Thank you to everyone who participated in our Council Plan consultation. We have had a fantastic response rate, with 969 surveys returned. We much appreciate the time taken to give us your views. Analysis of the results and what they tell us is currently underway and will provide us with invaluable data to inform our Council Plan. The feedback from the consultation will be reviewed at the last in the series of workshop sessions with stakeholders, all members of the Council and senior officers on 29 January 2024 where necessary changes will be discussed. The Council Plan will then be taken to Cabinet to implement any amendments as necessary. Once finalised in mid-April, our East Devon Council Plan will be available on the Council website. Details to follow. If you have any queries or need more information, please contact our Engagement team – email: engagement@eastdevon.gov.uk.

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East Devon District Council

Find out about East Devon's visions to support the community and share your thoughts on this.

Priority one: Housing

Priority one: A supported and engaged community that has the right homes in the right places with the infrastructure that is needed.

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1701873829/projects/6554b4fa7f90d6a56ea509a8/roumcf1qhx8tfdadxhjt.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" style="width: 720px;" alt="EDDC Housing team member showing their ID badge to a resident.">This priority is about our over-riding vision for us to provide a decent home for all residents of the district through our role as the local planning authority or that of providing social housing or enforcing standards within private rented accommodation.&nbsp;As part of this priority we are looking to help improve the health and wellbeing of our residents. Some of the key issues that the plan will be looking to address include:<ul><li>Supporting the health and wellbeing of our communities</li><li>Meeting housing need with decent homes with a mix of housing type</li><li>Providing quality council housing</li><li>House building targets and housing schemes</li><li>Planning policies</li><li>Infrastructure</li></ul>

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Priority four: Core services

Priority four: A well-managed, financially secure and continuously improving council that delivers quality services.

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1701873885/projects/6554b4fa7f90d6a56ea509a8/nx36i6ns65laerb31zwu.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="EDDC staff planning on paper.">Underpinning the work needed to deliver the three key priorities (housing, environment and economy) is the support that we can provide as a well-managed, financially responsive and resilient and continuously improving council.The actions contained within this priority are key for helping us to provide quality services and meet all of the priorities and actions needed to ensure the success of the whole council plan. These are as follow:<ul type="disc"><li>Placemaking</li><li>Communications, community leadership and engagement</li><li>Budgets, capital spend and financial pressures.</li><li>Innovation and improvement of our services</li><li>Improving access to our services</li><li>Governance</li></ul>

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Priority three: Economy

Theme 3: A vibrant and resilient economy that provides local jobs and leads to a reduction in poverty and inequality.

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1701873961/projects/6554b4fa7f90d6a56ea509a8/ylrrklaslqrvfpf6jlpu.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Sidmouth Town Centre during the Folk Festival.">Supporting the economy of the district is a key priority for us and we will be putting forward actions to support the following areas:<ul type="disc"><li>Promoting employment.</li><li>Improving access to employment.</li><li>Skills for employment</li><li>Rural economy, including farming.</li><li>Culture, Heritage and Tourism.</li><li>Reducing poverty and inequality.</li></ul>

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Priority two: Environment

Theme 2: A sustainable environment that is moving towards carbon neutrality and promotes ecological recovery.

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1701873929/projects/6554b4fa7f90d6a56ea509a8/yeaius2u3b2qesl9cfve.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="EDDC Street Scene team member litter picking the street.">We declared a climate emergency in 2019 and an ecological emergency in 2021 and we have a climate plan action plan which is helping us to go carbon neutral by 2040. This priority supports and enhances that work and will contain actions in the following areas:&nbsp;<ul type="disc"><li>Supporting and achieving carbon neutrality</li><li>Encouraging and supporting others to reduce their carbon</li><li>Supporting biodiversity and ecological recovery</li><li>Housing and our environment</li><li>Infrastructure</li></ul>