South Hams West Devon Merger
South hams is a local government district on the south coast of devon england.
South hams west devon merger. It is the start of a process that will eventually see some 400 services re engineered. Councils delivered business support of over 9 2 million so far. South hams and west devon district councils consider merger owl says. Britain in bloom gold medal.
The following report is taken from the tavistock times website tonight tues oct 31. Open letter to second home owners. Presumably this is not an option open to east devon district council as no council would want to merge with one that is going to take out a big loan for its own new headquarters. Councils and communities united on covid 19 response.
A public consultation on the merger of two devon councils ends this weekend. The authoroties have been working towards a merger aimed at saving huge amounts of money as both councils face budget problems. The conservative run south hams district council and west devon borough council want to merge. South hams and west devon councils will discuss merger plans.
South hams district council is conducting a consultation on merging with west devon. However the proposed merger has disadvantages for the residents of the south hams. They are jointly promoting this merger giving an expected shortfall in income as the principal reason. To achieve it south hams and west devon partnered with iese the innovation efficiency social enterprise to deliver a framework for the new organisation beginning with a shared corporate centre.
South hams and west devon councils launch local action support fund. This will mean a huge increase in south hams council tax and taking on the servicing of west devon s debts. A special full council meeting on both south hams district council and west devon borough council will take place at the end of october to decide whether they merge. It is administered partly by south hams district council which has its headquarters in the town of totnes and partly by devon county council in the nearby city of exeter.
The plan to merge south hams and west devon district councils will not be recommended to the government after councillors at one of the authorities voted against the scheme.