The committee was presented with a project “concept scheme”, which includes the refurbishment and extension of the existing sports pavilion, the addition of an artificial all-weather pitch and 35 additional car parking spaces.
Other, subsequent, facilities enhancements are intended, subject to the successful acquisition of project funding.
Exeter City Community Trust King George V playing fields project outline. Source: Exeter City Council.
A “wide-ranging fully open” public consultation on the planned land transfer and the site development proposals is expected to take place during the autumn.
The council says it will not grant a lease agreement without first seeing a “substantive business plan setting out funding for the construction of the first phase” of the project.
Exeter City Council disregards national planning policy and Environment Agency criticism to approve Riverside Valley Park flood zone heat plant plans
Five gas boilers to provide 80% of “low-to-zero carbon” Grace Road Fields plant generation capacity for distribution to institutional consumers through privately-run 13-mile underground network expected to take ten years to complete.
West Park redevelopment demolitions to proceed to enable intrusive unexploded ordnance surveys before works can begin
Five year-old University of Exeter plans to provide 2,000 new student bedspaces in blocks up to nine storeys tall by demolishing up to 30 buildings on fifteen acre Streatham campus site about to take seismic step towards delivery.
HMICFRS identifies sufficient Devon & Cornwall Police improvements to return force to routine monitoring
Inspectorate decision follows nearly three years of enhanced monitoring after force found inadequate in three of nine areas and requiring improvement in two more, but says “still work to do” in crime recording standards and investigations management.
Proposed Mary Arches “co-living” blocks condemned as “slums of the future”
Eutopia Homes seeks full planning permission for 300-bed seven storey development at quadruple recommended local plan density without providing promised “research-based evidence for the need for co-living” on city centre car parks site.
Outcome of Independent Office for Police Conduct investigation delivered day before retirement of suspended chief constable Will Kerr announced, with Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez unwilling to say whether “golden handshake” agreed.
Newtown active travel scheme approved after four years of public consultations
Joint Devon County Council and Exeter City Council project includes road closure, car parking changes and contraflow Clifton Hill cycle lane.
On Our Radar
FRIDAY 12 TO SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2025
Heritage Open Days 2025
Annual festival returns with free talks, tours and exhibitions at heritage sites in and around Exeter.
EXETER CITY CENTRE
FRIDAY 12 SEPTEMBER TO SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2025
Exeter Contemporary Open 2025
Annual exhibition featuring fifteen contemporary visual artists from across the UK.
EXETER PHOENIX
SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2025
Sid’s Supper Fundraiser
Community centre hosts locally-sourced seasonal three-course meal to help improve café facilities.
Exeter City Community Trust King George V playing fields project outline. Source: Exeter City Council.
