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City council invites comments on digital customer service transformation
Exeter City Council is inviting comments until 15 September on a draft digital customer service strategy that aims to make more efficient use of council resources by increasing its reliance on digital technology for service delivery.
Council approves university solar farm in Duryard Valley greenfield
Officers say harm resulting from development of publicly-accessible urban green space outweighed by benefits of renewable energy generation.
Royal Clarence Hotel planning permission delayed
Planning permission to rebuild the Royal Clarence Hotel as residential flats with ground floor commercial units has still not been granted nearly ten months after the city council approved the plans.
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.
Climate Action Hub Exeter threatened with closure by Crown Estate and Princesshay partners
Agents will not renew lease beyond 15 August or consider other accommodation, claiming all similarly-sized units in half-empty shopping centre are under offer.
