Peter Cleasby is Exeter Observer’s transport correspondent.
After reading French and German at New College, Oxford he entered the civil service where he worked largely in policy development and business management across several departments, ending up as a deputy director in DEFRA.
On leaving the civil service, he freelanced as a policy, management and governance consultant and became a trustee of several national and local charities.
Liveable Exeter “garden city” branding is about government funding, not green space
New Exeter Local Plan policy “principles” have little in common with historic vision revitalised for 21st century by TCPA for government programme, while consented Haven Banks scheme and proposed new town near Exeter Airport have even less.
Exeter bus services cut by nearly 42% since 2010, largest fall in area
Many of worst-affected neighbourhoods in areas where major developments planned or being built, some in Heavitree & Whipton Active Streets trial area.
Home Office fails in bid to shut down local restaurant
Hearing following December immigration raid revokes premises supervisor’s authority and briefly suspends but stops short of revoking premises licence.
Home Office demands closure of local restaurant
The Home Office has asked Mid Devon District Council to revoke the premises licence at Belluno, an Italian restaurant in Newton St Cyres, effectively shutting down the business.
Great Western Railway plans to shut all ticket offices receive hostile reception
Great Western Railway plans to shut all its ticket offices by the end of next year, including those at Exeter Central and Exeter St David’s, have received a near-universally hostile reception.
Councillors threaten to “empty chair” Stagecoach South West managing director
Councillors are threatening to “empty chair” Stagecoach South West managing director Peter Knight after his absence from yet another meeting of the committee that oversees Exeter’s highways.
