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Planning Applications
Stories about Planning Applications
Plans for eighteen “zero carbon” bungalows on Church Hill field submitted for approval
Low density development proposal on unallocated site above Pinhoe conflicts with local plan policies intended to protect Exeter’s northern hills and landscape setting.
Plans for PBSA in back garden of Pennsylvania Road student HMO submitted for approval
Application for six-bed two-storey block cites neighbouring student block in back garden beside Devonshire Place orchard and play area as precedent.
101-bed “co-living” complex proposed in the heart of St James
Council vision for city’s future on collision course with neighbourhood plan policies in Victoria Street scheme described as “yet more student housing by stealth”.
Exeter Chiefs applies for concerts license
Exeter Chiefs rugby club has applied for permission to hold six large concerts with up to 15,500 attendees at weekends and an unlimited number of other events with up to 5,000 attendees between May and the third week of July every year.
Application to rebuild section of ancient city wall beside City Gate Hotel submitted
A contractor has applied on behalf of the city council for permission to rebuild and reinforce a section of ancient city wall on Bartholomew Street East beside the City Gate Hotel that collapsed in 2019.
Plans submitted for build-to-rent scheme above Crankhouse Coffee
Proposals to vary planning permission granted ten years ago to redevelop buildings on the corner of Fore Street and West Street that currently house Langans and Crankhouse Coffee to create a six storey block of thirteen flats with commercial units on the ground floor have been submitted to the city council for approval.
