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A map outlining proposals for refurbished and new tennis courts, plus other facilities at Cranford Sports Club, which also wants to sell off surplus land for homes. Image: Cranford Sports Club.

District planners wave through new homes on disused tennis courts in Exmouth

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By on East Devon, East Devon sport, Exmouth, Exmouth sport, News, Property, Sport, Tennis

District planners have agreed eight new homes can be built on disused tennis courts in Exmouth plus a cash boost of £535,000 for sports club improvements. Exmouth’s Cranford Club has emerged victorious in its efforts to build homes on some of its disused tennis courts and to embark on an overhaul of facilities, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. The historic club, initially formed in 1878 as a tennis club, had stated the sale of the surplus tennis courts was vital to put it on a “sustainable financial footing”, and planners handed it a win on its double-plan submission. East…

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Back of the net for Exmouth sports clubs as town council announces £100,000 grant pot

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Sports clubs in Exmouth are invited to apply for a share of a £100,000 funding pot boost for to pay for improvements, upgrades or expansion. Exmouth Town Council has launched the Sports Club Improvement Fund in a bid to help local clubs thrive and benefit the community. The funding has come from developer cash paid to the authority to boost infrastructure and services in return for building in Exmouth. The Exmouth authority said it recognised the importance of sports clubs to the health and wellbeing of the town as a whole. Councillor Pauline Stott, chair of the Section 106 and…

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The club's proposal says: 'The proceeds not only prevent closure but also allow us to enhance and enrich the sports health and wellbeing facilities and services required to meet the needs of all users'. Images: L to R, Cranford Sports Club/Google Street View.

Exmouth sport club’s bid to sell five tennis courts for homes amid funding plans to refurbish, update and expand to ‘prevent closure’

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A sports club in Exmouth hopes to sell five outdoor tennis courts for development and use the proceeds to refurbish, update and expand to ‘prevent closure’. An Exmouth-based sports club has said its plans to sell surplus land for homes and improve and expand its facilities would put it on a “sustainable financial footing”, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. Cranford Sports Club, on the town’s Salterton Road, is hoping to serve up an expansion after submitting plans for new and improved facilities as it simultaneously seeks to sell surplus land for housing. The club wants to build a new…

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East Devon and Exeter – a round-up of community news, photos, sporting events, school celebrations, fundraising fun

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A round-up from across East Devon and Exeter – community news, photos, sporting events, school celebrations, fundraising fun. Send your local news to newsdesk@eastdevonnews.co.uk East Devon Scores of runners in Santa hats set off in East Devon for Hospicare first-ever charity Jingle Jog. Some 500 joggers of all ages set off from Greendale farm shop and raised more than £20,000 for the charity. Jogging routes included 2km, 5km and a 10km timed trail run.  Exmouth A dead Turkey Oak tree overhanging a café seating area in the grounds of Exmouth Manor Gardens will be removed this month after the district…

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Top, Exmouth Amateur Boxing Club supporters celebrate a win for new gym after a planning meeting heard views from from residents and councillors. Photos: Base Planning Consultants/Bradley Gerrard/LDRS.

Exmouth boxing club comes up fighting against calls to block its new gym amid fears noise and traffic will ‘harm’ elderly neighbours in sheltered council homes

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An Exmouth boxing club came out fighting against objections to its plans for a new gym amid concerns that hours of noise and parking chaos could hit elderly and vulnerable residents living in nearby council sheltered accommodation. A Devon boxing club has delivered a knock-out blow in a multi-year planning wrangle as part of efforts to build itself a new headquarters, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. Exmouth Amateur Boxing Club put forward plans for a new gym and community sport building at Warren View Sports Ground at the town’s Halsdon Avenue, but faced significant opposition from residents. Around 50…

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£10million boost for East Devon sport, education, healthcare and green areas

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Developers’ cash of around £10million will boost healthcare, sports, education and green areas in East Devon. The district council has announced cash developers must pay the authority to build new homes will go to ‘several community projects’, set to start in the coming months. The £11million Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding pot will pay for a new school, extending a doctors’ surgery, new sports pitches and changing rooms, a country park, and paths for cycling and walking. East Devon District Council (EDDC) said £1million has been set aside from the funding for future projects. Councillor Todd Olive, EDDC portfolio holder…

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Top, clockwise, Exmouth Town AFC U9s Football team, the new East Devon sculpture, the Dinan Way extension launch. Photos: with permission.

Community news from across East Devon and Exeter – round-up includes Exmouth, Honiton, Sidmouth

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By on Axminster, Business, East Devon, East Devon sport, Exeter, Exmouth, Exmouth sport, Football, Honiton, News, Sidmouth, Sport

A round-up of community news from across East Devon and Exeter – including Exmouth, Sidmouth, Honiton. Send your news, events, and photos. Email: news desk@eastdevonnews.co.uk East Devon A sculpture created by an East Devon artist aims to be ‘uplifting and optimistic’ for residents living close to a new community centre near Exeter. The sculpture, at the Tithebarn Local Centre, named ‘Chaetonotus’ (pronounced ‘key-toe-no-tus’), was designed by East Devon artist Martin Staniforth to reflect the creatures found in the development’s ponds – part of the estate’s flood water run-off drainage, near Hutchings Drive. Martin Staniforth, also known as Morth, said: “I…

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Council brings out the calculator amid ‘difficult decisions’ over the affordability of East Devon leisure and sport centres

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East Devon will face ‘difficult decisions’ surrounding its leisure and sports facilities as it prepares to kick-off a review into what it can afford to keep running, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. It looks set to hire external consultants Strategic Leisure to explore what actions it might need to take to protect existing services. Liz Taylor, a consultant from the company, noted that the council had an “ageing stock of facilities” and that many were in schools, which “brings its own challenges.” She told East Devon’s leisure strategy delivery forum: “There’s also been recently an affordability issue with the…

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Warren View Sports Ground, Exmouth. Photo: with permisison.

Pitch perfect! Exmouth young footballers are given the green light to level their sloping ground

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A football pitch for youngsters in Exmouth is to get a makeover after district planners agreed its surface could be levelled. Young footballers in Exmouth will soon be able to play on a flat pitch after a successful bid to level their sloping ground, writes local democracy reporter Bradley Gerrard. Exmouth Youth Football Club sought permission for work at Warren View Sports, Ground in Halsdon Avenue, to provide a flat playing surface, and to help reduce drainage issues on a section which frequently floods in winter. The works will involve raising the ground by one metre in a west to…

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Image shows how the finished pavilion will look. Photo: with permission.

Work starts to put Exmouth ‘on the footballing map’ with £1.58million youth, pitch and pavilion investment

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Work has started to build new football pitches and a sports pavilion in Exmouth, funded by a retirement homes developer investing more than £1.58million in the town. Exmouth Town Football Club said the investment will put the town ‘on the footballing map’. Developer Blue Cedar Homes aims to boost facilities for the youth teams, building a new club house and three football pitches for a range of players to train, compete, and ‘achieve their full potential’. The purpose-built sports pavilion and three new football pitches – expected to be ready early next year – have been designed by the developer, in consultation…

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