You can now sign up to or renew your subscription for our garden waste collection service.
A year-long subscription to West Devon Borough Council’s garden waste collection service will cost £70 for 2026/27. One subscription provides four generous reusable sacks, which are collected every fortnight on the same day of the week as your recycling collections, in the opposite week to your black bag refuse collections.
If you sign up, you can put grass cuttings, hedge trimmings, cut flowers and plants, small branches, weeds, leaves, twigs, and vase flowers in your bags for collection.
You can sign up for 2026/27 collections from now, with collections starting from 1 April 2026. The year’s subscription will run until 31 March 2027.
For more information and to sign up, visit: www.westdevon.gov.uk/gardenwaste
Amidst a difficult financial background, the council agreed its 2026/2027 budget for the next financial year on Tuesday.
We have raised serious concerns about the Government’s new funding proposals, warning that the plans will leave rural councils, including West Devon, worse off and facing growing pressure on essential services.
We're extremely frustrated that the Government’s "Fairer Funding" settlement fails to recognise the unavoidable extra costs of running rural services and are now lobbying Government to:
- reinstate a clear, evidence‑led weighting for rurality and remoteness
- make sure funding decisions are based on up‑to‑date and accurate data
- acknowledge the genuine cost pressures faced by rural councils
We will continue to lobby the Government to recognise the cost of delivering rural services in future finance settlements.
Click here to find out more.
Change is coming to local government, with the government planning to replace district and county councils with new unitary authorities delivering all your council services.
The government is holding a consultation on the possible options for Devon – and we need you to tell the government what services matter most to you, and what you need from a new unitary authority.
West Devon Borough Council, along with six of Devon’s other district councils, is supporting the Reimagining Devon proposal, which would see Devon split into three unitary authorities. One would cover Exeter and northern Devon, one would cover Torbay and southern Devon and the final one covers Plymouth, either on its existing boundaries or on a slightly expanded boundary that would include four parishes currently in the South Hams.
The council believes that Reimagining Devon is the most balanced solution for all of Devon, not just those living in West Devon. It is a plan that would deliver efficient and effective services closer to communities, building on the dependable services already being delivered by Devon’s district councils.
The consultation will run for seven weeks, closing on Thursday 26 March.
You can find all the proposals at www.devonlgr.co.uk
Please take a look and give your feedback.
We are working in partnership with Business Information Point to deliver an in-depth study of the visitor economy across the borough.
The aim is simple but powerful: to understand what’s really happening on the ground, identify the biggest barriers facing tourism businesses, and ensure future investment and support genuinely meets local needs.
Join us at our Tourism Business Symposium at Kilworthy Park on 23 February to get your voice heard - click here to find out more.
Are you looking for a flexible role in a supportive and open culture? Join the Council! We have a number of exciting roles available for the right person.
Click the button below to see our current vacancies.
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