Environment

  • Biodiversity

    1) Please provide a copy of or link to Devon County Council’s January 2024 plan setting out what it can do to conserve and enhance biodiversity. Please find a copy of the Council’s plan here: Countryside, Coast and Heritage Strategy … Continue reading →

  • Risk of flooding

    For the area for which you are the Lead Local Flood Management Authority under the Flood and Water Management Act (2010), please provide: 1.  Total number of people living at risk of flooding (any level of risk) 2.  Total number … Continue reading →

  • Flood Action Groups

    I would like to request the following information: 1) Any meeting minutes where flood action groups or other civil society bodies have contributed to discussions about flooding in the last two years. We have had many meetings with residents in … Continue reading →

  • Environmental duties

    I would like any and all documents regarding statutory environmental duties and any and all documents about meeting those duties. The Council presumably has statutory, legal or other duties to preserve or otherwise manage the natural environment, and I would … Continue reading →

  • Climate Emergency and Net Zero Employees

    1) Can you please tell me how many employees of Devon County Council are involved with Climate Emergency/Net Zero issues? Net-zero and climate resilience are part of many job roles, critical to delivering the Devon Carbon Plan, even though those … Continue reading →

  • Garden waste contract

    We understand that the following Treatment contract has expired: – Service ~ Dry recyclate – Bulking and haulage – CP1531-18 – Covers the separate haulage of approximately 3,000 tonnes per annum of garden waste and 14,000 tonnes per annum of … Continue reading →

  • Treatment and Highway Maintenance Contracts

    We understand that the following Treatment & Highway Maintenance Contracts have expired: Dry recyclate – Street sweepings  Dry recyclate – Paper Dry recyclate – Haulage  residual and garden waste  Highways Maintenance – Carriageway Surface Dressing Can you advise if a … Continue reading →

  • Ordinary Watercourse Consent Application

    Please provide a copy of Ordinary Watercourse Consent application and/or permit relating to land at Baronswood, EX17 6LQ Pleaser refer to this collated document. Redactions have been made to personal information contained within the documents. This information is exempt from … Continue reading →

  • Asian hornets and honey bees

    1. Following the discovery of nests in the county last year, what steps are the council taking to manage the threat of Asian Hornets?  Prior to the discovery of Asian Hornets in Plymouth, Devon County Council (DCC) had set up … Continue reading →