Taxpayer to pick up tab for community facilities after Labour offers subsidies to co-living developers warn Progressive Group 30th August 2023 / 9th April 2024 by andrewbell Progressive Group councillors have raised alarm at the outcome of a planning inspection of new Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) rates proposed by Exeter’s Labour-run Council. The Progressive Group of Green and Liberal Democrat Councillors on Exeter City Council put forward strong objections to Labour’s proposed CIL rates which, they say, won’t fund the infrastructure needed to […] Read more »
Greens say planned closure of railway ticket offices in Exeter ‘misguided’ and urge all passengers to object 26th August 2023 / 9th April 2024 by andrewbell With exactly a week left to respond to the consultation on proposed railway station ticket office closures [1], Green Party councillors are urging passengers to press Great Western Railway (GWR) to keep ticket offices open at Exeter Central and Exeter St David’s stations. In a letter to Transport Focus [2], which is coordinating the consultation, […] Read more »
Council urged to hold its nerve on delivering Low Traffic Neighbourhoods 7th August 2023 / 19th March 2024 by andrewbell As the government orders a review into Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTN) schemes, Exeter Green Party councillors are urging Devon County Council to ‘hold its nerve’ and continue to deliver trials of LTNs ‘with confidence’. Heavitree councillor Catherine Rees said: “In their desperation for votes, the Conservative government is fueling culture wars by ordering a review […] Read more »