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42-616: Mid Devon is a local government district in Devon , England. The council is based in the district's largest town of Tiverton . The district also contains the towns of Bampton , Bradninch , Crediton and Cullompton , along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. Part of the district lies within the Blackdown Hills , an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty . The neighbouring districts are East Devon , Teignbridge , West Devon , Torridge , North Devon and Somerset . The district

84-461: A mayor and refer to itself as a borough council. Some shire counties now have no sub divisions so are a single Non-metropolitan district such as Cornwall. Typically a district will consist of a market town and its more rural hinterland. However districts are diverse with some being mostly urban such as Dartford, and others more polycentric such as Thurrock. Non-metropolitan districts are subdivisions of English non-metropolitan counties which have

126-524: A miniature railway and a collection of model railways . Coldharbour Mill is a Grade II* listed Georgian mill complex in Uffculme , close to junction 27 ( Tiverton turnoff) of the M5. The mill has the largest working waterwheel in the south west, and steams up its stationary steam engines most Bank Holidays. It has a number of other collections, such as dolls' houses, a large tapestry showing five local parishes, and

168-425: A sea lion . The County Council adopted a 'ship silhouette' logo after the 1974 reorganisation, adapted from the ship emblem on the coat of arms, but following the loss in 1998 of Plymouth and Torbay re-adopted the coat of arms. In April 2006 the council unveiled a new logo which was to be used in most everyday applications, though the coat of arms will continue to be used for "various civic purposes". In 2002,

210-541: A group of councils in the county of Suffolk . The Court of Appeal rejected the legal challenge in December 2009 and the Boundary Committee was expected to return to making recommendations on the proposals, to be published at an unknown date. On 10 February 2010, local government ministers gave the go-ahead for Exeter's unitary authority status and ruled out the chance of Devon's unitary authority status, leaving it as

252-400: A third tier of local government. The council has been under Liberal Democrat majority control since the 2023 election . The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The leaders of

294-461: A two-tier structure of local government. Two-tier non-metropolitan counties have a county council and several districts, each with a borough or district council. In these cases local government functions are divided between county and district councils, to the level where they can be practised most efficiently: Many districts have borough status , which means the local council is called a borough council instead of district council and gives them

336-528: A unitary Exeter in the context of examining options for unitary arrangements in the wider Devon county area, and reported back in July 2008 recommending a 'unitary Devon' (excluding Plymouth and Torbay ), with a second option of a 'unitary Exeter & Exmouth ' (combined) and a unitary 'rest of Devon'. This would have abolished lower-tier district councils which work together with Devon County Council. These proposals were put out to consultation until September 2008 and

378-485: A unitary authority or those that transferred from one county to another, including those that changed name. Nor does it include unitary authorities that have been abolished ( Bournemouth and Poole ). Devon County Council Devon County Council is the county council administering the English county of Devon . Based in the city of Exeter , the council covers the non-metropolitan county area of Devon. Members of

420-609: A unitary council was referred by the Department for Communities and Local Government to the Boundary Committee for England , as they felt the application did not meet all their strict criteria. Had the bid succeeded, Devon County Council, headquartered in Exeter , would have had no local governmental control of the City of Exeter. The Boundary Committee was asked to look at the feasibility of

462-417: A wide range of worsted wool spinning and weaving machines. Mid Devon is entirely divided into civil parishes . Some of the smaller parishes have a parish meeting rather than a parish council, whilst the three parishes of Clayhanger , Hockworthy and Huntsham share a grouped parish council called Borden Gate Parish Council. The parish councils for Bampton, Bradninch, Crediton, Cullompton and Tiverton take

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504-433: Is the largest employer in Devon , employing over 20,000 people, and has the largest minor road length (7,373 miles (11,866 km) — 2014) of any UK local authority; major roads are managed by National Highways . Devon County Council appoints eleven members to the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority . The Office for National Statistics estimated that the mid-2014 population of the non-metropolitan area of Devon

546-480: The BBC Devon website held a poll in response to a discussion for a flag of Devon . Ryan Sealey's winning design of green, white, and black was raised outside County Hall in 2006 to celebrate Local Democracy Week and is endorsed by Devon County Council. From 2007 to 2010 there was a strong possibility that Devon's two-tier council structure might be reorganised. In December 2007, a bid by Exeter City Council to become

588-578: The Creedy and the Spratford Stream flow through the district. Raddon Top (772 ft.) is the highest point of the Raddon Hills. Excavations at the summit in 1994 uncovered traces of Early Iron Age settlement. Mid Devon District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Devon County Council . The whole district is also covered by civil parishes , which form

