“While we have successfully adapted to flooding for many years, it is becoming increasingly unmanageable,” said Giles. “Each season, we face greater disruption, significant financial strain and mounting barriers to investment in our facilities. “We have explored every possible option. This work has focused on two key areas: first, what options exist to mitigate or...
The developer of an energy plant proposed for a Riverside Valley Park public open space has said that its “primary source of heat generation” will be from on-site air source heat pumps despite previously presenting River Exe water source access as central to the scheme. Exeter Energy, a Leeds-based company controlled by 1Energy Group and...
HEADLINES Exeter Energy plant replaces rationale for Grace Road Fields location near River Exe with reliance on air source heat pumps Developer nevertheless seeks planning permission to build in Riverside Valley Park, claiming public open space “not bound” by local plan policy, as scheme ambition and city council environmental leadership claims begin to drain away....