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• Residents left in limbo as final touches unfinished amid developer collapse

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• Postal voters in Exeter must reapply under new rules

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• Developer wins appeal amid planning back-and-forth

  The developer behind a plan for 42 homes in an East Devon village has been given the green light by a government inspector after the local council blocked one version but then accepted another.

• New road safety measures bagged as homes approved at ‘accident hotspot’

  Extra safety measures have been linked to the approval of new homes near a busy roundabout dubbed an “accident hotspot”.

• Planners defer decision on homes plan for site of ‘national importance’ for bats

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• First look at how rebuilt Exeter fire hotel will rise again

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