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Residents suffering from 'unfair' and 'broken system'
December 18, 2025
|Express and Echo
PEOPLE living in some of Exeter's hundreds of new homes are facing poor service and rocketing costs for the basic maintenance of their roads and parks.
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Now Exeter City Council has pledged to get tough with rogue developers which leave roads unfinished and parks untended.
Councillor Mollie Miller-Boam said homeowners were faced with a “broken system” that was costing them in some cases thousands of pounds a year.
The full council voted unanimously to beef up the planning system to force developers to keep their promises and to be transparent about their charges.
Cllr Miller-Boam went on: “We have seen far too many residents being let down by these companies with poor service, rising charges and very few options to hold anyone to account.
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