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Mid 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.

Read on 25 September 2026. Councils publish at different rates and in different places, so “nothing found” means nothing found, not nothing happening.

Council plan · Budget · Meeting papers · Councillors · Register of interests · Consultations

Housing

Mid Devon's adopted Local Plan (2013–2033) provides for a minimum of 7,860 homes, about 393 a year.

“The diverse housing needs of Mid Devon will be met through the provision of a minimum of 7,860 dwellings between 1st April 2013 and 31st March 2033. In line with the predicted continuing need for new housing the expected annual rate of new housing development will be 393 dwellings per annum;”

Mid Devon District Council, undated. Read 25 September 2026. Mid Devon Local Plan Review, adopted 29 July 2020 (per https://www.middevon.gov.uk/residents/planning-policy/). Policy S2 wording: 'a minimum of 7,860 dwellings and 147,000 square metres of commercial floorspace'. A new Local Plan is being prepared. Verified with curl + pdftotext.

Transport

Construction of the Cullompton Town Centre Relief Road is due to start in spring 2026, with the road due to be completed in March 2028.

“Main Cullompton Town Centre Relief Road construction work is due to start in Spring 2026 with the road completed in March 2028.”

Mid Devon District Council, 8 September 2026. Read 25 September 2026. Page on the council's 'Let's Talk Mid Devon' engagement hub (linked from the council's Current consultations page); 'Page last updated: 08 Sep 2026'. This is a project page, not an open consultation. Devon County Council is the highway authority.

Council tax

Band D set by Mid Devon for 2026–27: £246.29 of a £2,656.41 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

Mid Devon District Council increased its share of Council Tax by 2.99% for 2026/27; its Band D charge is £246.29.

“Although Mid Devon District Council have increased our share of Council Tax by 2.99% for 2026/27, our overall proportion has decreased from 9.5% in 2025/26 to 9.3% for 2026/27; due to larger rises in other authorities. A Band D property will be required to pay £246.29.”

Mid Devon District Council, undated. Read 25 September 2026. District share only; the same page gives an average total Band D of £2,656.41 including Devon County Council, police, fire and parish precepts. Verified with curl.

Environment

In 2019 the council agreed to aim for Mid Devon to become carbon neutral by 2030.

“Members have agreed to work to the Devon-wide target of 2050, but will aim for Mid Devon to become carbon neutral by a more ambitious date of 2030.”

Mid Devon District Council, 27 June 2019. Read 25 September 2026. News item 'Posted On: 27-06-2019'. A Climate Strategy Action Plan decision exists on Modern.gov (https://democracy.middevon.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=1227) but could not be accessed.

Education

Mid Devon is a district council and does not run schools; school changes are a matter for Devon County Council. Where we looked

Who runs the council

42 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 35, Conservative and Unionist 3, Green Party (E&W) 3, Independent / Other 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

Elections here now: Bradninch ward (15 October 2026).

All 42 councillors, by ward
  • Luke Taylor (Liberal Democrats) — Bradninch
  • Rhys Roberts (Conservative and Unionist) — Cadbury
  • Gill Westcott (Green Party (E&W)) — Canonsleigh
  • Jane Lock (Liberal Democrats) — Canonsleigh
  • Chris Adcock (Liberal Democrats) — Clare & Shuttern
  • Martyn Stratton (Liberal Democrats) — Clare & Shuttern
  • Jim Cairney (Liberal Democrats) — Crediton Boniface
  • John Downes (Liberal Democrats) — Crediton Boniface
  • Guy Cochran (Liberal Democrats) — Crediton Lawrence
  • Tim Stanford (Liberal Democrats) — Crediton Lawrence
  • Lloyd Knight (Liberal Democrats) — Cullompton Padbrook
  • Sue Robinson (Liberal Democrats) — Cullompton Padbrook
  • Emma Buczkowski (Liberal Democrats) — Cullompton St Andrews
  • James Buczkowski (Liberal Democrats) — Cullompton St Andrews
  • Nikki Woollatt (Independent / Other) — Cullompton St Andrews
  • Matt Fletcher (Liberal Democrats) — Cullompton Vale
  • Gwen Duchesne (Liberal Democrats) — Halberton
  • Andrea Glover (Liberal Democrats) — Lower Culm
  • Cathy Connor (Liberal Democrats) — Lower Culm
  • John Poynton (Liberal Democrats) — Lower Culm
  • Helen Tuffin (Green Party (E&W)) — Sandford & Creedy
  • Mark Jenkins (Green Party (E&W)) — Sandford & Creedy
  • Josh Wright (Liberal Democrats) — Silverton
  • Steve Keable (Liberal Democrats) — Taw Vale
  • Ben Holdman (Liberal Democrats) — Tiverton Castle
  • David Wulff (Liberal Democrats) — Tiverton Castle
  • Beckett Fish (Liberal Democrats) — Tiverton Cranmore
  • Lance Kennedy (Liberal Democrats) — Tiverton Cranmore
  • Les Cruwys (Liberal Democrats) — Tiverton Cranmore
  • Andy Cuddy (Liberal Democrats) — Tiverton Lowman
  • Gordon Czapiewski (Liberal Democrats) — Tiverton Lowman
  • Matt Farrell (Liberal Democrats) — Tiverton Lowman
  • Adam Stirling (Liberal Democrats) — Tiverton Westexe
  • Claudette Harrower (Liberal Democrats) — Tiverton Westexe
  • David Broom (Liberal Democrats) — Tiverton Westexe
  • Natasha Bradshaw (Liberal Democrats) — Upper Culm
  • Simon Clist (Liberal Democrats) — Upper Culm
  • Alex White (Liberal Democrats) — Upper Yeo & Taw
  • Natalia Letch (Liberal Democrats) — Upper Yeo & Taw
  • Polly Colthorpe (Conservative and Unionist) — Way
  • Martin Binks (Conservative and Unionist) — Yeo
  • Sandy Chenore (Liberal Democrats) — Yeo

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own site, linked rather than summarised, because summarising means choosing. 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 could not be read automatically (the site blocks or did not answer), so decisions and motions are not listed here; the meeting papers hold them.

Cite this page

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Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.