East Devon News

Sidmouth’s coastal defences have been given a boost after almost £2 million was made available to protect the town from eroding cliffs and high tides.

Rent on council properties in East Devon will rise seven per cent, while its share of the council tax is increasing by £5 a year. However, anyone in arrears can now receive up to £25 from East Devon District Council.

Two women were left shaken after unsettling taxi journeys in two separate incidents in East Devon, prompting council warnings.

Sidmouth Town Council is delighted to update children and families that the renewed Ham play park is now open and children can start to enjoy the eagerly awaited new equipment.

An area just off the A30 close to Exeter Science Park will soon have 44 new homes and 6,000 square metres of office space after East Devon District Council gave approval at a planning committee on Tuesday [31 January].

Modest increase in budget for Exmouth Town Council.

Sidmouth Town Council continues to provide in difficult time

Late last year, a very rare bird to the UK turned up at Colyford Common, part of Seaton Wetlands. For only the second time in recorded history, the isabelline wheatear has been seen in Devon. The first time it was ever seen on mainland Britain was on Lundy Island in October 2019 for a single day.

The authority’s recycling and waste team worked with StreetScene collecting a total of 1,699 trees, before turning them into revitaliser for the East Devon countryside.

A specially trained EDDC officer was called in, by a social worker, to help the resident who didn’t know where to start in their own home and had not allowed anyone to enter in years, out of embarrassment.

East Devon District Council has joined forces with Clyst Valley farmer, Henry Gent, to create a new woodland. On Saturday 11th February, everyone is invited to help plant a variety of trees and shrubs just east of Minerva Country Park & west of Cranbrook.

Exciting new plans to regenerate and improve key sites across Exmouth town centre and its seafront are one step closer to reality.

Adverse weather conditions have delayed work scheduled to start next week on sections of the A3052 between Branscombe Cross & Seaton Down Hill, East Devon. Instead, the essential resurfacing and drainage work will run from Tuesday 24 Jan to Monday 6 Feb

In hopes to encourage others to not suffer in silence, the authority has revealed one heart-wrenching story of an Exmouth family whose home had been overcome with damp and black mould that had grown up the walls and ceilings in their bedrooms.

More than £15.7million will be used to improve transport links to Exmouth and give the town’s northern entrance a much-needed facelift, for those travelling by road, rail and cycle.