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Ludwell Valley Park golf driving range approved

Exeter City Council planning committee has approved an application by Exeter Golf and Country Club to use 17 acres of privately-owned land that is part of Ludwell Valley Park as a golf driving range.

Royal Clarence Hotel permission still not granted

Planning permission to rebuild the Royal Clarence Hotel as residential flats with ground floor commercial units has still not been granted more than eight months after the city council approved the plans.

Exeter City Futures to be dissolved

Exeter City Futures is to be dissolved at the end of June following the final event in its £250,000 National Lottery-funded community engagement programme.

Matford Brook Academy opening delayed

Matford Brook Academy, a new “state of the art” Ted Wragg Trust school for 1,450 pupils of all ages intended to serve the South West Exeter extension, is now not expected to open in September because of problems with the building foundations.

Special Heavitree & Whipton active streets scheme meeting to be held

A special meeting of Exeter Highways and Traffic Orders Committee (HaTOC) is being held at County Hall on Tuesday 20 June to discuss the Heavitree & Whipton active streets trial scheme following two public consultations and extensive community engagement.

Plans submitted for build-to-rent scheme above Crankhouse Coffee

Proposals to vary planning permission granted ten years ago to redevelop buildings on the corner of Fore Street and West Street that currently house Langans and Crankhouse Coffee to create a six storey block of thirteen flats with commercial units on the ground floor have been submitted to the city council for approval.

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