District councillor
Cllr Dan Ledger
Strategic Planning Committee member; Cabinet member; Councillor for Seaton (Independent)
Independent councillor for Seaton on East Devon District Council (council records list service since 2019). Listed as a Strategic Planning Committee member in the meeting attendance records.
Where they stand
✗Against EXMO20Said at SPC on 8 July 2025 that EXMO20 'shouldn't have been included at the time', that this was the committee's fault, and asked officers for options to rectify it.
this isn't an ideal site and it shouldn't have been included at the timeStrategic Planning Committee, 8 July 2025 · 02:51:03 ▶ · meeting page · Says EXMO20 should not have been included; officers had advised against it.
this is the fault of the committee that we're in this position and we need to try and see what we can do to rectify itStrategic Planning Committee, 8 July 2025 · 02:51:41 ▶ · meeting page · Asked the committee to find a way to rectify the allocation.
Everything they said about EXMO20 at the meetings
12 passages from the council recordings, in date order. Each time stamp plays the recording at that moment.
Strategic Planning Committee, 11 September 2024 – morning session (1)
when we as we're moving forward with this process could we get some clarification from Devon highways on their proposed plans and what they just their plans generally what they plan to do with that with regards access to this site specifically02:06:50 ▶ · 2. Outstanding pieces of work (HRA, Air Quality Mitigation report, etc.) – especially dates and promises (257)
Strategic Planning Committee, 11 December 2024 – morning session (1)
so as part of this site wasn't originally allocated by or recommended to be allocated by officers and so that they didn't they didn't have time to do the additional work can I get assurances the the additional work has been done to all other allocated sites namely EXMO20 because that was previously wasn't proposed as being allocated by officers and we the committee have made that decision03:31:27 ▶ · B. Site selection: HELAA, officer advice and why EXMO20 was included (“justified”) (93)
Strategic Planning Committee, 8 July 2025 (6)
so uh limp 01 uh whim 08a uh whim 11 fen 08 artery 02 are all above average but they have under 35 comments and then you have EXMO20 which has 1100 which is significantly above average02:16:03 ▶ · I. Admissions (24)
uh limp 01 whim oaa whim 11 fen 08 Ottery 02 and EXMO2002:19:51 ▶ · I. Admissions (24)
I think all of the councillors on this committee have a fault in the matter that EXMO20 is where it is at the moment. I think most of the people in this room can attest and say yes this isn't an ideal site and it shouldn't have been included at the time. The officers themselves said it shouldn't be included. We as members have made that decision to push forward and we have to be accountable to the members of the public02:51:03 ▶ · 4. Councillors admitting EXMO20 should not have been allocated, or that allocating it was a mistake (30)
Now I would like to see Mr Freeman come back with extra detail on options available to this committee to get us out of this mess … but I think we all need to take it on our heads that this is our own faults that it's in this position right now and I'm more than happy to sit my hand up and speak to people and say this is the fault of the committee that we're in this position and we need to try and see what we can do to rectify it02:51:41 ▶ · 4. Councillors admitting EXMO20 should not have been allocated, or that allocating it was a mistake (30)
I think the the difference with EXMO20 is that it's not a recommendation from officers to move forward the site it wasn't even a secondary site in its entirety but then do we need to take another look at all of the sites that we put in against the advice of officers happy to recommend here along with the recommendations02:52:21 ▶ · 4. Councillors admitting EXMO20 should not have been allocated, or that allocating it was a mistake (30)
So it will state that these areas are as follows, the water cycle study, CCMAs, duty to cooperate, wind energy areas, and the sites LIMP01, WIMP08A, WIMP11, FENI08, Ottery20, Exmouth15, EXMO20, and any further sites that officers feel that should be brought back.03:03:13 ▶ · I. Admissions (24)
Strategic Planning Committee, 25 November 2025 – morning session (2)
on the air quality mitigation strategy when is recommendation two listed on page 29 going to be completed because obviously that has an effect on recommendation four that we're bringing through01:17:25 ▶ · 2. Outstanding pieces of work (HRA, Air Quality Mitigation report, etc.) – especially dates and promises (257)
the reason I ask is if two doesn't happen before the submission of next year then there are obviously recommendation says that there would have to be amendments made to the plan and so if that's not done in a timely manner then recommendation for it's going to lead to a delay in the overall plan being submitted01:18:24 ▶ · 2. Outstanding pieces of work (HRA, Air Quality Mitigation report, etc.) – especially dates and promises (257)
Strategic Planning Committee, 5 May 2026 (1)
with regard to our affordability ratio it's uh last year it was up at 9.88 it's now gone down to 9.52 what material difference does that make to our total local housing need01:10:56 ▶ · E. Housing numbers: need, headroom and buffers (59)
Strategic Planning Committee, 22 September 2026 (1)
is it possible that we are sent it as soon as possible so that we can actually scrutinize it ahead of time because the actual volume that I'm expecting to receive it's going to be very difficult if that's only received one week before an actual committee meeting so can we just have a commitment to that can it also be put on our website as well early enough so that members of the public can accurately scrutinize it as well02:29:04 ▶ · 2. Outstanding pieces of work (HRA, Air Quality Mitigation report, etc.) – especially dates and promises (257)
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