![Corner of Fore Street and West Street with St Mary Steps church in the background](/2024/05/10/fore-street-west-street-exeter-city-council-planning-committee-refusal-appeal-decision-build-to-rent-scheme-crankhouse-coffee/corner-fore-street-west-street-st-mary-steps-church.png)
Developers claim council planning committee refusal was “if not malevolent, certainly misguided”
Appeal against decision to deny fifth additional storey in build-to-rent scheme above Crankhouse Coffee accuses councillors of seeking to “appease the weight of objectors’ orchestrated opinion” against amendments to eleven year-old consent.
![Southgate development site heritage map](/2024/03/08/secretary-of-state-overturns-council-decision-southgate-environmental-impact-assessment-high-rise-tower-blocks-potentially-significant-impacts-exe-estuary-flightpaths-exeter-cathedral-listed-buildings-city-walls-protected-landscapes-heritage-assets/southgate-development-site-heritage-map-800px.png)
Secretary of State overturns council decision to waive Southgate site Environmental Impact Assessment
Proposals for up to 200 flats in high-rise tower blocks have potentially significant impacts on Exe Estuary avian flightpaths, Exeter Cathedral skyline, listed buildings and ancient city walls placing protected landscapes and heritage assets at risk.
![JCDecaux illuminated street advertising screen](/2023/11/03/jcdecaux-appeals-dismissed-illuminated-exeter-city-centre-advertising-screens-multifunction-hubs/jcdecaux-illuminated-street-advertising-screen.jpg)
Planning inspectors uphold decisions to refuse illuminated city centre advertising screens
Appeal dismissals conclude JCDecaux “multifunction hubs” would materially harm character, appearance and visual amenity and have “very limited” benefits in Sidwell Street, Paris Street and South Street with High Street hub decision to follow.
, updated