Planning application submitted for Exeter city centre site

PLANS SUBMITTED TO REGENERATE CITY CENTRE SITE

Student housing scheme will transform derelict site and improve city gateway

Plans have been submitted to Exeter City Council to transform a city centre site.

Development firm Rengen are proposing to redevelop the dated King Billy Public House on Longbrook Street and a neighbouring derelict site into a mixed-use scheme.

The development, which will see the existing pub building demolished, will include 124 purpose built student bedrooms. The ground floor of the building will provide two new commercial unit. The scheme will also provide secure parking for bicycles.

“The scheme has been carefully designed to sit comfortably within its urban context. The scale and mass of the proposal is sensitive to its surroundings and the design forms a prominent and vibrant gateway into the St James area of the city,” says Grainge Architects.

Rengen’s Chief Executive Officer, Iestyn Lewis, said “We are delighted to have submitted a planning application for this exciting prospect in the centre of Exeter.

“It allows us to tie together two prominent sites and enhance the gateway onto Longbrook Street.”

Rengen is a subsidiary of property consultancy and engineering firm Iesis providing global property services such as project management, quantity surveying, and structural and civil engineering.

Jon Clyne, Director at Commercial Property Specialists Charles Darrow who acted for Enlighten Inns, the owner of the site commented “Our client has been in discussion with Exeter City Council for some time in respect of bringing the site forward for redevelopment and we were delighted to be able to agree terms with Rengen, on a sensitive scheme that greatly enhances this area of the city”.

Plans for the new scheme can be viewed in full via Exeter City Council’s website www.exeter.gov.uk.