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Have your say on emerging proposals for Glasshouse Lane

Following our public engagement activity in November last year for the Glasshouse Lane site, the project team has been busy refining the designs in response to feedback received.

We are holding further public engagement on 14 June at The 100 Club to present the emerging design.

What’s been happening?

Our design and planning team have been undertaking further site analysis and reviewing community feedback and developing more detailed plans. Early concept designs proposed a housing development of up to 39 units arranged in 3 or 4 blocks. In response to the feedback received, we have made a number of significant changes to the design, including:

Reducing the size of the development to 24 housing units, arranged in one 4-storey block on the south side of the site adjacent to the medical centre.

Retaining the mature trees along Lakeside Avenue and the much-loved Walnut tree at the centre of the site.

Planting more trees on site with the creation of a forest garden around the trees on Lakeside Avenue, to improve the biodiversity.

Enhancing the link between the two adjoining public spaces with a level path for improved access.

Providing more detailed designs for the landscaped elements of the scheme.

Creating an improved crossing between Greenview Court and Lakeside Avenue, with a raised shared surface designed to slow traffic and prioritise pedestrians/cyclists.

All of the new homes will be affordable homes for rent, including two wheelchair accessible homes on the ground floor with each having a dedicated disabled parking space. They will be extremely energy efficient with PV panels.

Richard Hayman, Interim Managing Director, Exeter City Living said: “These changes seek to positively address a lot of the issues raised during the early engagement process and has resulted in a scheme which, we believe, will enable new homes to be provided whilst trying to take on the concerns of local people in a more appropriate way. We are also aiming to adhere to the wider Liveable Exeter design aspirations and planning guidelines. I should stress that this early engagement is totally separate from the formal planning process where residents will be able to comment further”.

Further engagement

Come and join us at a staffed public exhibition to view the updated proposals:

The 100 Club, Wear Barton Road, Exeter EX2 7EH

Wednesday 14 June

2pm to 5pm

Members of the public can drop in to the exhibition to view the proposals and speak to members of the project team.

If you are unable to join us, the latest proposals will be available to view at https://glasshouselane.commonplace.is/from 14 June, where you can find out more about the feedback received during the first round of engagement and learn more about how the designs have evolved.

What happens next?

Our public engagement events are totally outside the formal planning application process, and following this event we will ultimately look to submit our planning application to Exeter City Council as the Local Planning Authority this summer. Once the application has been registered it will be available to view on the Council’s online planning portal, where you will have a further opportunity to comment. Immediate neighbours to the site will be formally notified of the application as part of the Council’s statutory planning consultation.

Richard added, “We are looking forward to updating key stakeholders and local residents on 14 June. Please come along to view our proposals and see how we have developed our design.”

Posted on 8th June 2023

by Anita Craig