East Devon District Council

East Devon £2 winter parking offer updated

For £2, from Friday 1 November 2024 to Monday 31 March 2025, you can park for up to four hours in most short stay car parks, or up until midnight in all other East Devon District Council (EDDC) car parks*.

Listening to feedback from residents about the winter offer in previous years, EDDC is introducing changes at some of the council’s busiest car parks. At short-stay car parks in...

East Devon District Council supports first Damp & Mould Action and Awareness Week

East Devon District Council is backing a national campaign to raise awareness of the health issues associated with damp and mould in residential properties.

Organised by home safety specialist Aico, Damp & Mould Action and Awareness Week takes place between Monday 28 October and Sunday 3 November 2024 and marks the first time such an initiative has run.

Damp and mould...

East Devon collects drinks cans weighing roughly ‘62 elephants’ each year

Did you know that East Devon collects an impressive 250 tonnes of drinks cans each year? This weight is roughly equivalent to that of about 62 elephants !

In honour of Recycling Week (14th–20th October), East Devon District Council (EDDC) is excited to share the journey of your drinks can—from your home to the shop shelves.

Every recycled aluminium can, can be back on the...

First spade in the ground marks the final phase of Feniton’s Flood Alleviation scheme

Work to complete the £6m flood alleviation scheme for Feniton is now underway.

Once completed the scheme will help to minimise flood risk for up to one hundred homes, as well as preventing disruption to the primary school and local transport network.

Although flooding in the village dates back to the 1970s, sixty properties in Feniton suffered flooding in 2008 as the...

East Devon set to become the home of green festivals

Arts & Culture East Devon (ACED) and Exmouth Festival are setting out a new blueprint to decarbonise local festivals.

East Devon is set to become the home of green festivals following Exmouth Festival's successful blueprint for reducing their carbon footprint.

Our carbon footprint measures the amount of greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide equivalent, generated by...

Planning permission sought for new ‘Clyst Meadows’ in East Devon

East Devon District Council (EDDC) has secured a 25 acre/10ha site at Broadclyst Station to provide a new area of open space for local residents and visitors.

Forming part of the Clyst Valley Regional Park, the new ‘Clyst Meadows’ could provide a nature-rich and dog-friendly space to give people a wider choice of places to visit in the area.

EDDC has submitted a planning...

East Devon District Council acquires land to extend Seaton Wetlands

More land at Seaton Marshes has been acquired by East Devon District Council (EDDC) in a move to expand its award-winning nature reserve complex of Seaton Wetlands.

An additional 18 acres, lying to the west of the estuary, will provide a pivotal focal point to the area. It will form a natural entry point to Seaton Wetlands, once habitat and infrastructure projects are complete....

Increased confidence and higher self-esteem among results of council-funded mental health support for Axminster school children and their families

A year-long programme of mental health support for East Devon school children and their parents has been praised after the Covid recovery initiative achieved several positive outcomes, including greater awareness of mental health in school communities and increased confidence among pupils.

Wishing to shift its attention from the immediate impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and focus on...

Thelma Hulbert Gallery secures new funding from Arts Council England

THG has been awarded a significant grant from Arts Council England to work with local young people in the arts across East Devon.

THG is celebrating after securing a grant of £29,000 for the next generation of their Create Our Space (COS) programme.

The new COS programme will establish extensive and inclusive opportunities to engage with arts, culture and climate, responding...

Share your views online on East Devon’s new community

East Devon residents are invited to have their say about two options for a new community in the district.

Two concept masterplans are available to the general public via an online consultation from today (16 September) until 7 October: https://eastdevonnewsettlement.commonplace.is

Working on its new Local Plan, East Devon District Council (EDDC) has identified that a second...

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