Planning & Place

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City Gate Hotel city wall repair cost rises to £585,000

The cost of repairs to a section of Exeter’s ancient city wall that collapsed alongside the City Gate Hotel more than five years ago has risen to £585,000.

Water Lane Supplementary Planning Document adopted

Exeter City Council has adopted a supplementary planning policy document intended to govern development at the Water Lane brownfield redevelopment site.

Former vehicle breaker's yard development site entrance in Redhills

Planning inspector discounts highways authority responses to dismiss Redhills housing appeal

Decision concludes that development on former vehicle breaker’s yard would have posed ‘substantial danger’ to pedestrians and drivers in rural lane on city outskirts.

Illustrative view of development beside Gabriel's Wharf

Revised Water Lane redevelopment plans submitted for outline approval

Application for up to 980 dwellings and up to 320 student bedspaces with 40,000m2 of other uses on ex-industrial site between railway embankment and Exeter Ship Canal obfuscates numerous key issues.

Howell Road garage student block illustrative elevation

Howell Road garage for sale a week after student block redevelopment plans granted at appeal

Developer denied he would “spin in and spin out and take my profit” at planning committee that approved “backstop” plans for nine flats on site, saying student block was “what we want to build”.

Howell Road garage

26-bed Howell Road garage site student accommodation block allowed at appeal

St James Neighbourhood Plan community balance aims discounted and council policy and evidence deemed insufficient in inspector’s decision to overturn planning committee refusal.

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