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Talks with South Hams communities targeted in land grab
Herald Express
|June 11, 2025
CONVERSATIONS are taking place this month with South Hams town and parish councils that may be swallowed up by Plymouth City Council's expansion plans.
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As part of a series of engagement activities on the future of local government, Councillor Dan Thomas, the newly elected leader of South Hams District Council, is inviting all 13 of the councils affected by Plymouth's proposals to meet him to find out what matters to them. District councillors for the affected areas will also be involved.
As requested by Government, a joint outline proposal has been submitted on behalf of all the Devon District Councils, except Exeter. Known as the 1-4-5 plan, it proposes:
>> Retaining Plymouth unitary authority
This story is from the June 11, 2025 edition of Herald Express.
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