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Teignbridge: 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.

Teignbridge 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 E07000045.

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 Teignbridge for 2026–27: £208.33 of a £2,643.12 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

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 2 opened (1 new provision, 1 academy converter), 1 closed (1 academy converter)

Haytor View Community Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 September 2025
Beyond Creative Education — open; reason recorded: new provision, 26 February 2026
Haytor View Community Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 October 2025

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

Teignbridge: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	none budgeted
Highways and transport services	−£3.8 million
Children's social care	none budgeted
Adult social care	none budgeted
Public health	none budgeted
Housing services (general fund only)	£3.4 million
Cultural and related services	£3.3 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£10.9 million
Planning and development services	£2.8 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£4.9 million
Other services	£787,000
Total service expenditure	£22.3 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).

Teignbridge in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 138,548 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 50 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £26,367 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £582 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 23.9% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 2.2% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £302,368 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 8.5 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Greenhouse gas emissions: 4.7 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 76.9% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 147.2 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 5,630 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

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

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

Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 24, Conservative and Unionist 9, South Devon Alliance 6, Independent / Other 6, Vacant 1, Reform UK 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 47 councillors, by ward

Paul Parker (South Devon Alliance) — Ambrook
Richard Daws (South Devon Alliance) — Ambrook
Jack Major (Liberal Democrats) — Ashburton & Buckfastleigh
John Nutley (Liberal Democrats) — Ashburton & Buckfastleigh
Stuart Rogers (Conservative and Unionist) — Ashburton & Buckfastleigh
Andrew MacGregor (Independent / Other) — Bishopsteignton
Martin Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — Bovey
Sally Morgan (Liberal Democrats) — Bovey
Stuart Webster (Conservative and Unionist) — Bovey
Phil Bullivant (Conservative and Unionist) — Bradley
Richard Buscombe (Liberal Democrats) — Bradley
Alex Hall (Conservative and Unionist) — Buckland & Milber
Colin Parker (Liberal Democrats) — Buckland & Milber
Mike Ryan (South Devon Alliance) — Buckland & Milber
Jackie Hook (Liberal Democrats) — Bushell
Robert Hayes (Liberal Democrats) — Bushell
Richard Keeling (Liberal Democrats) — Chudleigh
Suzanne Sanders (Liberal Democrats) — Chudleigh
Janet Bradford (South Devon Alliance) — College
Liam Mullone (South Devon Alliance) — College
Linda Goodman-Bradbury (Liberal Democrats) — Dawlish North East
Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrats) — Dawlish North East
Rosie Dawson (Liberal Democrats) — Dawlish North East
Alison Foden (Liberal Democrats) — Dawlish South West
Vacant (Vacant) — Dawlish South West
Robert Steemson (Independent / Other) — Haytor
David Palethorpe (Liberal Democrats) — Ipplepen
Charles Nuttall (Liberal Democrats) — Kenn Valley
John Parrott (Liberal Democrats) — Kenn Valley
Kevin Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Kenn Valley
Gary Taylor (Liberal Democrats) — Kenton & Starcross
Jane Taylor (South Devon Alliance) — Kerswell-with-Combe
John Radford (Independent / Other) — Kerswell-with-Combe
Keeley Gearon (Independent / Other) — Kingsteignton East
Ron Peart (Conservative and Unionist) — Kingsteignton East
Bill Thorne (Conservative and Unionist) — Kingsteignton West
Dave Rollason (Liberal Democrats) — Kingsteignton West
John Farrand-Rogers (Liberal Democrats) — Moretonhampstead
Chris Clarance (Independent / Other) — Shaldon & Stokeinteignhead
Andrew Swain (Liberal Democrats) — Teign Valley
Stephen Purser (Conservative and Unionist) — Teign Valley
David Cox (Liberal Democrats) — Teignmouth Central
Joan Atkins (Conservative and Unionist) — Teignmouth Central
Michael Jackman (Liberal Democrats) — Teignmouth East
Peter Williams (Liberal Democrats) — Teignmouth East
Andy Henderson (Independent / Other) — Teignmouth West
Stephen Horner (Reform UK) — Teignmouth West

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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Cite this page

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