Public transport to a relocated EDDC HQ

Has anyone costed in the time and personal cost to people of attending appointments at an EDDC HQ located in Honiton?,

Currently, just about anyone from surrounding towns and villages can take advantage of many buses that pass through Sidmouth, which is a major transport hub.  What will happen in Honiton when people from areas such as Beer, Branscombe, Colyton, Colyford and Seaton need to visit Honiton?  And many of the other villages to the west of Sidmouth?

Buses from these areas are few and far between at the best of times and there is only one that directly links Seaton with Honiton and none that link Beer and Branscombe directly to Honiton.

Elderly and disabled people will need to get off in Honiton High Street and walk a very long way to the new HQ.  Imagine if you are frail and elderly and looking at a round trip of 4-5 hours to sort out your housing benefit or council tax or some other problem.  No – not everyone has a computer and can do this on a website or has someone willing to take them in a car.

So, new bus routes will be needed – will EDDC be paying for these and where will they go from and to?  A new, unsubsidised bus route (2 buses) would cost a minimum of £200,000 per year according to a local bus company.  Would EDDC arrange new routes and/or re-routing for access to its HQ?  Would it pay for this service, as currently supermarkets do for their special bus routes?  Is this costed in to the relocation budget?  Would failure to cost it into the budget be discriminatory?