630-584: The District Councils' Network , special interest group which sits within the Local Government Association . The network's purpose is to "act as an informed and representative advocate for districts to government and other national bodies, based on their unique position to deliver for local people." This is a list of two-tier non-metropolitan counties and their districts. All unitary authorities are also non-metropolitan districts, which, with

672-754: The Local Government Act 1972 . Exeter, Torbay and Plymouth were brought within the area controlled by the county council, and the lower-tier districts in the county were completely reorganised. Torbay and Plymouth subsequently regained their independence from the county council in 1998 when both were made unitary authorities. In 2012 the Council was fined £90,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after it sent confidential and sensitive information about twenty-two people, including criminal allegations and information about their mental health , to

714-533: The quarter sessions , run by unelected magistrates . The first county council elections were held on 16 January 1889 and the new council formally came into being on 1 April 1889. The council's budget in its first year was £ 50,000. In 1907, women became eligible for election and the first female councillor was elected in 1931. From the beginning in 1889, the boroughs of Exeter, Devonport and Plymouth were considered large enough to provide their own county-level services and so they were made county boroughs , outside

756-508: The 60 seats. The council currently operates the local government Cabinet system which was introduced by the Local Government Act 2000 , with the Leader of the Cabinet (and effective head of the authority) elected by the full council. In practice, the Leader is chosen from among the majority Conservative group. After being elected, the Leader chooses the other cabinet members, currently nine, all from

798-535: The Canal Hill end of the canal offers refreshments. The site is one of two tourism spots owned by Devon County Council . The Devon Railway Centre is located at Bickleigh in Mid Devon, in a restored Victorian railway station on the closed Great Western Railway branch from Exeter to Dulverton . The centre operates a 2 ft (610mm) gauge passenger railway and has a large collection of narrow gauge rolling stock,

840-530: The Committee was expected to make final recommendations to the Secretary of State by the end of the year. As a result of a number of legal challenges to the process and also dissatisfaction on the part of the Secretary of State with the manner in which the Boundary Committee assessed proposals, a recommendation was unlikely until March or April 2009. The Boundary Committee was delayed again following legal challenge by

882-515: The Conservative group. As of November 2024 the political makeup of the council is as follows: The council has been under Conservative majority control since 2009. Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows: The leaders of the council since 1974 have been: Devon County Council's responsibilities include schools, social care for the elderly and vulnerable, road maintenance, libraries and trading standards. It

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924-449: The areas for Wales and England had been enacted separately and there were no Welsh metropolitan areas, the term 'non-metropolitan district' does not apply to Wales. A similar system existed in Scotland , which in 1975 was divided into regions and districts, this was also abolished in 1996 and replaced with a fully unitary system . In England most of the district councils are represented by

966-433: The council since 2013 have been: Following the 2023 election and subsequent by-elections and changes of allegiance up to July 2024, the composition of the council was: The next election is due in 2027. Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 42 councillors , representing 22 wards , with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. Since January 2004

1008-509: The council ( Lord Clinton and the Earl of Morley ). On 11 October 1926, the county council received a grant of arms from the College of Arms . The main part of the shield displays a red crowned lion on a silver field, the arms of Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cornwall . The chief or upper portion of the shield depicts an ancient ship on waves, for Devon's seafaring traditions. The Latin motto adopted

1050-460: The council (councillors) are elected every four years to represent the electorate of each county division , almost all being nominated by the major national political parties. The population of the area administered by the council was estimated at 795,286 in 2018, making it the largest local authority in South West England . Devon is an area with "two-tier" local government, meaning that

1092-482: The council has been based at a modern office building called Phoenix House on Phoenix Lane in Tiverton. The Grand Western Canal stretches from Canal Hill in Tiverton to just before the county boundary, near to Greenham, Somerset . It no longer operates for trade purposes, but is a popular tourist location. Visitors are able to walk along its banks or take a trip down the canal in a horse drawn barge . A static barge at

1134-417: The county is divided into non-metropolitan districts carrying out less strategic functions, such as taking most planning decisions . In Devon there are eight such districts, each with its own district, borough, or city council. Devon County Council was created in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888 , which created elected county councils to take over the administrative functions previously performed by

1176-791: The county of Somerset . Neighbouring districts include Exeter , East Devon , North Devon , Teignbridge , West Devon and Torridge . The area of Mid Devon, according to the Office for National Statistics Census table KS101EW is 91293.48 hectares, or 912.9348 sq kilometres, or 352.5 square miles. The Exe , the Culm , the Yeo , the Dalch , the Little Dart , the Taw , the Dart , the Brockley ,

