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East Gate is a large strategic site proposed for allocation in the Exeter Plan. Located centrally within the city, the site is brownfield and stretches from Sidwell Street, along Paris Street down to Heavitree Road. It currently contains a variety of uses including office, business and retail, residential, public car parking, the former bus station and former Pyramids Leisure Centre.
East Gate provides a great opportunity to regenerate a tired area of the city into a high quality, low or zero-car new neighbourhood that is well served by the wide range of services, employment and facilities offered by its city centre location. Development will need to respond to challenges such as viability, heritage, protecting the amenity of nearby residents and ensuring sufficient provision for facilities currently in existence on the site.
The site is currently in multiple ownerships, although large parts of the site are owned by the City Council, including along Sidwell Street and Paris Street. The area includes the large regeneration scheme known as City Point. The site boundary has changed slightly since the last Exeter Plan consultation to include some unused land adjacent St Sidwell’s Point and the Manor Court office building.
Further work will be required to consider the delivery of East Gate. Consultation with the local community will be required before the submission of planning applications.
A site of 10.5 hectares at East Gate is identified for a mixed-use development delivering approximately 850 homes, provision for employment and an impressive and memorable city centre gateway. The development must support the achievement of net zero and accord with the Liveable Exeter Principles to deliver a compact and well-connected neighbourhood, incorporating the highest standards of design.
The following will be required:
A. A housing mix built to optimal densities taking account of local context and the Exeter Density Study which meets a wide range of housing needs including:B. A mix of new forms of employment provision to meet the needs of the transformational sectors, including work hubs, collaborative workspace and live-work schemes.
C. Social, community and cultural infrastructure including:E. Enhancement of the natural environment and Green Infrastructure :
F. An energy strategy that minimises carbon emissions (both operational and embodied), incorporates renewable and low carbon energy generation and helps to deliver, and connect to, local energy networks.
G. Appropriate flood risk mitigation:H. Conservation and enhancement of the historic environment:
Note: Policy not yet tested by viability appraisal.
You can use the slider on the images below to view an illustrative example of how the site might look in the future.