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Devon: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Devon County Council: County (upper tier), England, South West. GOV.UK lists it as a county council. ONS code E10000008.

Council website · Publication scheme · Disclosure log

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Devon for 2026–27: £1,891.17. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School (primary) — proposed to open; reason recorded: new provision; proposed date 1 March 2027
The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School (primary) — open, but proposed to close; reason recorded: for academy; proposed date 28 February 2027
The Promise School — proposed to open; reason recorded: change in status; proposed date 1 February 2027
The Promise School — open, but proposed to close; reason recorded: change in status; proposed date 31 January 2027

In the last twelve months: 5 opened (4 new provision, 1 fresh start), 5 closed (2 closure, 1 result of amalgamation/merger, 1 fresh start, 1 for academy)

Petroc (16 plus) — closed; reason recorded: result of amalgamation/merger, 4 January 2026
Shaugh Prior Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: closure, 31 August 2026
St Wilfrid's School — closed; reason recorded: closure, 8 July 2026
The Clinton Church of England Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: fresh start, 30 September 2026
Tiverton High School (secondary) — closed; reason recorded: for academy, 28 February 2026
Beyond Creative Education — open; reason recorded: new provision, 26 February 2026
Holme Court School Devon — open; reason recorded: new provision, 8 September 2026
The Clinton Church of England Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: fresh start, 1 October 2026
The Wildings Lovaton — open; reason recorded: new provision, 7 January 2026
Tiverton High School (secondary) — open; reason recorded: new provision, 1 March 2026

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Devon reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Devon: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£591.1 million
Highways and transport services	£72.1 million
Children's social care	£231.8 million
Adult social care	£425.7 million
Public health	£38.5 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£525,000
Cultural and related services	£11.5 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£47.8 million
Planning and development services	£20.2 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£11.5 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£1,450.6 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Life in Devon: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

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People living here: 845,541 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age: 47 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year: £25,780 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax: £580 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty: 23.3% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits: 2.3% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home: £306,003 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs: 8.6 times yearly pay 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsA typical home's price divided by the typical yearly pay of people who live here.
Years in good health: women: 64.0 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men: 63.7 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person: 6.0 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband: 71.1% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars: 175.7 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here: 33,990 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Devon from the ONS

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

This council’s area is covered by Devon and Torbay combined authority.

60 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Liberal Democrats and Greens. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 27, Reform UK 16, Conservative and Unionist 7, Green Party (E&W) 6, Independent / Other 2, Advance UK 2.

Next scheduled council election: 3 May 2029.

All 60 councillors, by ward

Neil Qvrm (Reform UK) — Alphington & Cowick
Stuart Rogers (Conservative and Unionist) — Ashburton & Buckfastleigh
Paul Hayward (Independent / Other) — Axminster
Syed Jusef (Liberal Democrats) — Barnstaple North
Caroline Leaver (Liberal Democrats) — Barnstaple South
Tony Carson (Conservative and Unionist) — Bickleigh & Wembury
Mark Barry (Reform UK) — Bideford East
Robin Julian (Reform UK) — Bideford West & Hartland
Sally Morgan (Liberal Democrats) — Bovey Rural
Graham Bell (Liberal Democrats) — Braunton Rural
Henry Gent (Green Party (E&W)) — Broadclyst
Nat Vanstone (Reform UK) — Broadclyst
Richard Keeling (Liberal Democrats) — Chudleigh & Teign Valley
Ed Tyldesley (Liberal Democrats) — Chulmleigh & Landkey
Andrea Davis (Conservative and Unionist) — Combe Martin Rural
Jim Cairney (Liberal Democrats) — Crediton
Steve Keable (Liberal Democrats) — Creedy, Taw & Mid Exe
James Buczkowski (Liberal Democrats) — Cullompton & Bradninch
Simon Rake (Liberal Democrats) — Dartmouth & Marldon
Rosie Dawson (Liberal Democrats) — Dawlish
Michael Mitchell (Liberal Democrats) — Duryard & Pennsylvania
Alan Connett (Liberal Democrats) — Exminster & Haldon
Helen Brown (Reform UK) — Exmouth
Jeffrey Trail (Conservative and Unionist) — Exmouth
Nick Hookway (Liberal Democrats) — Exmouth & Budleigh Salterton Coastal
Tony Stevens (Reform UK) — Exwick & St. Thomas
Richard Jefferies (Liberal Democrats) — Feniton & Honiton
Frank Biederman (Liberal Democrats) — Fremington Rural
Sue Davies (Reform UK) — Hatherleigh & Chagford
Jack Eade (Green Party (E&W)) — Heavitree & Whipton Barton
Lynne Rowsell (Reform UK) — Holsworthy Rural
Sara Wilson (Green Party (E&W)) — Ilfracombe
Heather Horner (Reform UK) — Ipplepen & The Kerswells
Victor Abbott (Liberal Democrats) — Ivybridge
Julian Brazil (Liberal Democrats) — Kingsbridge
Tony Dempster (Reform UK) — Kingsteignton & Teign Estuary
Jacqueline Fry (Reform UK) — Newton Abbot North
Mick Cockerham (Reform UK) — Newton Abbot South
Dermot McGeough (Conservative and Unionist) — Northam
James Grainger (Reform UK) — Okehampton Rural
Jess Bailey (Independent / Other) — Otter Valley
Edward Hill (Advance UK) — Pinhoe & Mincinglake
Louise Wainwright (Liberal Democrats) — Salcombe
Paul Arnott (Liberal Democrats) — Seaton & Colyton
Denise Bickley (Liberal Democrats) — Sidmouth
Dan Thomas (Liberal Democrats) — South Brent & Yealmpton
Richard Hopley (Reform UK) — South Molton
Andy Ketchin (Green Party (E&W)) — St. David's & Haven Banks
Thomas Richardson (Green Party (E&W)) — St. Sidwells & St. James
Debo Sellis (Conservative and Unionist) — Tavistock
David Cox (Liberal Democrats) — Teignmouth
Neale Raleigh (Reform UK) — Tiverton East
Steve Lodge (Liberal Democrats) — Tiverton West
Cheryl Cottle-Hunkin (Liberal Democrats) — Torrington Rural
Jacqi Hodgson (Green Party (E&W)) — Totnes & Dartington
Andrew Leadbetter (Conservative and Unionist) — Wearside & Topsham
Cathy Connor (Liberal Democrats) — Whimple & Blackdown
Simon Clist (Liberal Democrats) — Willand & Uffculme
Angela Nash (Advance UK) — Wonford & St. Loyes
Michael Cook (Reform UK) — Yelverton Rural

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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