An open letter from Green Party councillors to residents of Devon: Keep the local in Local government 5th January 2025 / 5th January 2025 by exetergreenparty Labour’s Devolution plans will radically reshape local government in Devon. They aim to transfer powers from Whitehall to Strategic Mayoral Authorities, sweeping away both District and County councils. In their place, large new unitary authorities are also planned, serving a population of about 500,000 each – roughly half the size of Devon and Torbay Councils. As Unitary […] Read more »
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 »
Green Councillor calls on City Council to let residents ‘make a splash with their cash’ 25th November 2024 / 25th November 2024 by exetergreenparty A Green Party Councillor is challenging the Labour-run City Council to bring back cash payments at Council-run swimming pools, including St Sidwell’s Point and Riverside. The City Council’s leisure centres went cashless in 2020 due to Covid restrictions. However, a promised Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) to examine the impact of this policy has yet to […] Read more »
“Most important decision Exeter City Council will make” being pushed through without scrutiny in “dash for development” warn Progressive Group 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 […] Read more »
Exeter green party reaction to axing of £2 bus fare cap 28th October 2024 / 25th November 2024 by exetergreenparty Following Keir Starmer’s confirmation that Rachel Reeves will announce in the Budget on Wednesday that the £2 single bus fare cap will be increased to £3 in the New Year, Exeter Green Party campaigner, Thomas Richardson, said: “What we need is a budget that puts us on the road to a fairer, greener transport system. […] Read more »
Exeter Labour out of fresh ideas with plans for former bus station site, say Exeter Greens 25th October 2024 / 25th November 2024 by exetergreenparty Exeter Green Party Councillors say the Labour-run Council is “out of fresh ideas” over plans to redevelop the old bus station site. The Labour leader confirmed at a full Council meeting last week that plans to turn the space into a temporary car park would go ahead, but that longer term there were plans for […] Read more »
Cross party call on Exeter MPs to back ‘significant and sustained’ increase in funding for councils 22nd October 2024 / 25th November 2024 by exetergreenparty Without a significant and sustained increase in funding for local authorities, Exeter City Council’s ability to deliver crucial services, including supporting some of the most vulnerable in society, is under threat, leaders of the Progressive Group on the Council have warned. Writing to the city’s MPs, Steve Race and David Reed, they urge them to […] Read more »
