Welcome to the West Devon Borough Council website.

The South Devon & Dartmoor Unitary Authority concept, called Putting Our Rural Communities First, has been submitted at the invitation of the Boundary Committee which has been tasked by Secretary of State for Local Government Hazel Blears to recommend an alternative local government arrangement for Devon. Click here for more...

Dropping on your doormat soon – the first edition of West Devon Borough Council's new magazine West Devon Connect.
It's your up-to-date guide to what's happening in West Devon and is packed with hot topics and includes a free swim voucher for every reader at one of our pools - Parklands in Okehampton or Meadowlands in Tavistock. Click here for more...

Since 8 May 2008 the responsibility for considering complaints that a councillor may have breached the Code of Conduct, has moved from the Standards Board to the Standards Committees of local authorities.

If you want to complain about the conduct of a West Devon Borough Councillor, or a West Devon parish or town councillor, you must submit your complaint in writing to the West Devon Standards Committee.

Clicking this link will take you to some more detail about how to complain, together with a form that you should use.

West Devon is one of the best places to live in England a new Government survey has just revealed. Click here for more.

Click here for information on low cost home ownership.

DEVON has been placed in a "Surveillance Zone" as a result of Defra confirming a case of Bluetongue in the Poole area of Dorset.

A new declaration was issued by Defra that extends the Protection and Surveillance zones currently in place in the country. There is no blanket ban on the movement of livestock but certain movement restrictions will come into force. Full details can be obtained via the Defra website at www.defra.gov.uk or by phoning its helpline on 08459 33 55 77.

For the latest information on avian influenza (bird flu), go to the Defra website.

Devon County Council's Trading Standards Service Farming Standards Animal Health Operations Centre is available to provide advice and assistance to the farming community. The Centre can be contacted on 08451 551999 and is open from 9am – 5pm Monday to Thursday, 9am to 4.30pm on Friday.