1218-443: The creation of the county council. An office building for the county council was built in 1895 adjoining the existing courthouse which had been built in 1773 within the castle. In Devon, most county councillors who are elected have been nominated by one of England's major political parties, although there are also a small number of independents . At present the majority of councillors in the chamber are Conservatives , who hold 38 of

1260-476: The data they are handling is about real people, and often the more vulnerable members of society." The county council is based at Devon County Hall on Topsham Road in Exeter, which was completed in 1964 to the designs of Donald McMorran . Prior to 1964 the council was based at Rougemont Castle (also known as Exeter Castle) in Exeter, where the quarter sessions for the county had been held for many years prior to

1302-537: The exception of those of Berkshire , are coterminous with non-metropolitan counties. For a full list of districts of all types including unitary authorities, metropolitan districts and London boroughs , see Districts of England . This is a list of former two-tier districts in England which have been abolished, by local government reorganisations such as the 2009 structural changes to local government in England . It does not include districts that still exist after becoming

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1344-506: The jurisdiction of the county council. Devonport was subsequently absorbed into Plymouth in 1914. Torbay received county borough status and left the area of Devon County Council in 1968. In 1971, Devon County Council signed a twinning charter with the Conseil General of Calvados to develop links with the French department of Calvados . The council was significantly reformed in 1974 under

1386-415: The latter of which often use a town hall . Typical activities undertaken by a parish council include maintaining allotments, footpaths, playing fields and the local community or village hall. On some matters, the county council share responsibilities with the district and parish councils. These include economic development and regeneration, emergency planning, tourism promotion and coastal protection. There

1428-565: The right to appoint a mayor . Borough status is granted by royal charter and, in many cases, continues a style enjoyed by a predecessor authority, which can date back centuries. Some districts such as Oxford or Exeter have city status , granted by letters patent , but this does not give the local council any extra powers other than the right to call itself a city council . By 1899, England had been divided at district level into rural districts , urban districts , municipal boroughs , county boroughs and metropolitan boroughs . This system

1470-481: The style "town council". [REDACTED] Media related to Mid Devon District at Wikimedia Commons Non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan districts , or colloquially " shire districts ", are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially shire counties ) in a two-tier arrangement. Non-metropolitan districts with borough status are known as boroughs , able to appoint

1512-526: The two-tier structure, but reforms in the 1990s and 2009 reduced their number to 192. A further 55 non-metropolitan districts are now unitary authorities, which combine the functions of county and borough/district councils. In Wales , an almost identical two-tier system of local government existed between 1974 and 1996 (see Districts of Wales ). In 1996, this was abolished and replaced with an entirely unitary system of local government, with one level of local government responsible for all local services. Since

1554-484: The wrong recipient. Commenting on Devon and other authorities who had made similar data protection breaches, the ICO said "It would be far too easy to consider these breaches as simple human error . The reality is that they are caused by councils treating sensitive personal data in the same routine way they would deal with more general correspondence. Far too often in these cases, the councils do not appear to have acknowledged that

1596-452: Was Auxilio Divino ("by divine aid"), that of Sir Francis Drake . The 1926 grant was of arms alone. On 6 March 1962 a further grant of crest and supporters was obtained. The crest is the head of a Dartmoor Pony rising from a "Naval Crown". This distinctive form of crown is formed from the sails and sterns of ships, and is associated with the Royal Navy . The supporters are a Devon bull and

1638-477: Was 765,302, which is the largest in the South West England region. The county council's area is also administered by eight smaller authorities that have their own district , borough or city councils. The responsibilities of these councils include local planning, council housing, refuse collection, sports and leisure facilities, and street cleaning. The district areas are further divided into civil parishes , which have " parish councils " or " town councils ";

1680-611: Was abolished by the London Government Act 1963 and the Local Government Act 1972 . Non-metropolitan districts were created by this act in 1974 when England outside Greater London was divided into metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan counties. Metropolitan counties were sub-divided into metropolitan districts and the non-metropolitan counties were sub-divided into non-metropolitan districts. The metropolitan districts had more powers than their non-metropolitan counterparts. Initially, there were 296 non-metropolitan districts in

1722-404: Was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 , covering the area of four former districts which were all abolished at the same time: The new district was initially named Tiverton, after its largest town. The district was renamed Mid Devon with effect from 6 February 1978 by resolution of the district council. Mid Devon shares borders with several other Devon districts as well as

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1764-487: Was no established coat of arms for the county until 1926: the arms of the City of Exeter were often used to represent Devon, for instance in the badge of the Devonshire Regiment . During the formation of a county council by the Local Government Act 1888 , adoption of a common seal was required. The seal contained three shields depicting the arms of Exeter along with those of the first chairman and vice-chairman of

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