Futures Forum: A new East Devon local plan will have to implement the strategy set out in the Greater Exeter Strategic Plan by 2023
It's now all about the GESP:
The Greater Exeter Strategic Plan - A development plan for the future of the Greater Exeter area
Here's a handy guide from the press:
What is the Greater Exeter Strategic Plan and why does it matter?
Mid Devon, East Devon, Teignbridge and Exeter City Council, in partnership with Devon County Council, are teaming up to create the GESP.
Daniel Clark Local Democracy Reporter
31 JAN 2019
The Greater Exeter Strategic Plan (GESP) is the major strategic blueprint for the area around Exeter. Mid Devon, East Devon, Teignbridge and Exeter City Council will all be working in partnership with Devon County Council, teaming up to create the GESP.
It will only look at where housing developments larger than 500 homes could go, with the aim of building 57,000 new properties cross the four council areas. Across the Greater Exeter Area, 2,661 new homes a year will need to be built, with 885 in East Devon, 777 in Teignbridge, 636 in Exeter and 363 in Mid Devon.
There are also ideas to include where an indoor sports stadium and concert arena with a capacity for 20,000 people could be built
When adopted, it will sit above Local Plans for each area which will continue to be prepared to consider local level issues.
Neighbourhood Plans will also be promoted so communities can continue to be empowered to make the detailed planning decisions for the benefit of their area.
Why do we need to build more houses?
Partly, because the Government says so, but partly, because there is a demand for more housing that needs to be met.
Across the Greater Exeter Area, 2,661 new homes a year will need to be built, with 885 in East Devon, 777 in Teignbridge, 636 in Exeter and 363 in Mid Devon.
The draft GESP will be published in the summer of 2019 and will include the strategic site allocations and district figures.
What is the Greater Exeter Strategic Plan and why does it matter? - Devon Live
A plan that could mean thousands of new homes and a sports stadium near you in East Devon through the Greater Exeter Strategic Plan (GESP) | Latest Sidmouth and Ottery News - Sidmouth Herald
Hard to sell? It depends how you see it - with this piece in today's Herald:
New sports stadium and concert arena for 20,000 people could be coming to Devon
01 February 2019
Daniel Clark
Here's a handy guide from the press:
What is the Greater Exeter Strategic Plan and why does it matter?
Mid Devon, East Devon, Teignbridge and Exeter City Council, in partnership with Devon County Council, are teaming up to create the GESP.
Daniel Clark Local Democracy Reporter
31 JAN 2019
The Greater Exeter Strategic Plan (GESP) is the major strategic blueprint for the area around Exeter. Mid Devon, East Devon, Teignbridge and Exeter City Council will all be working in partnership with Devon County Council, teaming up to create the GESP.
It will only look at where housing developments larger than 500 homes could go, with the aim of building 57,000 new properties cross the four council areas. Across the Greater Exeter Area, 2,661 new homes a year will need to be built, with 885 in East Devon, 777 in Teignbridge, 636 in Exeter and 363 in Mid Devon.
There are also ideas to include where an indoor sports stadium and concert arena with a capacity for 20,000 people could be built
When adopted, it will sit above Local Plans for each area which will continue to be prepared to consider local level issues.
Neighbourhood Plans will also be promoted so communities can continue to be empowered to make the detailed planning decisions for the benefit of their area.
Why do we need to build more houses?
Partly, because the Government says so, but partly, because there is a demand for more housing that needs to be met.
Across the Greater Exeter Area, 2,661 new homes a year will need to be built, with 885 in East Devon, 777 in Teignbridge, 636 in Exeter and 363 in Mid Devon.
The draft GESP will be published in the summer of 2019 and will include the strategic site allocations and district figures.
What is the Greater Exeter Strategic Plan and why does it matter? - Devon Live
A plan that could mean thousands of new homes and a sports stadium near you in East Devon through the Greater Exeter Strategic Plan (GESP) | Latest Sidmouth and Ottery News - Sidmouth Herald
Hard to sell? It depends how you see it - with this piece in today's Herald:
New sports stadium and concert arena for 20,000 people could be coming to Devon
01 February 2019
Daniel Clark
An indoor sports stadium and concert arena with a capacity for 20,000 people could be built in the Greater Exeter area.
It could come as part of the Greater Exeter Strategic Plan, (GESP) which will affect where you live, work, shop, enjoy leisure and get around up until 2040. It is the major strategic blueprint for the areas around Exeter. Mid Devon, East Devon, Teignbridge and Exeter City Council will all be working in partnership with Devon County Council, are teaming up to create the GESP.
No specific location for where any stadium would go has yet been decided, but it would have to be accessible for all four councils.
The idea was initially suggested by East Devon District Council’s deputy leader Councillor Phil Skinner and has been supported by Teignbridge District Council’s leader Cllr Jeremy Christophers.
Cllr Christophers said: “The GESP cannot just be a document about housing, but also about infrastructure and more highlights for the area. We are looking at the evidence of need for a sport zone and a concert venue that could host 10-20,000 in the area. We would need to make sure it stacks up financially, but it is welcomed and we think there is a need for it.
“There is nothing this side of Bristol like it that can give a year-round audience in a stadium of about 10-20,000 people. We feel that there is a need for this, but we will have to see whether it is what the people want.
“The proviso of the document is that the GESP area will become a rural city, but it absolutely needs the infrastructure in place, and that has to include all the things that you would expect to find in the city.
“We are seeing what we can provide around an indoor sports facility and a concert arena and to see if it is deliverable to have one in the area. It is too early to be site specific but we are having discussions about it now. Any stadium may need to grow over time and would have to be built so it can expand as it could be something that draws people in from all over the south west.”
Cllr Skinner, speaking at the East Devon Strategic Planning Committee, said: “My own aspiration about talking to people is what we can get out of this for ourselves and looking at an opportunity for young people and them being aspirational through sport and music. Why can’t we be blue-sky thinking about something like this for the region through the GESP process. I want this in our patch and not somewhere else. Making it accessible for all four areas cuts it down to around only four or five sites that can meet all the criteria we are looking at,”
New sports stadium and concert arena for 20,000 people could be coming to Devon as part of Great Exeter Strategic Plan | Latest Sidmouth and Ottery News - Sidmouth Herald
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