Public Consultations

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Exeter Ship Canal swing and bascule bridges in open position

A379 bridges replacement plan set to wreck Exeter Ship Canal, heritage harbour and towpath active travel aspirations

Department for Transport project cost cap defeats purpose of investment as Devon County Council consults on design which will build in routine traffic disruption for 60+ years on route intended to deliver strategic road network resilience.

Exeter City Centre Strategy July 2024 stakeholder workshops flyer

Exeter city centre strategy evasions and expediencies echo cultural strategy failings

Just 85 invitation-only workshop attendees consulted during development of yet another city council strategy without a delivery plan.

Exeter Cultural Strategy 2026-31 baseline report image

Clueless Exeter cultural strategy fails to address challenges facing city’s “increasingly untenable” creative sector

Survey inviting feedback on city council word salad arrives two years late, following second UK City of Culture bid failure, with delivery plan outsourced to secretive, unelected sub-committee.

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More Mary Arches Street “co-living” block design revisions trigger third public consultation

Developer Eutopia Homes has submitted further design revisions to its application for full planning permission for a 297-bed seven storey “co-living” complex in Mary Arches Street.

Illustrative view of proposed student block entrance at junction of Verney Street and Summerland Street

Plans for six-storey Summerland Street student block submitted for approval

Spinnaker Estates application for full planning permission for 180-bed redevelopment would increase number of student beds in immediate area to 1,754.

Nadder Park Road application site location map

Barley Lane greenfield plans place persistent threat to Exeter’s north and north-west hills in spotlight

Council inability to identify sufficient land to meet government housing delivery targets leaves residents with faint hope of local plan policies preventing Nadder Park Road ridgeline development despite 175 public objections to scheme.

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