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 Christmas and New Year council arrangements
Our offices will be closed from 1pm, Friday 22 December and will reopen at 9am on Tuesday 2 January 2024.
If you need to speak to us urgently please call our out of hours number 0330 678 2382.
Social media
We have scheduled some social media posts for the festive period but our accounts will not be monitored during the Christmas shutdown and we be unable to respond to any questions posted.
If you have some last-minute shopping to do, why not visit the market which is open as normal for the rest of this week and will also be open on Sunday (Christmas Eve) from 9 am to 3 pm.
It will be closed on Christmas Day and Boxing day but will reopen on Wednesday 27 December until Saturday 30 December, 9 am to 4 pm as normal. It will be closed on 31 December and New Year’s day, reopening at 9 am on Tuesday 2 January
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 Newton Abbot Leisure Centre, Broadmeadow Sports Centre, Dawlish Leisure Centre and Shaldon Approach Golf will close at 1pm on Sunday 24 December and reopen on Wednesday 27 December. They will again close at 1pm on Sunday 31 December, reopening on Tuesday 2 January.
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Collection days change following bank holidays. You can find out how your collection days will change on our website.
Find day changes for the festive period
Find out when collections are due to take place from your property.
We will work as hard as possible to collect on time, however due to the volumes of waste and recycling after Christmas, this is not always possible. If we are delayed, please leave your containers out and we will collect them as soon as possible.
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Getting rid of extra waste
We understand you may have additional waste following the festivities. If so, please spread this over a few collections, to help us to collect on the days we’ve planned.
You can take extra waste to a recycling bank or the recycling centre.
The recycling centre is open every day of the year except Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day.
We empty recycling banks Monday to Friday except for on bank holidays.
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Garden waste collections break
There are no garden waste collections between Monday 25 December and Monday 8 January. Garden waste collections will restart on Tuesday 9 January.
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Our website has further information on how to recycle your Christmas waste.
If you are unsure if your wrapping paper can be recycled, give it the scrunch test, if it stays scrunched it can be recycled in your green box with your cardboard.
Wrapping paper cannot be recycled in your paper recycling sack due to the quality of the fibres.
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Food waste
If you cook too much over the Christmas period, please remember to freeze your leftovers for a later date or use your them in a new recipe. If you bought too much please donate extra food you have to a community fridge or larder.
Please recycle your plate scrapings or peelings in your food waste container.
Thank you!
Thank you for all your efforts to recycle and for supporting your collection crews during 2023, we hope you have a happy Christmas.
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Our annual budget survey is now on our website.
It's your chance to tell us the services you value most and should prioritise.
You can also tell us how you think we should balance the books by making budget savings, reducing discretionary services, generating more income or increasing council tax.
The survey runs until noon on Friday 2 February
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Developers levy consultation
This Consultation on the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) continues until noon on Monday 8 January 2024. New rates are being proposed for the levy developers pay on all new developments in Teignbridge which will help fund essential projects in the district such as roads, schools, parks and public transport facilities. For more information and to give feedback visit our website, write to CIL Review, Spatial Planning and Delivery, Forde House, Newton Abbot, TQ12 4XX or email localplanreview@teignbridge.gov.uk.
You have until Friday 19 January 2024 to have your say on proposals to refurbish Broadmeadow Sports Centre and future-proof it for the next 20 years.
You can watch this short video to learn more about the proposals and fill in this short online survey. The proposals include:
- Moving the centre entrance and reception so access will be from the car park
- Refurbishing changing rooms to provide single sex, family and unisex (village) changing and showering facilities
- Creating a ground floor studio to improve accessibility and to run more classes
- Expanding and opening out the ground floor gym spaces and first floor studio to increase the number of equipment stations
- Making the building more energy efficient by increasing insulation levels and replacing the boiler system with a low carbon air source heat pump
- A makeover to create fresh and bright spaces.
Copies of the draft plans are available from our website as is the link to the survey.
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XL bully dog deadline approaches
Owners of XL Bully dogs are reminded that new restrictions come into force on 31 December.
From then all XL Bully-type dogs must be kept on a lead and muzzled in public. It will also be illegal from this date to breed, sell, advertise, gift, exchange, and abandon these dogs or let them stray.
Owners also have until 1 February to apply for an exemption certificate before the ban of the breed comes into force.
If you're not sure whether your dog could be classed as an XL Bully, you can check against the guidance and photo examples published by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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