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Exeter City Council
Stories about Exeter City Council
Help hold Exeter’s political parties and politicians to account during the 2026 local elections
Send us campaign materials as this year’s contest enters its final week so we can fact-check candidates’ claims and hold them to their pledges after the votes have been counted.
Exeter City Council recycling rate among lowest in country
Exeter City Council’s recycling rate was ranked among the bottom tenth of councils in England which collect household waste last year.
Exeter Port And Harbour business plan published without future budgets
Exeter City Council has finally published an Exeter Port And Harbour business plan after repeated requests from river and estuary users to see the document, which was apparently prepared three years ago.
Government gives city council £20 million “Pride in Place” funding
Exeter City Council has been awarded £20 million of government “Pride in Place” funding to be spent over the next ten years in Heavitree and Whipton.
Exeter UK City Of Culture bid fails again
An Exeter City Council bid to become 2029 UK City Of Culture has failed, as have rival bids by Plymouth and Bristol.
More Mary Arches Street “co-living” block design revisions trigger third public consultation
Developer Eutopia Homes has submitted further design revisions to its application for full planning permission for a 297-bed seven storey “co-living” complex in Mary Arches Street.
