Significant changes to the preferred location of new council offices in East Devon will be discussed at cabinet next week (Wednesday, 3 December).
Cabinet will hear the latest developments since it was last reported in February and how changing market conditions mean that SkyPark is no longer the preferred option.
Whilst SkyPark has been the leading contender as the relocation site, the council was very clear that no decision was going to be made on the final location until all the facts and figures were known with other key pieces in what is a complex jigsaw slotting in to...
The Green Party in Exeter has broadly welcomed the redevelopment of the bus station site, particularly the emphasis on leisure uses including a swimming pool, but has repeated their call for a new market square.
They have also welcomed plans to develop the site to BREEAM environmental standards and the swimming pool to passivhaus standards.
The Party says that such standards are crucial not only to tackle climate change but also to create buildings which are more affordable to run.
However, Greens question whether the current plans are economically viable and are...
Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a fatal road traffic collision on the B3180 near Daisy Mount, Ottery St Mary last night (Monday 24 November).
The incident happened shortly before 10pm on Monday when a blue Ford Mondeo car was involved in a collision with a male pedestrian outside of the West Hill Nursery.
The pedestrian, a 42-year-old local man, died at the scene following the collision.
He is believed to have been walking along the road at the time of the incident.
Police would like to hear from anyone who may have been driving in...
Three Devon councils have announced that they will be working more collaboratively to drive forward economic growth.
Exeter City Council, Teignbridge District Council and East Devon District Council today (Monday 24 November) signed an agreement that paves the way for joined-up decision making on planning, housing, resources and infrastructure.
The three councils have previously worked together on economic development and tourism. They recently merged individual ICT services to create Strata Service Solutions Ltd, a shared ICT partnership that will deliver significant...
Former Exeter Chiefs rugby player Chris Whitehead has been named as guest speaker at Teignbridge District Council’s Sports Personality of the Year Awards 2014.
Mr Whitehead, who retired from top flight rugby earlier this year and is using his playing expertise as coach at Western Counties league side Kingsbridge, has been unveiled as a key speaker at the sport gala event on Friday 28 November at the Langstone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish Warren.
The Awards, in association with main sponsor Kitsons Solicitors and supported by media partners Palm FM and the Mid Devon Advertiser,...
A drop-in information day will be held on Thursday 27 November in Seaton Town Hall for people to find out more about Seaton Jurassic, the new visitor attraction for the Jurassic Coast.
From 3pm until 8pm, key people from the many partners involved will be available to discuss the centre, the timescale for the development, what will be inside and how local people can help with fundraising or become a volunteer. There will be displays with plans of the new centre and some of the early interpretation ideas.
Information about the proposed Seaton Jurassic information points, the...
Toby Buckland’s annual garden festival at Powderham Castle, Devon, is fast becoming recognised as one of the most important events of its kind in the South West, attracting celebrity gardening experts and providing an annual rendezvous for enthusiastic gardeners and award-winning regional nurseries.
Next year's festival on 1 and 2 May will be a bigger event with the same mixture of some of the country’s best plant specialists plus gardening craft and equipment stalls, entertainment and high quality local food producers.
Horticulturist, writer, TV presenter and new President...
The annual Victorian Christmas Market returns to the Teign Valley on Saturday (Nov 29) with a host of festive goodies and entertainment.
Stallholders, dressed in traditional Victorian garb, will be offering an array of produce, crafts and gifts at the event, which runs from 10am to 3pm at the Teign Valley Community Hall in Christow.
Entry is free, and there is also a complimentary mince pie and glass of mulled wine on arrival.
Organiser Khamal Doderer said: “The Victorian Christmas Market continues to grow and this year we’ve worked really hard to make sure there’s...
An ambitious Exeter based creative and communications agency which can number Tesco, the BBC Global News and Rick Stein amongst its clients has now been appointed to handle the marketing portfolio for Flybe and Paignton Zoo in Torquay.
ab..the ideas agency is also the team behind the Flybe guerrilla marketing campaign to promote flights to London which made the national press when it prompted First Great Western to call the police to Exeter St David’s station last month.
Established over 30 years ago as a two-man graphic design studio, ab today employs 24 staff providing a...
A crowd of more than 3,000 turned out at Exeter Racecourse yesterday to watch ponies from Dartmoor and Clydesdale horses stretch their limbs in their two furlong races before seven jump races gave racegoers an afternoon to remember.
Six hill ponies went to post and it was a tiny pure bred registered Dartmoor who crossed the line in front with his owner Rachael Watson on board.
“My plan was to stay close to Frolic in the race and keep something in the tank for the finish,” said 20-year-old Rachael who farms with her parents near Poundsgate.
