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West 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.
West Devon Borough 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.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by West Devon for 2026–27: £277.46 of a £2,705.33 total bill in the area.
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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 Promise School — open, but proposed to close; reason recorded: change in status; proposed date 31 October 2026
- The Promise School — proposed to open; reason recorded: change in status; proposed date 1 November 2026
In the last twelve months: 1 opened (1 new provision), 0 closed
- The Wildings Lovaton — open; reason recorded: new provision, 7 January 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£174,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £1.7 million |
| Cultural and related services | £1.3 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £5.8 million |
| Planning and development services | £2.5 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £2.9 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £14.1 million |
West Devon in numbers
- Total population
- 58,923 people
- Median age
- 52 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £25,196
- Gross median weekly pay
- £550
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 24.6%
- Claimant Count
- 2.1%
- Average house price
- £285,834
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 7.8 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 8.5 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 64.2%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 178.2 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 2,375 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
31 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of independents, Greens, Liberal Democrats and Labour.
Councillors by party: Independent / Other 11, Conservative and Unionist 10, Liberal Democrats 6, Green Party (E&W) 3, Labour Party 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 31 councillors, by ward
- Angela Blackman (Conservative and Unionist) — Bere Ferrers
- Isabel Saxby (Labour Party) — Bere Ferrers
- Caroline Mott (Conservative and Unionist) — Bridestowe
- Terry Southcott (Conservative and Unionist) — Bridestowe
- Alastair Cunningham (Independent / Other) — Buckland Monachorum
- Ric Cheadle (Independent / Other) — Buckland Monachorum
- Christopher West (Liberal Democrats) — Burrator
- Nick Viney (Liberal Democrats) — Burrator
- Jane Elliott (Green Party (E&W)) — Chagford
- Mark Renders (Independent / Other) — Dartmoor
- Steve Guthrie (Green Party (E&W)) — Drewsteignton
- Louise Watts (Conservative and Unionist) — Exbourne
- Mike Casbolt (Conservative and Unionist) — Exbourne
- Patrick Kimber (Conservative and Unionist) — Hatherleigh
- Sam Wakeham (Conservative and Unionist) — Hatherleigh
- Robert Oxborough (Independent / Other) — Mary Tavy
- Neil Jory (Conservative and Unionist) — Milton Ford
- George Dexter (Liberal Democrats) — Okehampton North
- Kevin Ball (Independent / Other) — Okehampton North
- Tony Leech (Independent / Other) — Okehampton North
- Jan Goffey (Liberal Democrats) — Okehampton South
- Paul Vachon (Independent / Other) — Okehampton South
- Lynn Daniel (Green Party (E&W)) — South Tawton
- Chris Edmonds (Conservative and Unionist) — Tamarside
- Graham Reed (Liberal Democrats) — Tavistock North
- Holly Greenberry-Pullen (Liberal Democrats) — Tavistock North
- Jeffrey Moody (Independent / Other) — Tavistock North
- Adam Bridgewater (Independent / Other) — Tavistock South East
- Debo Sellis (Conservative and Unionist) — Tavistock South East
- Anne Johnson (Independent / Other) — Tavistock South West
- Mandy Ewings (Independent / Other) — Tavistock South West