Stories about Sport & Leisure
Council consults on Riverside Valley Park land sale without admitting heat plant proposals contravene local plan policy
4.5 acre Grace Road Fields plot “most suitable” for development despite Belle Isle Depot brownfield site location beside river on heat network distribution route.
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Exeter City Community Trust survey misses mark on King George V playing fields development plans
Council promised “wide-ranging, fully open public consultation” on future of 40 acre public open space when decision made to transfer land to trust, while outcome of statutory consultation on disposal remains unpublished.
Exeter College amends Flowerpot Fields plans to replace two of six classrooms with changing rooms
Revisions submitted during building construction also show two rooms described as “changing rooms” and “overflow sports training and education space”, both with unobscured full-height classroom windows and no shower facilities.
Topsham gap greenfield development application submitted for approval
Proposals for 54 dwellings on Exeter Golf and Country Club Topsham Golf Academy driving range enabled by city council approval of replacement driving range in Ludwell Valley Park.
Exeter College ploughs on with Flowerpot Fields classrooms construction amid mounting public anger
Exeter Civic Society cites Court of Appeal judgements to challenge legality of unapproved River Valley Park scheme revisions as protestors disrupt Exeter City Council Guildhall meeting.
Exeter College seeks to replace planned Flowerpot Fields sports pavilion with dedicated teaching facility
Revisions to consented scheme that includes fencing, floodlighting and replacement of publicly-accessible playing fields with artificial turf no longer reinstate demolished changing rooms or provide equipment storage or pitch viewing facilities.