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14 hours ago
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Pots and pans included in Mid Devon recycling
Unwanted pots and pans will be included permanently in kerbside recycling in Mid Devon after a successful trial. A three-month trial between February and May was carried out by Mid Devon District Council with a total of 453 properties participating from Willand and 346 in Uffculme. The council said the take up was low with less than 3% of trial households in Willand participating and less than 1.5% from Uffculme. Councillor Luke Taylor, the leader of the council, told a cabinet meeting on Tuesday while the uptake was low he thought it "shows we are a forward-looking council". He said: "I don't know how many other councils collect pots and pans, but I doubt it is a significant number and it is important to show this council is always looking to do more. "We already collect the most items in Devon, including collecting small electrical items. It's amazing what residents can put out in their recycling and so the focus now is on making sure we tell residents what we do collect." More news stories for Devon Listen to the latest news for Devon Councillor Josh Wright, who submitted a report to the cabinet about the trial, said the trial showed it was "operationally feasible". He said: "If this was permanently introduced, it could further enhance our capabilities and environmental reputation, even though there would be a minimal effect on our recycling rate. "But the trial was useful to understand potential participation rates and residents did initially used the service but then usage dropped off, making it difficult to predict future usage across the district." The cabinet backed making the trial permanent with officers stating it could be rolled out from October, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said. Officers added it would make clear exactly which types of pots and pans could be recycled - those with Teflon coating may not qualify, but more modern non-stick coatings should be accepted. Follow BBC Devon on X, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to spotlight@ More on this story Paint recycling scheme started in Devon Recycling centres to sell refurbished appliances New council company to manage recycling services Related internet links Mid Devon District Council
BBC News
15 hours ago
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Pots and pans to be included in Mid Devon kerbside recycling
Unwanted pots and pans will be included permanently in kerbside recycling in Mid Devon after a successful trial.A three-month trial between February and May was carried out by Mid Devon District Council with a total of 453 properties participating from Willand and 346 in council said the take up was low with less than 3% of trial households in Willand participating and less than 1.5% from Luke Taylor, the leader of the council, told a cabinet meeting on Tuesday while the uptake was low he thought it "shows we are a forward-looking council". He said: "I don't know how many other councils collect pots and pans, but I doubt it is a significant number and it is important to show this council is always looking to do more."We already collect the most items in Devon, including collecting small electrical items. It's amazing what residents can put out in their recycling and so the focus now is on making sure we tell residents what we do collect." Councillor Josh Wright, who submitted a report to the cabinet about the trial, said the trial showed it was "operationally feasible".He said: "If this was permanently introduced, it could further enhance our capabilities and environmental reputation, even though there would be a minimal effect on our recycling rate."But the trial was useful to understand potential participation rates and residents did initially used the service but then usage dropped off, making it difficult to predict future usage across the district."The cabinet backed making the trial permanent with officers stating it could be rolled out from October, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said. Officers added it would make clear exactly which types of pots and pans could be recycled - those with Teflon coating may not qualify, but more modern non-stick coatings should be accepted.
