District councillor
Cllr Helen Parr
Strategic Planning Committee member; Councillor for Coly Valley (Conservative)
Conservative councillor for Coly Valley on East Devon District Council (council records list service since 2015). Listed as a Strategic Planning Committee member in the meeting attendance records.
Where they stand
?Position not clearAbstained, by name in the minutes, on publishing the whole Regulation 19 plan on 4 February 2025, and raised concerns about the accuracy of site reports; did not state a view on EXMO20.
10 Committee Members voted in support, Councillor Jess Bailey voted against, and Councillor Helen Parr abstained from the vote.Official minutes, SPC 4 February 2025 · minutes (PDF) · play the moment ▶
completely undermines my faith in the reports and I hope other reports are not inaccurate in this wayStrategic Planning Committee, 3 September 2024 (morning) · 01:10:13 ▶ · meeting page · Concern about report accuracy (another site); not about EXMO20.
Everything they said about EXMO20 at the meetings
3 passages from the council recordings, in date order. Each time stamp plays the recording at that moment.
Strategic Planning Committee, 3 September 2024 – morning session (2)
well I must say I found this report totally confusing because … completely undermines my faith in the reports and I hope other reports are not inaccurate in this way01:10:13 ▶ · I. Admissions (24)
this site is in coastal protection area and I'm reading the technical report and it says under other constraints there are no other significant constraints identified so what are constraints why doesn't it say coastal protection area is a constraint … I think we can take that point away for future reports in terms of making it clear in writing for absolute clarity whether these are in the green wedge the coastal protection areas or the national02:20:56 ▶ · B. Site selection: HELAA, officer advice and why EXMO20 was included (“justified”) (93)
Strategic Planning Committee, 3 March 2026 – morning session (1)
is there any indication about the um technical work that's being done how how much longer is it going to take00:39:03 ▶ · 2. Outstanding pieces of work (HRA, Air Quality Mitigation report, etc.) – especially dates and promises (257)
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