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Clifton Hill Sports Centre Site: 72 Extra Care Flats Planned
Plans are in for 72 affordable extra care flats for older people on the former Clifton Hill Sports Centre site, sold by the council for £3.375 million.
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Planning
Exbridge House Exeter for Sale: 81 Flats and a Flood Wall
The former BT offices on Commercial Road are for sale with a bid for 81 flats, due a council decision by 23 November. The plan needs a flood wall round it.
House prices
Exeter House Prices: Flats Back to 2021 at £164,900
Exeter flats averaged £164,900 in July, a price the city last saw in 2021. The average home across all types fell £4,907 in a year to £282,696.
Planning
Heavitree Road Police Site: Affordable Homes Cut to 61
The 813-studio scheme for Exeter's old Heavitree Road police station still has no issued permission. Its affordable studios fell from 83 to 61 in June.
Housing
Rennes House Demolition Begins: 32 Weeks to Take It Down
Demolition of Whipton's 11-storey Rennes House started on 7 September and will take about 32 weeks. Its 61 flats are to be replaced by 36 Passivhaus homes.
Pinhoe
Home Farm Pinhoe: Land Given Up, 91 Households Told
Liquidators gave up freehold land on the Home Farm estate in Pinhoe and served notice on 91 homes. Creditors owed £266,294 must claim by 25 September.
Housing
Exeter Student Accommodation Full: Defer by 31 August
The university says every room is allocated and none will free up before term. Offer-holders without housing have until 31 August to ask to defer to 2027.
House prices
Exeter house prices fall to £280,982, lowest since 2024
The average Exeter home sold for £280,982 in June, down £4,919 in a year and the lowest since May 2024. Only South Hams fell further across Devon.