Exeter & East Devon News from Tuesday, November 25th, 2025

Fears over the capacity of East Devon’s sewerage system dominated public concerns amid scrutiny of the blueprint for new housing in the district.

Developers are likely to get the go-ahead next week to build 54 houses on an old golf driving range in Topsham – but they will have to pledge tens of thousands of pounds to local health services and make 19 of the homes ‘affordable’.

Police have received a report on the 25th of November 2025 in relation to 3 stolen Motorcross bikes from an address in Honiton.

East Devon District Council (EDDC) has issued a formal response to the Marine Management Organisation’s consultation on proposed changes to the legal framework governing the Port of Exeter as put forward by Exeter City Council. These represent a major update to regulations dating back to the 1800s. The consultation closed on 23 November 2025.

The company behind a popular Devon nightspot says it has been ‘exonerated’ over an incident in which a teenage university student collapsed and fell down stairs during a Freshers Week night out.

A new political group is putting forward its first-ever candidate in an upcoming by-election in East Devon