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Windmill Hill Playing Fields Potential Covenant

03/03/2015 - Windmill Hill Covenant (Mayoral Decision)

That the Council enters into a deed covenanting with the residents around the Windmill Hill playing fields as follows:-

“Torbay Council covenants with all inhabitants of the ward of Tormohun that for a period of 100 years beginning on the date of this deed it will not on the land shown edged red on the plan attached erect or permit the erection of any permanent structure or permit the sale and/or consumption of alcohol without any such proposal first obtaining the majority of votes in a referendum of the persons who at the day of the referendum would be entitled to vote as electors at an election of councillors for Tormohun Ward and are registered as local government electors at an address within this Ward.  For the purpose of this covenant ‘permanent structure’ shall mean any structure intended to remain on the land for a period greater than 3 months. This covenant shall not apply to the installation, construction or renewal (whether by statutory undertakers or otherwise) of any media for the supply or removal, electricity, gas, water, sewage, energy, telecommunications, data and all other services and utilities and all structures, machinery and equipment ancillary to those media/or to the installation of street furniture and sports equipment.  Nothing contained or implied in this deed shall prejudice or affect the exercise by the Council of its regulatory functions under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or any other statute or statutory instrument.”