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.
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Free event with performances by more than twenty shanty bands from across the South West.
EXETER QUAY
SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER TO SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER 2026
The Nature of Light
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SATURDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2026
Roman to Norman Devon
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Exeter City Community Trust King George V playing fields project outline. Source: Exeter City Council.
