There are only two weeks left for Sidmouth, Sidbury and Sidford residents, voluntary and community groups and other organisations to get their ideas in for how they want £150,000 to be spent on sport in the area.
East Devon District Council is inviting all Sidmouth, Sidbury and Sidford’s residents, voluntary and community groups and other organisations to send their proposals to Sidmouth Town Council before 28 June 2013. All the funds available have been accumulated by East Devon District Council from recent housing developments in the parish of Sidmouth (Section 106 money). It is...
Homeowners in Devon who need to make essential repairs, adapatations or improvements to their homes but cannot afford to make the repairs or access credit elsewhere may be able to assess help through their local council.
Exeter City Council, together with Mid Devon, East Devon, Teignbridge, Torridge, West Devon and South Hams councils has a subsidised finance scheme open to homeowners in need of assistance.
The scheme covers works such as damp remediation, boiler repair, replacement or installation, replacing rotten windows, electrical or plumbing works, roof or structural...
The latest issue of a magazine for residents in East Devon ensures that they continue to get direct information about important issues in the District – at a bargain price.
East Devon Connect, a magazine produced in partnership with Devon County Council and others, is now out and is produced and distributed at nil cost to EDDC.
It's delivered free to homes across the district and should be arriving on doorsteps any time now.
Working with Devon County Council means that the 24-page magazine can be produced more cheaply whilst still providing residents with a line of...
An East Devon tourism business has been commended for its success as the only representative of the District to be shortlisted this year for a Green Tourism gold award.
And other East Devon businesses have been urged to follow their example and enter award schemes to fly the East Devon flag.
Councillor Iain Chubb, EDDC’s Cabinet Member for Environment, has congratulated the proprietors of Hedgehog Corner B&B in Axminster for reaching the Green Tourism gold stars final listing, with the winners to be announced in November.
East Devon District Council is committed to taking up the opportunities offered by the Sustainable Communities Act.
Although councils do not have a legal duty to support the Act, EDDC has chosen to do so, as it did in 2009, and it is now looking for residents’ help in putting forward proposals for action to central Government.
The Sustainable Communities Act aims to divert power and funding from central government and passes it to councils and local people, giving them a new opportunity to improve their local communities.
East Devon District Council is encouraging local people and visitors to nominate its popular public gallery in Honiton for an award recognising its family-friendly status.
The Thelma Hulbert Gallery in Dowell Street, Honiton, is seeking supporters to nominate it for the Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award, a national accolade bestowed upon the museum or gallery which is most welcoming, engaging and encouraging of children, young people and families.
Anyone can make a nomination be they visitors, staff, volunteers, trustees or supporters. While the council will be putting...
East Devon's village halls, community buildings and community shops successfully applied for another £18,000 of funding in January 2013 from the Community Council of Devon and East Devon District Council (EDDC).
The Community Grants Scheme is a fund that helps community buildings projects, with the Community Council of Devon offering grants of anything up to £20,000, with additional match-funding of up to £5,000 from EDDC.
The scheme has been put in place to help community buildings all around the county. Buildings eligible for funding can apply on the basis that they need...
Seaton Primary School's swimming pool will soon be open for anyone to use, thanks in part to East Devon District Council.
Over the past two years the pool has been given a thorough makeover. The old outdoor pool has been covered over with a structure that can be opened up in good weather, changing rooms and showers have been added and there is now access from the Elizabeth Road playing fields.
Last year, on a trial basis, Leisure East Devon opened the pool to the public. This year they are planning much more and Seaton will have a genuine community swimming pool to make use...
East Devon District Council's (EDDC) Planning Committee met on 2 April to discuss controversial plans for new housing developments in the area.
In what turned out to be an excellent and keen debate, EDDC’s Planning Committee discussed two controversial planning applications today… and after nearly three hours, both were turned down.
Feniton is the ward of former Councillor Graham Brown, who resigned following revelations in the Daily Telegraph that he could get planning permission for anyone for a price… but he wouldn’t do it for ‘peanuts’. EDDC has referred the case to the...
A newly formed East Devon campaign group is set to stage its first protest demonstration in Feniton on Saturday 23 March against "environmentally damaging new national planning regulations".
The 'funeral' march, which is being organised by the East Devon Alliance (EDA) at Feniton, will aim to draw attention to the serious problems caused in the district by the government’s National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), now almost a year old.
The EDA says: "The NPPF will and is affecting Feniton, and will affect all in East Devon before long. The Local Plan says 35 houses for...
