Policies & Strategies

The story of what the Council wants to achieve.

We have now published our Annual Report for 2016/17.

Here you can find the Local Development Framework which includes our planning policies.

Here you can view our housing policies.

Here you can find our licensing policies, from gambling to driver policies.

The Council has a legal duty to safeguard children and vulnerable adults. Find our policies here.

This Enforcement Policy sets out how South Hams District Council and West Devon Borough Council ('the Councils') deal with non-compliance with the wide-ranging legislation that we have a duty to enforce as local authorities.

The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017 requires local authorities who employ 250 employees or more to produce a gender pay gap report.