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East 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.

East Devon District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, South West; within the county of DEV. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Devon County Council. ONS code E07000040.

Council website

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 East Devon for 2026–27: £176.92 of a £2,595.46 total bill in the area. 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 in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

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

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

East Devon: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	none budgeted
Highways and transport services	−£3.5 million
Children's social care	none budgeted
Adult social care	none budgeted
Public health	none budgeted
Housing services (general fund only)	£4.2 million
Cultural and related services	£7.1 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£14.5 million
Planning and development services	£3.9 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£4.4 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£30.6 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 East 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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Showing: East Devon.

People living here: 159,637 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: 51 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: £27,576 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: £632 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: 21.0% 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: 2.0% 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: £345,256 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs: 8.4 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.
Greenhouse gases, per person: 5.6 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: 75.2% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars: 199.7 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: 6,365 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for East 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, Greens and independents. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Independent / Other 22, Liberal Democrats 21, Conservative and Unionist 12, Green Party (E&W) 3, Vacant 1, The Liberal Party 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 60 councillors, by ward

Paul Hayward (Independent / Other) — Axminster
Sarah Jackson (Independent / Other) — Axminster
Simon Smith (Independent / Other) — Axminster
John Heath (Independent / Other) — Beer & Branscombe
Eleanor Rylance (Liberal Democrats) — Broadclyst
Paula Fernley (Green Party (E&W)) — Broadclyst
Sarah Chamberlain (Liberal Democrats) — Broadclyst
Charlotte Fitzgerald (Liberal Democrats) — Budleigh & Raleigh
Henry Riddell (Conservative and Unionist) — Budleigh & Raleigh
Melanie Martin (Independent / Other) — Budleigh & Raleigh
Mike Howe (Independent / Other) — Clyst Valley
Helen Parr (Conservative and Unionist) — Coly Valley
Paul Arnott (Liberal Democrats) — Coly Valley
Kevin Blakey (Independent / Other) — Cranbrook
Kim Bloxham (Independent / Other) — Cranbrook
Sam Hawkins (Independent / Other) — Cranbrook
Colin Brown (Conservative and Unionist) — Dunkeswell & Otterhead
Yehudi Levine (Liberal Democrats) — Dunkeswell & Otterhead
Fabian King (Liberal Democrats) — Exe Valley
Aurora Bailey (Independent / Other) — Exmouth Brixington
Maddy Chapman (Conservative and Unionist) — Exmouth Brixington
Vacant (Vacant) — Exmouth Brixington
Daniel Wilson (Green Party (E&W)) — Exmouth Halsdon
Fran McElhone (Liberal Democrats) — Exmouth Halsdon
Tim Dumper (Liberal Democrats) — Exmouth Halsdon
Anne Hall (Liberal Democrats) — Exmouth Littleham
Brian Bailey (Conservative and Unionist) — Exmouth Littleham
Nick Hookway (Liberal Democrats) — Exmouth Littleham
Eileen Wragg (Liberal Democrats) — Exmouth Town
Joe Whibley (Independent / Other) — Exmouth Town
Olly Davey (Green Party (E&W)) — Exmouth Town
Matt Hall (Liberal Democrats) — Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh
Steve Gazzard (Liberal Democrats) — Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh
Alasdair Bruce (Independent / Other) — Feniton
Jenny Brown (Conservative and Unionist) — Honiton St Michael's
Roy Collins (The Liberal Party) — Honiton St Michael's
Violet Bonetta (Independent / Other) — Honiton St Michael's
John O'Leary (Conservative and Unionist) — Honiton St Paul's
Tony McCollum (Independent / Other) — Honiton St Paul's
Iain Chubb (Conservative and Unionist) — Newbridges
Christopher Burhop (Independent / Other) — Newton Poppleford & Harpford
Bethany Collins (Liberal Democrats) — Ottery St Mary
Peter Faithfull (Independent / Other) — Ottery St Mary
Vicky Johns (Independent / Other) — Ottery St Mary
Dan Ledger (Independent / Other) — Seaton
Marcus Hartnell (Independent / Other) — Seaton
Steve Hunt (Liberal Democrats) — Seaton
John Loudoun (Independent / Other) — Sidmouth Rural
Marianne Rixson (Liberal Democrats) — Sidmouth Sidford
Mike Goodman (Conservative and Unionist) — Sidmouth Sidford
Stuart Hughes (Conservative and Unionist) — Sidmouth Sidford
Ian Barlow (Independent / Other) — Sidmouth Town
Sophie Richards (Conservative and Unionist) — Sidmouth Town
Richard Jefferies (Liberal Democrats) — Tale Vale
Susan Westerman (Liberal Democrats) — Trinity
Jessica Bailey (Independent / Other) — West Hill & Aylesbeare
Todd Olive (Liberal Democrats) — Whimple & Rockbeare
Ben Ingham (Conservative and Unionist) — Woodbury & Lympstone
Geoff Jung (Liberal Democrats) — Woodbury & Lympstone
Duncan Mackinder (Liberal Democrats) — Yarty

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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