These pages have been created for Devon’s parish and town councils with a focus on highway maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each electoral division within Devon has a designated Neighbourhood Highway Officer<\/a> to provide local support and information on highway matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Local councils and community organisations can support the upkeep of their local highways through several Devon County Council schemes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Road Warden Scheme<\/a> enables trained volunteers to carry out approved preventative maintenance, while some self\u2011help activities can be undertaken separately with prior agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Communities can also maintain public rights of way through the Parish Paths Partnership (P3)<\/a>, strengthen local resilience via the Snow Warden<\/a> and Flood Warden schemes<\/a>, and enhance biodiversity through the Life on the Verge<\/a> initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n We only cut grass and vegetation where it is necessary for\u00a0<\/span>safety<\/span><\/b>, such as maintaining visibility at junctions, bends and lay-bys. If your local council or community organisation would like more control over grass\u2011cutting in your area, we may be able to support you to\u00a0<\/span>procure and manage this work directly<\/span><\/b>\u00a0and provide a financial contribution.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, or to discuss interest in taking on local grass\u2011cutting, please contact\u00a0<\/span>grasscutting@devon.gov.uk<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n You may need to apply for a licence or permission before placing items on or near the highway or holding an event that affects traffic. You can apply for:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n We share tailored highways information with local councils and community groups through our <\/span>RoadMap newsletter<\/span><\/b>, which is issued two or three times a year. Back issues are available on request.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Registered Snow Wardens also receive <\/span>Snow Warden Updates<\/span><\/b> when severe weather is expected or underway. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n We regularly attend community events such as the Devon Association of Local Councils AGM.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n You can hear our latest updates at the next <\/span>Devon Community Resilience Forum<\/span><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" These pages have been created for Devon’s parish and town councils with a focus on highway maintenance. Each electoral division within Devon has a designated Neighbourhood Highway Officer to provide local support and information on highway matters. Common activities for local councils and community groups Local councils and community organisations can support the upkeep of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-home.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-22 02:30:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/devonhighways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/devonhighways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/devonhighways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/devonhighways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/devonhighways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/devonhighways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19932,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/devonhighways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/19932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/devonhighways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Common activities for local councils and community groups<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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