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Ticket tout crack down

P10 - Council looks to extend PSPO on boat operators

Dotto train back on track P18 - After a year off, the Dotto train will be back in operation this summer

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Hello all and welcome to the February edition of The Ilfracombe Magazine. I’m really proud to say that after many years at the helm of this small but helpful publication, we have finally gone digital. This month we launched our new website - www.theilfracombemagazine.co.uk where you can find details of all our wonderful advertisers, read local news and check out back copies of previous editions. For more on this, turn to page 22. In the meantime, enjoy your February folks (and don’t forget, 2020 is a leap year)!

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Council consults on Ticket Touts order

The public are being asked to share their views on plans to introduce a new Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) at Ilfracombe Harbour. North Devon Council are carrying out a consultation on whether to introduce a three year PSPO, following on from the success of the previous year-long order, which was put into place in April 2019.

The order was introduced to control competitive ticket touting among licensed boat trip providers at the harbour during the busy summer months, and to give trip providers a more balanced opportunity to secure customers. As previously, the proposed PSPO will restrict the soliciting of services at Ilfracombe Harbour by word of mouth,

handing out leaflets or other means, unless under the express terms of a licence or the written permission of the Harbourmaster.

Chairman of Ilfracombe Harbour Board Cllr Geoff Fowler says: “There is a fantastic choice of boat trips available at the harbour, from fishing trips to dolphin cruises. The PSPO will ensure there is a level playing field for all operators and that visitors can make their own choices about which excursions to choose. Our Harbourmaster has discussed the proposed PSPO with the Ilfracombe Harbour Board and Harbour Forum. Anyone affected by the plans can talk to our Harbourmaster or go online for more information.�

You can read the proposed

PSPO in full at northdevon. gov.uk/consultations, email your comments to harbourmaster@northdevon.gov. uk or write to Ilfracombe Harbour PSPO Consultation, North Devon Council, PO Box 379, Barnstaple, EX32 2GR. The consultation runs for eight weeks from Monday 16 December 2019 until Monday 10 February 2020.

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18 Council to run dotto train after year off

After a summer in storage, Ilfracombe’s beloved Dotto Train is set to hit the streets once again in the 2020 season. The £170,000 land train was first operated in the town in 2013, but didn’t run in 2019 after no-one came forward to run the service. The train had previously been run by local transport company Filers, but in 2019 they announced they no longer wanted to run the service. An open procurement process was started last year but failed to secure a new operator. However, North Devon Council have now agreed to lease the land train to Ilfracombe Town Council.

The decision was made at a recent meeting of North Devon Council’s Strategy and Resources Committee.

A report to the meeting said there has been little or no interest from commercial operators. It went on: “A brief conversation with industry experts suggests that Dotto services work in larger towns and cities where there are larger visitor numbers to make it viable, but in towns such as Ilfracombe, it would always be a ‘hobby’ business.”

The lease covers the next two years and allows the town council to run the service as they see fit, although there will be a

clause added to prevent the Dotto being left unused in the container for any length of time. This was one of seven options that were presented to the committee when they met this week to determine the future of the Dotto train. The train has been a popular fixture in the town since it was purchased back in 2013, with the vast majority of funding - £163,000 - coming from the European Union’s Leader 4 Programme which is designed to help regeneration projects. For more information about the Dotto Train visit www.visitilfracombe.co.uk/item/dottoland-train-2.

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