District councillor
Cllr Paula Fernley
Strategic Planning Committee member; Councillor for Broadclyst (Green Party)
Green Party councillor for Broadclyst on East Devon District Council (council records list a term from 2023). Listed as a Strategic Planning Committee member in the meeting attendance records.
Where they stand
?Position not clearRaised concern on 8 July 2025 that evidence was arriving after decisions had been made, and on 22 September 2026 asked how many EXMO20-sized sites a new plan would need, without stating a view on the allocation.
all this information has got to suddenly be squirreled into this report at what seems like the 11th hour having already made all of these decisionsStrategic Planning Committee, 8 July 2025 · 02:01:37 ▶ · meeting page · Concern about late evidence; no position stated on EXMO20.
how many equivalent areas of EXMO20 would we have to add into a plan if this plan didn't work or we didn't submit?Strategic Planning Committee, 22 September 2026 · 02:24:32 ▶ · meeting page · Used EXMO20 as a yardstick in a question.
Everything they said about EXMO20 at the meetings
7 passages from the council recordings, in date order. Each time stamp plays the recording at that moment.
Strategic Planning Committee, 11 December 2024 – morning session (1)
I feel a bit uncomfortable about signing off plans where we haven't got numbers in so sp04 um the the site's allocated in this plan not at new communities and it said xxx hectares02:08:14 ▶ · 2. Outstanding pieces of work (HRA, Air Quality Mitigation report, etc.) – especially dates and promises (257)
Strategic Planning Committee, 4 February 2025 (1)
present um and again lots of lobbying for EXMO20. no declarations otherwise00:08:51 ▶ · I. Admissions (24)
Strategic Planning Committee, 8 July 2025 (1)
this concerns me when you read the report the volume of information that we don't appear to have it seems quite overwhelming that all this information has got to suddenly be squirreled into this report at what seems like the 11th hour having already made all of these decisions02:01:37 ▶ · 2. Outstanding pieces of work (HRA, Air Quality Mitigation report, etc.) – especially dates and promises (257)
Strategic Planning Committee, 2 September 2025 – morning session (1)
Are we not running out of time for the answers to these, to make decisions?02:30:04 ▶ · 2. Outstanding pieces of work (HRA, Air Quality Mitigation report, etc.) – especially dates and promises (257)
Strategic Planning Committee, 25 November 2025 – morning session (1)
we talk about the water cycle study that more work needs to be done on it how are we going to contribute to that01:06:22 ▶ · 2. Outstanding pieces of work (HRA, Air Quality Mitigation report, etc.) – especially dates and promises (257)
Strategic Planning Committee, 3 March 2026 – morning session (1)
Present and received lobbying emails. … Eczema.00:10:30 ▶ · I. Admissions (24)
Strategic Planning Committee, 22 September 2026 (1)
But what concerns me is when the report talks about not submitting the plan or the plan failing, and how many equivalent areas of EXMO20 would we have to add into a plan if this plan didn't work or we didn't submit?02:24:32 ▶ · I. Admissions (24)
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