
Leigh Curtis
Derby County Writer at Derby Telegraph
Derby County writer for Derby Telegraph. Views mine. Open hours 10am-6pm. RTs/likes no endorsement. Story? email [email protected]
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6 days ago |
exeterobserver.org | Exeter Observer |Leigh Curtis
NEWSDevon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service took nearly 24 hours to extinguish bank holiday weekend blaze that followed warning of uncontrolled moorland fire risk. Leigh CurtisDemocracy doesn't work when people don't know who is deciding what on whose behalf and what the costs and consequences of those decisions will be. Exeter Observer is proving that reader-funded media can deliver the independent public interest journalism our local democracy needs.
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1 week ago |
exeterobserver.org | Exeter Observer |Leigh Curtis
NEWSPlanning inspector finds no evidence that “increase in crime and disorder” or “serious detrimental impacts on the health of local residents” would result from change of use from restaurant and takeaway unit. Leigh CurtisA planning inspector has granted permission at appeal to convert a vacant restaurant and takeaway in Sidwell Street into an “adult gaming centre” after Exeter City Council failed to determine an application for change of use of the unit within the statutory time limit.
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1 week ago |
exeterobserver.org | Exeter Observer |Leigh Curtis
NEWSSecond year of “worship and ancillary uses” for retail park units to follow December 2023 planning approval for ultra-high density build-to-rent scheme for which neither planning permission nor consent notice yet published. Leigh CurtisThe developers of a controversial ultra-high density build-to-rent scheme at Haven Banks are seeking permission to extend an evangelical church’s temporary occupancy of two former retail units on the site by twelve months.
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1 week ago |
exeterobserver.org | Exeter Observer |Leigh Curtis
NEWSFurther and higher education colleges with Barnstaple, Tiverton and several Exeter sites will now consider consequences of creating what would be largest college group in South West with public consultation due on plans before November decision. Leigh CurtisPetroc and Exeter College governors have agreed a “merger in principle” after four months of discussions held to explore “what a deeper collaboration might look like” between the two further and higher education colleges.
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1 week ago |
exeterobserver.org | Exeter Observer |Leigh Curtis
NEWSTwelve year-old permission to add one full and one stepped-back storey to West Street elevation and remove all commercial space nevertheless remains extant. Leigh CurtisA planning inspector has upheld Exeter City Council’s decision to refuse the addition of a fifth storey to a four-storey city centre scheme that was approved twelve years ago but has not been built.
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