Fri, 22 Jun 2018

Community groups are invited to apply for funding towards local projects from the Communities Together Fund (CTF). The CTF is a useful way of supporting a wide range of local projects across the district, such as: Local economy, employment and welfare (eg community shops, food banks, ...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018

Residents of Palmerston Park who set up their own community group have hailed their litter picking scheme a success. The residents formed the voluntary group through Facebook, Palmerston Park Residents, which has allowed them to make their community a cleaner place and after months of volunteering ...

Fri, 08 Jun 2018

Mid Devon District Council recently ran a competition asking children of primary school age to enter a drawing which showed what the Council collects as part of its kerbside blue food caddy collection and/or its subscription based garden waste collection. The competition was held following the ...

Fri, 01 Jun 2018

The new Local Plan for Mid Devon takes a step closer to being completed. The Inspector has confirmed that the preliminary hearings into Policy J27 Land at Junction 27 and associated Policies SP2 Higher Town, Sampford Peverell and TIV16 Blundell’s School, will take place on 20 and 21 September ...

Fri, 01 Jun 2018

A recent bid for Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) money to help restore the historic centre of Cullompton has been unsuccessful. Mid Devon District Council and partners were disappointed to hear that their bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund’s ‘Townscape Heritage’ programme for funding to support the ...

Thu, 24 May 2018

Tiverton’s Night Market, Electric Nights Streetfood, promises another evening of quality food and music talent. Saturday 2 June’s event is themed ‘Magical Midsummer Blues’ and offers two magic shows for children (at 5.30 pm and 7.00 pm) as well as blues music. There are ...

Fri, 18 May 2018

Hitchcocks Business Park in Willand beat a number of the South West’s best construction and property development businesses to win in the ‘Best Commercial Development’ category at the annual RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) award ceremony in Bristol on 17 May 2018. The awards recognise ...

Tue, 15 May 2018

Housing Infrastructure Fund: Update on significant investment to improve Mid Devon’s road network Following the news in February that Mid Devon District Council was successful with two infrastructure improvement bids, worth £18.2 million, the Council has announced proposals to amend how the ...

Thu, 26 Apr 2018

The Council’s Street Scene team is delighted to note a great improvement in the recycling habits of residents at a local residential park. Recent observations by staff indicated that only large quantities of black sack waste was being left out fortnightly for collection, with no attempt to recycle ...

Mon, 23 Apr 2018

Mid Devon District Council’s Legal Services Solicitor, Maria De Leiburne, has received an award in recognition of excellent partnership working to reduce anti-social behaviour and crime in the Tiverton area.  The award was presented by the East and Mid Devon Community Safety Partnership Chair and ...