Article: Objectors to fight on despite go-ahead for pounds70,000 sculpture ; People objecting to a planned controversial new public artwork in Exeter have vowed to keep up the fight after a narrow council decision to approve it.

People objecting to a planned controversial new public artwork in Exeter have vowed to keep up the fight after a narrow council decision to approve it.

Residents of Heavitree say they will complain to the Ombudsman after the city's planning committee gave the green-light by one vote to the creation of the free-standing sculpture.

Despite an overwhelming public backlash against proposals for the installation - which is designed to be a focal point at one of the city's gateways - councillors voted in favour of the structure.

Standing more than five metres high, the pounds70,000 sculpture will be positioned next to the gable end of the Gun and Sports Shop in Fore Street, and is set to form the ...

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