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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 3d

NEWS // Heavitree Road police station student accommodation and “co-living” scheme consultation extended

Developers revise application for full planning permission for 813-bed seven-block complex submitted in May as similar proposals proliferate across city centre
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Heavitree Road police station student accommodation and “co-living” scheme consultation extended - Exeter Observer

Developers revise application for full planning permission for 813-bed seven-block complex submitted in May as similar proposals proliferate across city centre.

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 4d

NEWS // Unique retro games arcade to create new Sidwell Street venue after long search

Boneyard arcade seeking permission to change use of empty Brighthouse retail unit after making way for “co-living” block at previous Red Lion Lane location.

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Unique retro games arcade to create new Sidwell Street venue after long search - Exeter Observer

Boneyard arcade seeking permission to change use of empty Brighthouse retail unit after making way for “co-living” block at previous Red Lion Lane location.

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 5d

ON OUR RADAR // Carmen 🌹🎶🏰

Exeter Opera Group performs Bizet’s tale of a free-spirited woman and her passionate and destructive love affair with a soldier.

🗓️ Sat 8 November
🕐 1pm
📍 Exeter Castle

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Carmen - Exeter Observer

Exeter Opera Group performs Bizet’s tale of a free-spirited woman and her passionate and destructive love affair with a soldier.

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 6d

ICYMI // Mary Arches “co-living” developer resists “miniscule” room size criticisms as design revisions prompt further consultation

Changes include increased building footprints provision of 11 communal kitchens between residents of 297 studios.

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Mary Arches “co-living” developer resists “miniscule” room size criticisms as design revisions prompt further consultation - Exeter Observer

Changes include increased building footprints and removal of twelve rooms to provide eleven communal kitchens – between residents of 297 studios – while gates obstruct pedestrian thoroughfare and site...

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 8d

ICYMI // Council denies data and contrives criteria to dismiss community balance concerns in third King Billy student block approval

Exeter Observer analysis now available to read in full finds more students living in city centre than residents.

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Council denies data and contrives criteria to dismiss community balance concerns in third King Billy student block approval - Exeter Observer

Exeter Observer analysis finds more students living in city centre than residents as council bid to include PBSA in housing delivery figures weakens local planning policy – but does not remove it from...

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 10d

FEATURES // Mary Arches “co-living” developer resists “miniscule” room size criticisms as design revisions prompt further consultation

Changes include increased building footprints provision of 11 communal kitchens between residents of 297 studios.

exeterobserver.org/2025/10/15/m...

Mary Arches “co-living” developer resists “miniscule” room size criticisms as design revisions prompt further consultation - Exeter Observer

Changes include increased building footprints and removal of twelve rooms to provide eleven communal kitchens – between residents of 297 studios – while gates obstruct pedestrian thoroughfare and site...

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 9d

ON OUR RADAR // The Weather Book ⛈️☀️☁️

Exeter Philharmonic Choir performs a new weather-inspired work plus pieces by Brahms, Poulenc and Ralph Vaughan Williams.

🗓️ Sat 8 November
📍 Exeter Cathedral

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The Weather Book - Exeter Observer

Exeter Philharmonic Choir performs a new weather-inspired work plus pieces by Brahms, Poulenc and Ralph Vaughan Williams.

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 10d

FEATURES // Mary Arches “co-living” developer resists “miniscule” room size criticisms as design revisions prompt further consultation

Changes include increased building footprints provision of 11 communal kitchens between residents of 297 studios.

exeterobserver.org/2025/10/15/m...

Mary Arches “co-living” developer resists “miniscule” room size criticisms as design revisions prompt further consultation - Exeter Observer

Changes include increased building footprints and removal of twelve rooms to provide eleven communal kitchens – between residents of 297 studios – while gates obstruct pedestrian thoroughfare and site...

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 13d

ON OUR RADAR // Nature’s Resources 🍃🧑📽️

A programme of six short animated films explores the relationship between humans and non-human species.

🗓️ Sat 18 October
🕚 11am
📍 Exeter Phoenix

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Nature’s Resources - Exeter Observer

A programme of six short animated films explores the relationship between humans and non-human species.

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 16d

ICYMI // Summerland Street “co-living” block build – and £200,000 CIL payment – postponed as council approves phased development

Demolition will secure permanent planning consent but with subsequent construction start date unknown.

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Summerland Street “co-living” block build – and £200,000 CIL payment – postponed as council approves phased development - Exeter Observer

Demolition will secure permanent planning consent but leave city centre site in limbo with subsequent construction start date unknown.

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 15d

FULL STORY // Council denies data and contrives criteria to dismiss community balance concerns in third King Billy student block approval

Exeter Observer analysis now available to read in full finds more students living in city centre than residents.

exeterobserver.org/2025/09/30/e...

Council denies data and contrives criteria to dismiss community balance concerns in third King Billy student block approval - Exeter Observer

Exeter Observer analysis finds more students living in city centre than residents as council bid to include PBSA in housing delivery figures weakens local planning policy – but does not remove it from...

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 13d

ON OUR RADAR // Nature’s Resources 🍃🧑📽️

A programme of six short animated films explores the relationship between humans and non-human species.

🗓️ Sat 18 October
🕚 11am
📍 Exeter Phoenix

exeterobserver.org/2025/09/26/n...

Nature’s Resources - Exeter Observer

A programme of six short animated films explores the relationship between humans and non-human species.

