9th August 2025 / 9th August 2025 by exetergreenparty
Green councillors have warned that green spaces in Exeter are under threat. The warning comes after the Deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, gave the green light for councils to sell off allotments to raise funds [1], and a decision locally by Exeter’s Labour-run council that will require them to sell twice as much of a […]
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7th August 2025 / 8th August 2025 by exetergreenparty
Two Green councillors have lodged a formal objection to the planned 300-bed six storey co-living development on the site of the former Mary Arches car park in Exeter City centre. They say the accommodation will not provide the long term affordable long term homes the City needs. They also accuse the Labour-run administration of ignoring […]
22nd May 2025 / 22nd May 2025 by exetergreenparty
The Green Party in Exeter has welcomed a Supreme Court ruling which means that wild camping will be allowed to continue on Dartmoor. The court ruled that a multimillionaire landowner was wrong to ban it on his land. Green councillor for Heavitree in Exeter, Catherine Rees, who has supported the campaign for wild camping on […]
25th April 2025 / 25th April 2025 by exetergreenparty
Green County Council candidates in Devon are calling for the nationalisation of South West Water. The call comes in the wake of water bills increasing by a third and Environment Agency data showing the company released sewage for more hours than any other water company in England during 2024. In Salcombe Regis a South West […]
21st February 2025 / 24th February 2025 by exetergreenparty
The Progressive Group [1] on Exeter City Council have put forward amendments to this year’s council budget that would generate the income needed to protect vital front line services [2]. Their proposals ensure existing public toilets, leisure services and city centre street cleaning services are maintained. The Group have identified opportunities to generate income and […]
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 […]
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 […]
19th November 2024 / 25th November 2024 by exetergreenparty
Progressive Group councillors on Exeter City Council have accused the ruling Labour group of keeping councillors in the dark as the Local Plan [1] reaches a crucial stage. The final draft of the Plan was due to be scrutinised by a cross party committee last Thursday. But at the last minute the scrutiny committee only […]
14th October 2024 / 25th November 2024 by exetergreenparty
Climate and Nature Bill (CAN) needs at least 100 supporting MPs to have a chance of becoming law The Green Party in Exeter is calling on the city’s MPs, Steve Race and David Reed, to pledge their support for the Climate and Nature Bill (CAN). The proposed legislation aims to ensure a comprehensive and joined-up […]
8th October 2024 / 25th November 2024 by exetergreenparty
Exeter’s Labour-led City Council has decided to sell off part of the Grace Road Playing Fields – green space which is part of the River Valley Park. The sale is to a company who want to build a district heating plant on the site. [1] Green Councillor Andy Ketchin is challenging this decision. Cllr Ketchin […]
