Update on sale of picnic sites

At the Knowstone Parish Council meeting last night the sale of the freehold interest of both picnic sites was discussed. Unfortunately our County Councillor did not attend the meeting so there remained plenty of unanswered questions for those parishioners who did attend. At the meeting the Parish Council was given information on potential people to contact for more information and to whom to pose a number of questions. Contact details will be circulated by the Parish Council on Facebook and on this website and it is important that if you have an opinion on the sale that you make yourself heard by contacting these people. Knowstone Parish Council were not made aware of the sale and all information ascertained to date has been discovered via Facebook and from seeing the notices on site. 

It has been discovered that the notices announcing the disposal of the two sites was posted online on c. 20th / 21st February 2025 but the notices displayed at the picnic sites are undated which is an issue as no one knows when the two week period to respond to the site disposal officially started or finishes.

This is the public notice that can be found online. There is another one for the other picnic site.  

PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE UNDER SECTION 123(2A) OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972

DISPOSAL OF LAND COMPRISING OPEN SPACE SIDE MOOR PICNIC SITE, KNOWSTONE, NORTH DEVON

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN under section 123(2A) of the Local Government Act 1972 that Devon County Council intends to dispose of the freehold interest of an area of open space land known as Side Moor Picnic Site, Knowstone, North Devon (being land on the north side of the A361 North Devon Link Road between South Molton and East Knowstone).

A location plan showing the extent of the land affected is available for inspection during normal office hours at the address below.

Representations or objections to the intended disposal must be made in writing to Devon County Council at the address below no later than two weeks from the date of this paper.

Please note that any objections or representations may be made available for public inspection.

Director of Legal & Democratic Services, Devon County Council, County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter, Devon EX2 4QD (Reference: LN/DEV006-225).