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 17d

ICYMI // Botched consultation restarted on sale of 8.5 acres of Riverside Valley Park

Council land disposal to include rights to lay underground pipework across River Exe floodplain following “low-to-zero carbon” Grace Road Fields heat plant approval.

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Botched consultation restarted on sale of 8.5 acres of Riverside Valley Park green space - Exeter Observer

Council land disposal to include rights to lay underground distribution pipework across River Exe floodplain following “low-to-zero carbon” Grace Road Fields heat plant planning approval in face of En...

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 15d

FULL STORY // Council denies data and contrives criteria to dismiss community balance concerns in third King Billy student block approval

Exeter Observer analysis now available to read in full finds more students living in city centre than residents.

exeterobserver.org/2025/09/30/e...

Council denies data and contrives criteria to dismiss community balance concerns in third King Billy student block approval - Exeter Observer

Exeter Observer analysis finds more students living in city centre than residents as council bid to include PBSA in housing delivery figures weakens local planning policy – but does not remove it from...

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 16d

ICYMI // Summerland Street “co-living” block build – and £200,000 CIL payment – postponed as council approves phased development

Demolition will secure permanent planning consent but with subsequent construction start date unknown.

exeterobserver.org/2025/10/04/s...

Summerland Street “co-living” block build – and £200,000 CIL payment – postponed as council approves phased development - Exeter Observer

Demolition will secure permanent planning consent but leave city centre site in limbo with subsequent construction start date unknown.

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 18d

ON OUR RADAR // Spork! Dead Poets Slam 2025 👻🗣️

Halloween spoken-word special featuring Jo Eades and Samuel L. Cohen with a £100 cash prize poetry slam.

Still space for entrants!

🗓️ Friday 31 Oct
🕢 7.30pm
📍 Exeter Phoenix

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Spork! Dead Poets Slam 2025 - Exeter Observer

Halloween spoken-word special featuring Jo Eades and Samuel L. Cohen with a £100 cash prize poetry slam.

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 17d

ICYMI // Botched consultation restarted on sale of 8.5 acres of Riverside Valley Park

Council land disposal to include rights to lay underground pipework across River Exe floodplain following “low-to-zero carbon” Grace Road Fields heat plant approval.

exeterobserver.org/2025/10/04/b...

Botched consultation restarted on sale of 8.5 acres of Riverside Valley Park green space - Exeter Observer

Council land disposal to include rights to lay underground distribution pipework across River Exe floodplain following “low-to-zero carbon” Grace Road Fields heat plant planning approval in face of En...

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 19d

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 19d

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SPECIAL REPORTS // Council denies data and contrives criteria to dismiss community balance concerns in third King Billy student block approval

Exeter Observer analysis finds more students living in city centre than residents.

exeterobserver.org/2025/09/30/e...

Council denies data and contrives criteria to dismiss community balance concerns in third King Billy student block approval - Exeter Observer

Exeter Observer analysis finds more students living in city centre than residents as council bid to include PBSA in housing delivery figures weakens local planning policy – but does not remove it from...

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 18d

ON OUR RADAR // Spork! Dead Poets Slam 2025 👻🗣️

Halloween spoken-word special featuring Jo Eades and Samuel L. Cohen with a £100 cash prize poetry slam.

Still space for entrants!

🗓️ Friday 31 Oct
🕢 7.30pm
📍 Exeter Phoenix

exeterobserver.org/2025/10/03/s...

Spork! Dead Poets Slam 2025 - Exeter Observer

Halloween spoken-word special featuring Jo Eades and Samuel L. Cohen with a £100 cash prize poetry slam.

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 19d

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 19d

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SPECIAL REPORTS // Council denies data and contrives criteria to dismiss community balance concerns in third King Billy student block approval

Exeter Observer analysis finds more students living in city centre than residents.

exeterobserver.org/2025/09/30/e...

Council denies data and contrives criteria to dismiss community balance concerns in third King Billy student block approval - Exeter Observer

Exeter Observer analysis finds more students living in city centre than residents as council bid to include PBSA in housing delivery figures weakens local planning policy – but does not remove it from...

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 20d

FEATURES // Summerland Street “co-living” block build – and £200,000 CIL payment – postponed as council approves phased development

Demolition will secure permanent planning consent but with subsequent construction start date unknown.

exeterobserver.org/2025/10/04/s...

Summerland Street “co-living” block build – and £200,000 CIL payment – postponed as council approves phased development - Exeter Observer

Demolition will secure permanent planning consent but leave city centre site in limbo with subsequent construction start date unknown.

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 24d

ON OUR RADAR // Play Interact Explore 💠🎺🪜

Theatre Alibi hosts an interactive exhibition suitable for all ages created by artists Leap then Look.

🗓️ Sat 4 Oct to Sun 2 Nov
📍 Emmanuel Hall, St Thomas

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Play Interact Explore - Exeter Observer

Theatre Alibi hosts an interactive exhibition suitable for all ages created by artists Leap then Look.

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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 20d

COMMENT // Botched consultation restarted on sale of 8.5 acres of Riverside Valley Park

Council land disposal to include rights to lay underground pipework across River Exe floodplain following “low-to-zero carbon” Grace Road Fields heat plant approval.

exeterobserver.org/2025/10/04/b...

Botched consultation restarted on sale of 8.5 acres of Riverside Valley Park green space - Exeter Observer

Council land disposal to include rights to lay underground distribution pipework across River Exe floodplain following “low-to-zero carbon” Grace Road Fields heat plant planning approval in face of En...

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