As advertised locally and reported in the Echo ten luxury homes could be built on the site of the former Exeter headquarters of Guide Dogs for the Blind. A planning application has been lodged which would see a mix of single and two-storey homes in Exwick Lane.

Cllr Rob Hannaford has attended each of the relevant Planning Committee Meetings to raise concerns and said, “The development would be contrary to the local development plan for the area, and could set a precedent for over development in the adjacent fields.”

Labour candidate Ollie Pearson stated, “I will also be opposing this application. It is just too close to Exwick Heights Primary School. It would generate much more traffic along this section of Exwick Lane, which is already heavily used by parents and pupils, and which the County Council pedestrianized. Exwick needs more community facilities and services before any more residential developments are built, as we need to catch up with many decades of development without infrastructure.”