Exeter City Council
Freedom of information requests reveal Liveable Exeter Place Board “chumocracy” overseeing the city
Despite the significance of Liveable Exeter Place Board’s role in determining the city’s future, its members are selected and appointed on a secretive, informal basis.
Bonanza on the buses
There was no shortage of hyperbole to accompany last Sunday’s opening of Exeter’s glamorous new bus station.
Harlequins developer plans to scrap hotel to build second “co-living” block on shopping centre site
Existing planning approval will be factor in decision to return to earlier, rejected, vision which would mean 383 studios and ‘cluster flat’ rooms along Paul Street.
Free to those who can afford it
Torbay Council, Torbay Development Agency and Exeter City Council have “joined forces” to bid for 2025 UK City of Culture status, with their eyes on a prize of £300 million in claimed economic benefits.
Positive Light Projects opens community arts centre despite Citypoint redevelopment threat
Parts of Exeter city centre are experiencing an unplanned renaissance as small shops and cultural venues move in to fill empty units on Paris Street and Sidwell Street, but uncertainty remains as the council still plans to demolish and redevelop.
