Liveable Exeter

Stories about Liveable Exeter

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.

Water Lane developers hold public exhibition

A public exhibition of revised redevelopment plans for the Water Lane area is being held at Haven Banks Outdoor Education Centre from 10am-7pm on Friday 24 March and from 10am-4pm on Saturday 25 March.

Revised Haven Banks redevelopment plans submitted in response to flood risk objections

Plans for an ultra-high density build-to-rent redevelopment at Haven Banks have been revised to rely on a Welcome Street bridge being built over the railway in response to Environment Agency flood risk objections.

Co-living - discover a new way to rent

Council development levy changes are insufficiently evidenced and don’t meet city infrastructure needs

Exeter City Council and Liveable Exeter partners impose faulty typology driven by policy objectives while ignoring new local plan, evidence base and statutory funding statement and excluding residential and retail charges from review.

Exeter city centre retail area map 2017 and 2022 CDRC data

Is the grass really greener in Exeter city centre?

Academic research placing Exeter retail area at top of green space table was nationally reported, locally misrepresented then repurposed as booster fuel by local politicians overlooking study’s social justice focus.

Illustrative ground floor plan

Heavitree Road developer gets sixth pitch for student/co-living complex

Eight design iterations, six council meetings, four consultation rounds and two deferrals combine to impede public participation in planning process on key Liveable Exeter site and increase chances of decision being overturned at appeal.

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