Exeter City Council

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Whipton Gardens phase one flats

First phase capital cost of legacy Exeter City Living Whipton Gardens project to exceed £12.5 million – £364,000 per flat

Financing for second phase yet to be found as adjacent Rennes House demolition costs rise to £1 million and Exeter City Living reports year-end loss in residual Guildhall flats management role.

Exeter Cultural Strategy 2026-31 baseline report image

Clueless Exeter cultural strategy fails to address challenges facing city’s “increasingly untenable” creative sector

Survey inviting feedback on city council word salad arrives two years late, following second UK City of Culture bid failure, with delivery plan outsourced to secretive, unelected sub-committee.

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Exeter Corn Exchange

Exeter City Council criticised for submitting AI-generated planning application text

Heritage statement in support of covering crumbling concrete Exeter Corn Exchange windows with advertising hoardings included content from 2013 article about Bourne Corn Exchange 195 miles away in Lincolnshire.

Exeter North Street improvement vision principles diagram

Exeter Civic Society promotes new vision for North Street in response to Mary Arches “co-living” redevelopment

Proposals for improved road layout and public realm including pavement-widening, tree-planting and seating areas follow nine-month collaboration with local stakeholders.

Phil Bialyk at Exeter City Council's annual meeting on 20 May 2026

Phil Bialyk clings to Exeter City Council leadership with too few Labour councillors to fill executive seats

Green Party call for “co-operative council” to “put people before politics” ignored despite opposition councillors holding balance of power.

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Exeter City Council elections party ballot share 2016-2026

Green surge leaves Labour without council majority and competing with Reform UK for second place across city

Defiant Phil Bialyk says Exeter election results are vote of confidence in party which will propose own portfolio holders, leader and deputy at May annual meeting.

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