Exeter City Council

Exeter City Council

City council confirms HMO enforcement failure

Exeter City Council has confirmed, in response to a freedom of information request, that it has never taken enforcement action against breaches of the Article 4 direction that is intended to prevent conversion of residential housing to HMOs in the St James area.

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.

University of Exeter West Park redevelopment plans approved

City council planning committee chair Paul Knott used his casting vote to approve final plans for the 50,000m2 University of Exeter West Park redevelopment of its Streatham campus Clydesdale, Nash and Birks Grange Village student accommodation sites.

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.

Exeter City Council consultants' Article 4 direction area report option 3 map

Council student accommodation policy proposals overlook 50-80% of student-occupied housing stock

Article 4 direction & HMO SPD consultation omits key information, confuses licensing and planning matters, misrepresents NPPF requirements and proposes barely discernible changes in place of needed new Exeter Local Plan policies.

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.

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