the last Town Council full meeting on the 5th November a decision was taken to abandon the project to create a Neighbourhood Plan. As recorded in the draft minutes of the meeting below: As a past member of the (Read more)
As many of you know Dartmouth Business News has been publishing footfall data for Dartmouth quay for over a year now. The data shows a sharp decline in visitor numbers walking along this central street. We have been challenged many (Read more)
After the food festival the measured reduction in footfall year on year was challenged by a committee member. We asked Springboard to verify the validity of the measurements and they have now responded. Their tests have shown that the footfall (Read more)
In order to help the Healthcare Action Group communicate with the community, Dartmouth Business News has created a simple website where people can keep up to date with progress in the ongoing negotiations being held with the CCG and Torbay (Read more)
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