Exeter Airport is gearing up for the start of a busy summer season during May, with flights to seven destinations taking off with the UK’s leading travel brand TUI.
Twice-weekly services to Corfu, Dalaman, Menorca, and Zante began this week (1-7 May), as well as flights to Crete and Rhodes, which operate once a week.
This will be followed by a twice-weekly service to Antalya, Turkey from Saturday 27 May. In addition, operator TUI began flying to Paphos and Majorca in March, and April respectively.
New flights to Faro in Portugal are being launched by Ryanair on...
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...
Do you sit on a town or parish council in Devon? If so, you need to know how to respond to planning proposals affecting your community. Your response, as consultees in the planning process, can significantly influence the outcome and make a real difference to what the local planning authority decides. CPRE Devon invites you to a special ‘planning workshop’ for Devon’s town and parish councils. Experienced, independent Planning Consultant, Jo Widdecombe, will guide you through the process and explain what’s important. Free admission for member organisations (up to 3 people free per member...
Eutopia Homes have thanked residents for their feedback after holding a public exhibition on draft proposals to redevelop the Exmouth Junction, a former Network Rail site, on Prince Charles Road in Exeter.
Plans to develop the site with 465 new homes to buy and rent, as well as retirement homes were displayed to the public at St James Church on Wednesday 27th February.
If you would like to view the information on the proposals you can visit www.exmouthjunction.co.uk where the display materials used at the exhibition have been uploaded and a feedback form can be submitted...
Exeter could get a stunning new waterside feature.
Plans have been submitted to build a brand new bridge and boardwalk down on Exeter’s Quayside. The new structure would replace the existing Mallison Bridge which spans the medieval leats on the north bank of the River Exe. The bridge had to be repaired in March 2017 after some wooden sections became rotten. After work was carried out, it became apparent that a long-term solution was needed. The City Council has now come up with a design which is both striking and functional. The plans have been submitted to the Council’s planning...
Queen’s Drive in Exmouth including associated facilities for water sports users such as a café, restaurant and retail spaces as well as associated car parking.
Members of East Devon District Council’s Development Management Committee have voted in favour of granting planning permission for the construction of a new water sports centre and facilities for water sports users such as a café, restaurant, retail spaces and car parking at Queen’s Drive in Exmouth.
The development also includes new stepped and ramped accesses to the beach.
Plans to create a new leisure centre and bus station in the city centre have taken a step forward. Councillors last night (30 January) backed a recommendation which would see the current bus station continue to operate as normal until May.
Proposals to extend the length of time Exeter Bus Station can remain open during work to build its replacement were backed by the council’s Leisure Complex and Bus Station Programme Board.
Councillors were told that following the decision of developer the Crown Estate to withdraw its plans to create a retail and leisure development at the...
Full Council today approved a major investment package for Market Walk Shopping Centre, Newton Abbot.
Councillors unanimously supported the £2million upgrade scheme which will modernise the centre and create an open airy and spacious place to visit and shop. The proposals are the beginning of a series of immediate improvements to brighten the look and feel of Market Walk with further works phased over the next 2-3 years.
The redesign will involve re-cladding shop units, removing concrete canopies and replacing with a larger glazed canopy, installing more benches and bins in...
The Crown Estate and TH Real Estate’s plans for an extension to Princesshay Shopping Centre have been submitted to Exeter City Council for approval. Outline consent for the scheme was formally granted in July 2016. This saw the basic concept for the scheme approved, including things like its size and scale, and the types of uses that it will include. The Reserved Matters Planning Application looks at detailed design elements of the scheme, covering things like materials and architecture. The plans have been submitted by The Crown Estate and TH Real Estate following extensive consultation...
Work on preliminary designs for a new bridge further inland from Alma Bridge in Sidmouth is continuing, Devon County Council has confirmed.
Following the recent launch of East Devon District Council’s Beach Management Plan consultation on options to manage coastal and flood defences for Sidmouth seafront and East Beach, the County Council has repeated its commitment to getting the scheme for a new bridge shovel-ready.
Initial discussions have been held with Sidmouth Town Council, East Devon District Council, South West Water, and the Environment Agency on the proposals for...
