Good precis of the current situation here

http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Police-confirm-investigating-East-Devon/story-22045324-detail/story.html

One has to wonder why this is taking so long. The original story broke on the front page of the Daily Telegraph in March 2013

see here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9921344/Councillors-for-hire-who-give-firms-planning-advice.html

and here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9921333/If-I-turn-a-green-field-into-an-estate-then-Im-not-doing-it-for-peanuts.html