Exeter City Council
St James HMO conversion refusal overturned at appeal
Council failed to provide sufficient evidence to support 2012 planning policy introduced to limit impact of student occupation of residential housing stock.
Progressive Group planning enforcement proposal adopted despite public Labour rejection
Newly-published register also reveals council has issued as many planning enforcement notices in the past three months as it has in the past three years.
University emissions study confirms Net Zero Exeter plan redundancy
Council retains Exeter City Futures’ services despite history of delivery failures and lack of capacity to support defined decarbonisation targets.
Net Zero Exeter accountability under scrutiny
Exeter City Council’s response to the climate crisis has so far been characterised by numerous failings. Unfortunately its attitude towards accountability for its actions in this area is also cause for concern.
Exeter greenhouse gas report disregards hundreds of thousands of tonnes of annual city emissions
Restricted scope of study misrepresents scale of city’s impact to produce partial decarbonisation targets while ignoring opportunities to reduce emissions imported by residents, businesses and visitors, guaranteeing net zero failure.
