TOP STORIES
Co-Cars liquidation expected to leave creditor and shareholder losses of more than £1.3 million
Sale of Co-Bikes fleet and spare parts agreed for just 4.5% of £600,000 book value after significant grant funding and investment fail to float shared mobility provider. Full story here.
Royal Clarence Hotel rebuild finally granted planning permission
Agreed developer contributions do not include planned education provision and may be significantly reduced after construction is complete. Full story here.
Four day strike by consultants and junior doctors at Royal Devon NHS Trust
Industrial action affecting almost all planned care marks first time consultants and junior doctors have taken strike action together. Full story here.
EXETER IN BRIEF
St Thomas library forced to relocate when lease expires in November
Landlord Exeter Estates Holdings, controlled by Exeter Chiefs CEO and chairman Tony Rowe, sought substantial rent increase after withdrawing planning application to demolish library building and replace it with block of thirteen flats. Read more here.
Council to remove a quarter of city’s 800 litter bins
It says many are under-used because they are in the wrong place or too close to other bins, and that city centre bins will be ‘largely unaffected’. Read more here.
ON THE AGENDA
Developer appeals Heavitree Road police station & magistrates court student/co-living blocks refusal
Devon & Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner and offshore-registered PBSA Heavitree Road S.A.R.L. seek to overturn Exeter City Council decision to reject application for 1035-bed development beside The Gorge. More details here.
Annual inspection period begins as unaudited 2022-23 city council accounts published
Special information access rights enabling local residents to examine records and ask council and external auditor related questions apply until 12 October. More details here.
City council seeks feedback on council housing strategy
Exeter City Council is seeking feedback on a draft 2023-27 council housing strategy that will guide the way it manages its stock of 4,800 rented homes and 1,000 leasehold properties over the next five years. More details here.
ON OUR RADAR
CROW Show: Light // Maketank
Paintings, prints, sculpture and ceramic and textile works by members of the Creative Older Women art collective. Until Friday 15 September. More details here.
Salmon Run 2023 // River Exe
Three runs along the River Exe to highlight the significance of salmon and the species’ relationship with the waterway. Sunday 24 September. More details here.
Kidical Mass returns // Southernhay
Kidical Mass Exeter is holding its fifth family bike ride as part of an ongoing campaign for safe cycling routes for children, young people and families. Sunday 24 September. More details here.
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