Safe, Clean and Green Environment
We are fortunate to live in an area of the world designated, for the most part, as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. One of our priorities is about how we protect and enhance our beautiful District, in particular how we make sure it is a safe, clean and green part of the world to live in and visit.
Our Countryside Team has had great success in developing use and appreciation of our outstanding countryside and accessible coastal paths with initiatives such as the Coastal Festival, green flags for two of our nature reserves, a weekly column in local newspapers and great promotion work with our schoolchildren. Our Grounds Maintenance Team has also received recognition through green flags for two of our gardens and Britain in Bloom awards for its work in numerous places throughout the District.
We have very low levels of crime in comparison with the rest of the country making East Devon one of the safest places to live in the UK. However, dealing with anti-social behaviour is a high priority according to our consultation findings, and, to support this priority we have adopted an Anti-Social Behaviour Statement and Policy in Housing.
Our public surveys also show that satisfaction with clean streets is amongst the top 25% performing councils. We are pleased about these results but we know that the public want us to strive to get even better in these services which help enhance quality of life for all.
Our communities each have a special character and culture which we must not lose whilst making them sustainable for the future. We need to make sure that community facilities, especially village halls, remain viable. Our residents and our tenants must be involved in the way their homes and neighbourhoods are maintained or developed; we need to reduce the number of people who feel marginalised by their own communities.
If you would like to find out about ways in which you can help the council in this area, please use the links on the right.
