District councillor
Cllr Yehudi Levine
Strategic Planning Committee member; Councillor for Dunkeswell and Otterhead (Liberal Democrats)
Liberal Democrat councillor for Dunkeswell and Otterhead 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
✓For EXMO20Seconded Cllr Davey's proposal on 2 September 2025 to accept the officer recommendations keeping all Exmouth sites, including EXMO20, saying he would support the motion.
so in my philosophy I would support the motionStrategic Planning Committee, 2 September 2025 (morning) · 01:54:39 ▶ · meeting page · Supported the motion to keep the Exmouth sites, including EXMO20.
Councillor Davey' proposal, seconded by Councillor Levine, is to accept all of officers' recommendations in the Exmouth section of this reportStrategic Planning Committee, 2 September 2025 (morning) · 02:03:41 ▶ · meeting page · Chair confirms he seconded the motion before the 9–1–2 vote.
it's a question of either satisfying the few people in Exmouth and the thousands more peopleStrategic Planning Committee, 2 September 2025 (morning) · 01:54:22 ▶ · meeting page · Gave his reason: weighing Exmouth objectors against more homes elsewhere.
Everything they said about EXMO20 at the meetings
5 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 (1)
So, unfortunately, because our hands are tied and we've got to find 20,000-owned houses for this district, I have to support the development of this site.02:10:23 ▶ · The council’s answers (rebuttals) – what officers and councillors said in EXMO20’s defence
Strategic Planning Committee, 8 July 2025 (1)
and discovered that on average 22 people object to any given site and that leaves four sites which are way out of that league we've got EXMO2001:54:37 ▶ · I. Admissions (24)
Strategic Planning Committee, 2 September 2025 – morning session (1)
in this thing it's a question of either satisfying the few people in Exmouth and the thousands more people if we're going to have who are going to suffer if we're going to have to find five home for five thousand more homes01:54:22 ▶ · The council’s answers (rebuttals) – what officers and councillors said in EXMO20’s defence
Strategic Planning Committee, 3 March 2026 – morning session (2)
I think it's very encouraging that you had lots of comments about the plan from the public, and it is such an immense amount that I can't see that officers can deal with them all by themselves. So you have to rely on artificial intelligence. The top of the head is that artificial intelligence software has had some very bad press recently because of hallucinations. So I was just wondering whether, how are we going to check that artificial intelligence is going to give us a representative summary of what our residents are complaining about?00:55:52 ▶ · 1. When the use of AI is mentioned (24)
it is such an immense amount that I can't see that officers can deal with them all by themselves. So you have to rely on artificial intelligence. The top of the head is that artificial intelligence software has had some very bad press recently because of hallucinations. So I was just wondering whether, how are we going to check that artificial intelligence is going to give us a representative summary of what our residents are complaining about?00:55:52 ▶ · G. Consultation and procedure (Regulation 19, AI, objections, generic answers, advice, future decisions) (85)
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