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The Duke of Gloucester visited new almshouses in Budleigh Salterton and Ottery St Mary. Photos: Bill Pitcher (left)/The Almshouse Association (right and inset).

Royalty visits East Devon to open new almshouses in Budleigh Salterton and Ottery St Mary

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By on Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, Editor's Choice, News, Ottery St Mary, Property

Royalty was in East Devon when The Duke of Gloucester visited Budleigh Salterton and Ottery St Mary to open new almshouses. As part of the celebrations in Budleigh the late Queen’s cousin, Prince Richard, officially opened the town’s first-ever almshouses. In Ottery he was given a tour of the new purpose-built homes where he met the first residents, Anne Bastyan and Chris Thomas. Nick Phillips, The Almshouse Association CEO who accompanied the royal visitor, said the Duke opened the first new almshouse charity to launch in 50 years, visiting Budleigh after The Shandford Trust developed the new homes. He said:…

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Honiton
A computer-generated image of the proposed new care home on the Mill Water School site in Honiton. Image: EDDC.

‘Good idea, wrong place’ – District planners wave through ‘massive’ care home for Honiton

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By on East Devon, Honiton, News, Property

District planners have waved through a ‘massive’ 70-bed care home for Honiton on a former school site. A 70-bed care home is to be built on the site of a former Devon school despite locals warning that it will be ‘massive’, ‘unsustainable’ and a burden on under-pressure health services, writes local democracy reporterGuy Henderson. “Good idea, wrong place,” Honiton town councillor Robert Fowles told a meeting of the East Devon District council planning committee. The home, which Cllr Fowles said could be charging residents up to £90,000 a year for care, will be built on the site of the former Mill…

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Exeter
A computer-generated image of the plan for the former Heavitree Road police station in Exeter. Image: Brown And Company/Exeter City Council.

City planners agree to cut the number of affordable homes on former Exeter police station site

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By on East Devon, Exeter, News, Property

City planners have slashed the number of affordable homes to be built on a former police station in Exeter amid a ‘significant disagreement’ with the developer over a higher figure. The number of affordable units in a massive new housing complex on the site of a former Exeter police station is to be cut, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. Developer NCO (Seven) Ltd was given permission last year to build more than 800 studios and student flats on the site of the derelict former Heavitree Road police station, which has become a target for vandalism, fires and anti-social behaviour.…

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Exeter
Residents on the Home Farm development in Pinhoe, Exeter, were left with a catalogue of problems after the firm behind the scheme, Burrington Estates Group, went into administration last August. Photo: with permission.

We don’t want our residents literally swimming in their own sewage’ – homeowners in Exeter face £500,000 bill after developer goes bust

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By on East Devon, Exeter, News, Property

‘We don’t want our residents literally swimming in their own sewage’ – homeowners in Exeter face a £500,000 bill amid ‘unsafe homes’ after their developer went bust. People living on an Exeter housing development where sewer works have been left unfinished are facing a bill of around half a million pounds, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. Residents on the Home Farm development in Church Hill,  Pinhoe, were left with a catalogue of problems after the firm behind the scheme, Burrington Estates Group, went into administration last August. Green spaces and a children’s playground remain unfinished, and sewer works do…

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Ottery
The proposal for a development on land near Gerway Close, in Ottery St Mary faced significant amounts of opposition from residents. Images: Top, Google Street View/Bottom, stock image.

‘Disappointed’ developer weighs up next move after district planners reject 140 homes for Ottery St Mary

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By on East Devon, News, Ottery St Mary, Property

A ‘disappointed’ developer is weighing up the next move after facing a wall of objection from residents and district planners against building 140 homes in Ottery St Mary. The housebuilder behind a controversial plan for up to 140 homes that was rejected this month is mulling what its next move might be, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. Landra Developments had submitted outline proposals for a development in Ottery St Mary, which had faced significant amounts of opposition from residents. Hundreds of comments had been submitted against the proposal on land adjacent to Gerway Nurseries, with a total of 588…

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Exeter
The final phase of new homes has been given the go-ahead near the Met Office, in Exeter. Main image: Persimmon Homes South West/Inset: stock image.

Developer is given the go-ahead for more new homes in Exeter

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By on East Devon, Exeter, News, Property

More new homes have been given the go-ahead near the Met Office in Exeter, with a third of the build being turned over to housing association tenants. Developers have been given the go-ahead for the final piece in a jigsaw of new housing on the outskirts of Exeter, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. Persimmon Homes South West has secured planning consent for the final phase of development at Hill Barton Vale, near the Met Office headquarters. A total of nearly 200 homes makes up the development, which was first given planning consent in 2021. Persimmon is delivering a third…

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Exeter
The changing face of Exeter - major changes are coming to the city. Images: with permission.

The changing face of Exeter – major developments are set to transform the city’s skyline

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By on East Devon, Exeter, News, Property

The skyline over Exeter is vastly different to how it looked a decade ago, amid scores of new homes and large-scale developments. Soon a raft of major projects in the pipeline will add to the changing face of the city. Those of us who live or work in Exeter are going to see some major changes to the city we love in the coming years, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. The city council has dealt with a large number of major planning applications, and it all means our skyline is going to change beyond recognition. Tall blocks of student…

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East Devon
Image: clockwise, top, Budleigh Salterton, Ottery St Mary and Sidford could have a total of around 200 new homes across the three sites. Main images: Google Street View, inset: stock image.

District planners to consider new homes for three sites in East Devon amid scores of objections

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By on Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, News, Ottery St Mary, Property, Sidford

District planners will next week decide if new homes can be built in two towns and a village in East Devon, amid scores of objections from residents. Almost 200 homes could be approved in East Devon next week as planners debate a trio of sites, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. The biggest application that East Devon District Council’s planning committee will consider at its next meeting (Tuesday, May 12) is in Ottery St Mary, where a scheme of up to 140 homes has been proposed. Hundreds of comments have been submitted against the proposal on land adjacent to Gerway…

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Exeter news
Left: An image of the block of flats proposed for the old Mary Arches car park site, pictured right. Images: L to R: Eutopia Exeter Arches Ltd/Exeter City Council. Google Street View.

City planners wave through plans to demolish a multi-storey car park in Exeter for co-living flats development

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By on East Devon, Exeter, News, Property

City planners have given the green light to demolishing a multi-storey car park in the centre of Exeter to make way for a development of around 300 co-living flats. Almost 300 ‘co-living’ apartments will be built on the site of an Exeter city centre multi-storey car park after developers went back to the drawing board, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. Earlier this year Exeter City Council’s planning committee decided Eutopia’s plans for the Mary Arches Street car park weren’t good enough and asked them to think again. Now the developer’s revised plans have been given the go-ahead. “It is…

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Exeter
Heavitree residents hope to buy the former school playing field, top, for the community, stopping plans for McCarthy Stone retirement flats, bottom. Images, top: Google Street View/bottom, McCarthy Stone.

Clock ticks on Exeter residents’ bid to save old school playing field from developers

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By on Business, East Devon, Exeter, News, Property

The clock is ticking for Exeter residents hoping to save an old school playing field in Heavitree from being turned into a development of retirement flats. People in Exeter campaigning to save a city centre green space have been given eight weeks to finalise their bid, writes local democracy reporter Guy Henderson. The city council’s planning committee has deferred a decision on a proposal to build retirement homes on the old Bramdean School playing field off Homefield Road in Heavitree. Now people living in the area will have two months to complete their pitch to make it an asset of…

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