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£1 million leisure overspend fuels £3.2 million city council deficit
2022-23 budget review confirms £2.2 million annual leisure subsidy to continue with St Sidwell’s Point expected to make a loss for at least five years while another £22 million to be spent on Exeter City Living Vaughan Road development.
Compulsory purchase of flats and disposal of council land to enable Water Lane development site access
Exeter City Council to use powers to provide developer with land for new highways layout at gateway to proposed low-traffic neighbourhood.
RAMM and Riverside to receive £6.4 million decarbonisation grant
A £6.4 million government grant for heat decarbonisation at RAMM and the Riverside Leisure Centre is to be spent on a Riverside roof upgrade and the replacement of gas-fired boilers with air source heat pump systems at both buildings.
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.
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.
Pinhoe community hub planning application approved for second time
The city council has approved a planning application for a new community hub building at Station Road playing fields in Pinhoe for the second time following the lapse of the previous permission that was granted in February 2020.