Yahoo
26-06-2025
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Homes scheme for historic Devon site approved
A plan for up to 100 homes to be built on land near a historic house has been approved. The proposals for Tidcombe Hall in Tiverton were rejected for a second time by Mid Devon District Council's planning committee last year, with the plan attracting some 170 letters of objection. Opponents at the time expressed concern about the impact on the nearby Grand Western Canal, an increased risk of flooding and increased traffic along Tidcombe Lane. The firm behind the scheme, Tidcombe Holdings, lodged an appeal in January and said the council could not meet government planning targets relating to the number of developable sites in the district. The Planning Inspectorate scrutinised the proposal over a two-week period during May and June and has now accepted the appeal, meaning that outline planning permission is approved, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) reported. Council leader Luke Taylor said: "This devastating decision is a direct consequence of the recent adjustment to housing targets. "We had a five-year housing land supply and robust local plan policies but the 65 percent increase has fundamentally undermined our position." The planning inspector said the potential impact on the character and appearance of the area would not be overly damaging, adding that he felt the proposed development would only have an "overall neutral effect on the significance of Tidcombe Hall" as a heritage asset. The planning inspector said: "124 affordable dwellings are needed per year in Mid Devon but the net delivery has averaged 45 dwellings per year only. "Therefore, significant weight can also be afforded to the delivery of affordable housing as part of this development." The inspector attached 29 conditions to his approval, including a plan for how trees would be protected. The approval is for an outline plan, meaning the developer would need to submit a full application with all details of the scheme. Mid Devon's planning committee will scrutinise it. More news stories for Devon Listen to the latest news for Devon Follow BBC Devon on X, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to spotlight@ Homes scheme for historic Devon site rejected Planning approval granted for Devon country park Plans to build 220 homes in North Devon approved Mid Devon District Council
BBC News
26-06-2025
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Devon homes scheme for historic site approved by council
A plan for up to 100 homes to be built on land near a historic house has been approved. The proposals for Tidcombe Hall in Tiverton were rejected for a second time by Mid Devon District Council's planning committee last year, with the plan attracting some 170 letters of at the time expressed concern about the impact on the nearby Grand Western Canal, an increased risk of flooding and increased traffic along Tidcombe firm behind the scheme, Tidcombe Holdings, lodged an appeal in January and said the council could not meet government planning targets relating to the number of developable sites in the district. 'Devastating decision' The Planning Inspectorate scrutinised the proposal over a two-week period during May and June and has now accepted the appeal, meaning that outline planning permission is approved, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) leader Luke Taylor said: "This devastating decision is a direct consequence of the recent adjustment to housing targets."We had a five-year housing land supply and robust local plan policies but the 65 percent increase has fundamentally undermined our position." The planning inspector said the potential impact on the character and appearance of the area would not be overly damaging, adding that he felt the proposed development would only have an "overall neutral effect on the significance of Tidcombe Hall" as a heritage planning inspector said: "124 affordable dwellings are needed per year in Mid Devon but the net delivery has averaged 45 dwellings per year only."Therefore, significant weight can also be afforded to the delivery of affordable housing as part of this development."The inspector attached 29 conditions to his approval, including a plan for how trees would be approval is for an outline plan, meaning the developer would need to submit a full application with all details of the Devon's planning committee will scrutinise it.
BBC News
27-03-2025
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Mid Devon council to review 70 rent overcharge evictions
About 70 council tenant evictions could be reviewed in Mid Devon as council officials grapple with social housing rent errors dating back to are cases where rent arrears were the sole factor, or a contributory one, leading to the eviction of tenants after they were overcharged, according to the Local Democracy Reporting cases are to be reviewed once Mid Devon District Council has dealt with the major issue of refunding about 1,200 tenants it had been overcharging for other cases beyond the 70 highlighted, where rent arrears were one of several factors, the council said anti-social behaviour, crime, unauthorised uses and tenancy fraud were the predominant reasons for eviction. 'Mitigation factors' The council estimates it needs £1.8 million to repay roughly 1,200 tenants who have been paying more rent than they should advice suggests the council only needs to repay six years of overpaid rent, according to individual amounts have been calculated tenants will be told whether they will also receive terms of the 70 eviction cases, the council said various "mitigation factors" could protect it from any required action. These include rent levels being set in good faith and agreed with the tenant, overcharging still leading to rents within expected social-rent levels and people on low incomes could have received up to 100% support for their wider social rent error of over and under charging tenants goes back to 2002, but was only identified towards the end of last year by the council's new auditor, Bishop was caused by the council applying a rent formula to its whole stock in one go, rather than segmenting it by property size and applying the formula on each segment also led to about 1,600 tenants being soon as the error was identified, the council said it referred itself to the Regulator for Social Housing.
