Stories about Planning & Place
Renewed permission sought for Longbrook Street student block
Developers are seeking to renew previously-approved plans for an eight storey 108-bed student accommodation block on the site of the King Billy public house.
First Liveable Exeter homes are substandard “warehousing for people” which is student accommodation “in all but name”
Harlequins shopping centre redevelopment approved by Exeter City Council includes 251 co-living units in seven storey tower block despite widespread opposition from conservation charities and community campaigners who have since appealed to the Secretary of State to call in the decision.
Exeter’s first “zero carbon” housing development includes 96 car parking spaces for 40 homes
Exeter City Council has approved plans to develop land at Pinhoe with a parking ratio of 2.4 cars per household as part of an “exemplar scheme for future residential development in the city” while accepting that zero carbon construction comes “at a cost to the provision of affordable housing”.
Echoes of Exeter’s Roman past reveal risks to city’s future vision
The unexpected discovery of Roman remains on Exeter’s bus station redevelopment site suggests significant risks may also exist for the adjacent Citypoint regeneration scheme.
Exeter net zero housing revolution takes root in Chestnut Avenue
Exeter City Council is taking exploratory steps from talking about a zero carbon future to delivering one with a pilot housing project in Wonford.
Mount Radford Lawn development proposals conflict with St Leonards community vision
Exeter Deaf Academy hopes to sell a school playing field to developers who plan to build luxury homes. Local residents have other ideas about how best to use the land. A dispute is looming over an historic green space driven by prospective profit from planning gain.