EXETER | The Gardens, Whipton - Vaughan Rd | Residential | Appr

Right, this thing is taking so bloody long that I figured we might as well make it its own thread before construction starts - if it ever does. What brought this to my attention today were the amended plans submitted to the portal, which don't provide much interesting information, aside from the fact that the total number of apartments has been reduced to 91.

Coincidental timing... just 1 day after creating this thread, ECC have published a statement to their social media:

I agree Cyril. Although one thing I would alter about this scheme if I could would be to add some local amenities to the ground floor frontage onto Pinhoe Rd, like the little shops opposite. I know out-of-town shops are bad optics for the council, but including some commercial space would have had its benefits. Namely, contributing to Whipton being its own self-sufficient cluster with a 'centre' of its own for locals to use. If the commercial space ate into residential space too much, I'm sure that could be mitigated by slightly increasing the size of the blocks. Oh well. it doesn't ruin the project at all, I just think they missed out on something that could've improved it.