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.
Royal Clarence Hotel permission still not granted
Planning permission to rebuild the Royal Clarence Hotel as residential flats with ground floor commercial units has still not been granted more than eight months after the city council approved the plans.
How far does the council leader have to go before he sees a planning committee conflict of interest?
Phil Bialyk led charge against application to develop site 160 yards from his house despite conduct codes and LGA planning probity guidance.
Pyramids swimming pool site sold
Exeter City Council has sold former the Pyramids swimming pool site to The Guinness Partnership, which also owns the adjacent Eaton Drive/Eaton House complex, for redevelopment.
Paternoster House refurbishment works to begin
The refurbishment of Paternoster House at the corner of Fore Street and North Street is apparently about to begin, just one month before planning permission to convert the former department store into flats expires.
Cranbrook garden village approved
East Devon District Council has approved an application for outline planning permission for a development of 1,035 low density residential dwellings alongside the old A30.
