Greens call on Council to postpone planned sale of protected green space 28th December 2024 / 28th December 2024 by exetergreenparty Green Councillors have called for a halt to the sell-off of a green field within the Riverside Valley Park for a large new ’proposed energy centre’. Labour-led Exeter City Council intends to dispose of the 1.8 hectare site at Grace Road Fields between Marsh Barton railway station and the Exeter Ship Canal. A public consultation […] Read more »
Greens push to set School Streets in motion 16th December 2024 / 17th December 2024 by exetergreenparty Green Party councillors will present a motion this Tuesday calling on Devon County Council to work with schools and communities to increase the number of School Streets in Exeter. School Streets are designed to improve child safety by creating car-free areas outside schools for short periods at the start and end of the school day. […] Read more »
Exeter Greens respond to Labour’s National Planning Policy Framework: misguided and an insult to local democracy 13th December 2024 / 13th December 2024 by exetergreenparty Responding to the government’s new National Planning Policy Framework which has set a goal of getting 1.5 million new homes built during this parliament, but will allow local authority planning officers the power to rubber stamp development proposals without permission from council committees, the leader of the Green group on Exeter City Council, Councillor Diana […] Read more » #Exeter housing
Exeter Green Party secure public consultation on future of former bus station site 6th December 2024 / 11th December 2024 by exetergreenparty Exeter Green Party has secured a commitment to engage with public on the future of the old bus station site in the city centre. A survey the Green Party launched [1] asking local residents for ideas on how the site should be used found no appetite for the Labour-led Council’s plan for a temporary car […] Read more »
