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Outline planning permission for Exeter developer secured

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 03/05/2024 - 8:01pm

A major Exeter-based developer is working towards bringing new homes to the city.

Persimmon Homes South West secured outline planning consent for up to 50 high-quality homes, 35% of which will be designated for a local housing association, in line with Exeter City Council policy, on land adjacent to Blakeslee Drive in Newcourt.

The site is 3.2 hectares in size with family housing making up around a third of this while the remaining area will be provided as open space and surface water drainage.

To the south, the open space land will extend the existing basin to...

Go-ahead for city flats despite ‘overbearing’ claim

A new six-storey block of ‘co-living’ apartments will be built in the centre of Exeter despite claims that it will be ‘overbearing’ and will leave nearby homes in the shade.

The application for the new building at Summerland Street is one of two co-living developments passed by Exeter City Council’s planning committee this week.

As well as the plan for 145 bed spaces for young professionals and young people at the site between Western Way and Sidwell Street, the committee agreed to 34 more at the Mission Hall in Tudor Street.

The Summerland Street plan by...

East Devon homes thrown out for being 'too small'

By Alison Stephenson, local democracy reporter.

East Devon councillors have turned down a development scheme at Clyst Honiton because the homes are “too small” and it would encourage peope to drive.

Planners were not prepared to accept proposals 10 square metres below standards recommended in national planning guidelines despite approving houses of the same size earlier this year.

The plans for four commercial units and nine two-bed homes by Eagle One MMIII Ltd for land next to Old Tithebarn, Clyst Honiton were also rejected by East Devon District Council’s...

Heavitree Road student flats plans rejected

Councillors throw out student and co-living plans for old police station site

Major plans for student and co-living blocks at Exeter’s former Heavitree Road police station have been rejected.

The city council’s planning committee threw out the application on Monday [20 February] after criticism of what one councillor described as two “monolithic blocks” that would have been built opposite St Luke’s Campus.

The plans had been altered after members said they were ‘minded to refuse’ a previous version in October, with the total number of rooms cut by 80 to 955. Both...

Devon CPRE celebrates Marsh Green solar farm refusal

Devon CPRE, the Devon branch of the countryside charity, is celebrating after councillors in East Devon voted to refuse permission for a large solar farm on agricultural land at Marsh Green, near Exeter, following a two-hour debate just before Christmas.

The 6:4 decision (with one abstention) came as a welcome surprise to opponents of the scheme, including residents in and around Marsh Green. It followed a site visit by councillors on the morning of the planning meeting (20 December). They found the proposed construction area waterlogged after all the recent rain - a fact that...

Tilia Homes strengthens its team with new senior land manager appointment

Tilia Homes Western, based in Exeter, Devon, has strengthened its land and planning team with the appointment of Senior Land Manager, Simon Gitsham.

After graduating from the University of Glamorgan with a degree in Valuation and Estate Management, Simon subsequently qualified as a chartered surveyor in 2007. For a large part of his career, he has been based in the south west primarily dealing with the sale and valuation of development land at a large firm of chartered surveyors. Simon’s journey into housebuilding began at a Housing Association, where he was involved in the...

King Billy student flats approved again

Plans to demolish an historic Exeter city centre pub and replace it with student flats have once again been given the go-ahead.

In October 2017, the scheme for The King Billy was granted approval by Exeter City Council’s planning committee, which in addition to the student flats, would also see a commercial unit and a restaurant/pub at street level.

However, in January 2021, as work on the redevelopment of the Longbrook Street site had not begun, the extant planning permission expired, forcing developers Rengen to go through the planning process again.

They had...

South West planning excellence recognised at RTPI Awards 2021

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 04/15/2021 - 4:10pm

Projects, teams and individuals from across the South West are in the running to win at the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards for Planning Excellence 2021 , it has been announced.

Finalists from the South West at this year’s RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence are

Interactive Plymouth Plan, submitted by Plymouth City Council (Excellence in Tech within Planning Practice)

Transformation of groundbreaking plan into fully interactive website; a portal to the plan’s strategic vision and policies as well as its delivery and monitoring

The Planning...

How much does an extension cost in 2021?

How much does an extension cost in 2021?

Average house extension prices are between £15,000 to £125,000 , but this varies depending on the type of extension you want to have.

Find out more about the cost of extensions in this guide from the National Association of Building Contractors .

How Much Does an Extension Cost?

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Virtual consultation event presenting Retirement Living plans to regenerat

Local people invited to a virtual consultation event presenting Retirement Living plans to regenerate a brownfield site in Exeter

Authored by LaurenBluck
Posted: Tue, 03/16/2021 - 10:22am

McCarthy Stone is holding a virtual exhibition to display its plans for high-quality Retirement Living accommodation on land at the Buckerell Lodge Hotel, Topsham Road, Exeter.

Buckerell Lodge Hotel went into administration last year, following a difficult period in 2019 and the subsequent impact of the pandemic. McCarthy Stone has since acquired an interest in the site and is bringing forward plans for the site’s redevelopment with specialist Retirement Living accommodation.

The consultation, hosted online to ensure that engagement is safe and inclusive during the COVID...

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