Three men in their early 20s have been issued with conditional cautions as part of a Police and Council operation to crackdown on a growing problem of unsightly graffiti tags in Exeter.
Exeter Neighbourhood Policing Team are working closely with Exeter City Council to tackle the problem after an upsurge in tags being sprayed around the city.
As part of a formal conditional caution, the men were required to write letters of apology and pay £5,865 compensation for the costs associated with their graffiti tags. The money will be used by the Community Safety Partnership to...
New homes being built for people in Exeter are set to help generate £100,000 for a community project in Pinhoe.
A report is to come before councillors at Exeter City Council next month recommending £100,000 of funds are allocated to support the development of Pinhole Community Hub.
Pinhoe has been the subject to major new housing developments and the funding comes from New Homes Bonus, money paid to councils by central government for creating and freeing up homes for people to live in.
In July, Exeter City Council approved proposals to replace the library building...
Exeter’s planned new state-of-the-art leisure complex in the city centre will be the greenest development of its kind anywhere in the country, the City Council has revealed.
St Sidwell’s Point, which will be at the heart of the redeveloped bus station site, will be Britain’s first Passivhaus leisure centre.
That means it will be an ultra low energy building, saving at least 70 per cent on its energy costs – around £185,000 a year.
The centre’s three pools will also have exceptional water quality, with minimal chemical content.
Plans for a new Exeter Bus Station have moved forward after councillors formally backed progress on the design of the project.
Councillors approved the work of the Project Design Team and agreed to proceed to the next stage and tender process, during a meeting at the civic centre.
The Project Design Team revealed these striking new images of how the new bus station will look at a meeting of Exeter City Council’s Leisure Complex and Bus Station Programme Board.
The team revealed that plans for the project are on schedule and the new bus station is due to be completed...
Some of Exeter’s most fascinating buildings will open their doors to the public free of charge next week for Heritage Open Days.
Among those taking part are Exeter’s Guildhall, the Barnfield Theatre, Princesshay ,Tuckers Hall, 21 The Mint, various Red Coat Guided tours and Exeter’s Underground Passages. The event runs from Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 September.
Many of the venues participating are not usually open to the public or otherwise charge an entry fee. This is a unique opportunity to explore these sometimes hidden, often curious, and always interesting places. This...
Exeter could see a revolution in the way it keeps its streets clean if a new strategy gets the go-ahead.
Changing shift patterns, installing smart litter bins that compact waste and replacing traditional litter pickers with street vacuums are just some of the ideas behind the Clean Streets Strategy, which goes before Exeter City Council's Executive on 13 September.
The Strategy also looks at changing the behaviour of residents and visitors and increasing enforcement for things like littering, dog fouling and graffiti.
Plans for the possible transfer of management of some of Exeter’s best known public green spaces are to be discussed at the meeting of the Scrutiny Committee of Exeter City Council.
The meeting to be held on 8 September will consider a proposal that the long term management of parts of Riverside, Ludwell, Mincinglake, Duryard, Belvidere, Barley Valley and Whitycombe Way be transferred from Exeter City Council to the charity Devon Wildlife Trust.
Exeter City Council will continue to own the sites.
Cllr Rob Hannaford, Lead Councillor for Place, said communities and...
Phase two has started in earnest on the Exeter flood defence scheme at Cowley which will reduce flood risk to more than 3,000 homes and businesses in Exeter.
The project is managed by the Environment Agency with support from project partners Exeter City Council and Devon County Council.
It is a huge undertaking and the scale of the project is now clearly visible from the road as these pictures show.
Exeter has a long history of flooding, going back as far as the 13th century. The current flood defences were built in the 1960s and 70s after devastating flooding...
Exeter City Council has produced three new exciting themed walking trail leaflets for the city.
Fun and informative for all, there are three trails to choose from, the City Wall Trail; the Medieval Trail and the Woollen Trail.
With the help of a talented local illustrator, the history of Exeter has been brought to life with colourful characters from history who guide you along the routes.
Step back 2,000 years to Roman Exeter on the City Wall Trail and discover how the Wall has saved the city on more than one occasion.
A Full Council meeting of Exeter City Council meeting held at Exeter Guildhall on Tuesday 26 July 2016 unanimously passed a motion reaffirming unequivocal condemnation of any form of behaviour that is racist, xenophobic, incites hatred, discriminates against or harms members of our community.
In proposing the Labour Group motion, Cllr Lewis Keen [St David's] said: "I've proposed this motion concerning hate crime due to a significant rise across the country, and this has been reflected in concern from many residents, who have contacted me and my fellow councillors."
