• Council's Work Experience Student Designs Birthday Card Now in Production

  By the_brief at 10:20 on 07/03/12

  

  A work experience student at North Devon Council has designed a birthday card for new election voters which has been printed. Lewis Osborne, 16, from Park School, designed the card last year while on a two-week work experience placement at the council. North Devon Council liked Lewis' work so much it has printed his design as cards to send out to young people on their eighteenth birthday to encourage them to vote. Lewis...

• Barnstaple Homelessness Prevention Changes March 2012

  By Elise_Editing at 10:56 on 16/02/12

  

  North Devon Council is making improvements to the way it helps people who are homeless or at risk of being made homeless. From 1 March 2012 residents at risk of losing their home or wanting housing advice will be told to contact the housing team by phone, rather than going into the council office. The council say the change will enable officers to make early assessments, cut down on waiting times and help those most in need first. ...

• No Council Tax Increase for 2012-13 Proposed 31 January 2012

  By the_brief at 16:12 on 31/01/12

  

  North Devon Council is recommending not to increase the level of Council Tax for its services in 2012-13. The recommendation will be put forward on the Tuesday 7 February meeting when members will hear the latest financial forecast for 2011-12 and the council's expected position as it goes into 2012-13. Executive members are also due to agree a recommendation that other charges such as car parking charges remain at current levels. ...

• New Street Signs Installed Near Park School

  By the_brief at 17:26 on 23/01/12

  

  Last year Barnstaple Town Council's Planning and Transportation Committee realised that the entrance to Park School which goes past the Park and Ride site and into the school had no official street name. The Town Council's Planning Committee instigated the installation of two street signs at the entrance. In May 2011 the official name of Hiern Drive was accepted. It is named after the founder of Park School William Phillip Hiern. ...

• Leisure centre refurbishment to start in October

  By North Devon Council at 16:32 on 13/07/11

  

  A six month refurbishment programme will begin at North Devon Leisure Centre this autumn. Next month, North Devon Council will be selecting a contractor to carry out the work, which will begin on 31 October and should be complete by April 2012. The work will help maintain the 40-year old building for the future and includes repairs to the roof, the steel and concrete frame of the building, cleaning and repainting the pool tank...

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