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 The activities of East Devon District Council are complex and varied. It is often hard to contact the right person for your query first time.
The East Devon website includes a directory of numbers. Several local residents have contacted me to seek assistance in finding the right contact to help. So, for ease of reference, listed below are the contact details, together with a brief summary of the activities for which the number is appropriate. If you click on the title for the activity, you will be taken directly to the specific section of the East Devon District Council website which you need.
If after contacting the East Devon District Council Officer, using the details below, you have been unable to resolve your problem and need further assistance, please contact me, as your District Councillor and I will do all I can to help.
All numbers use the Sidmouth code which is 01395,
Main Switchboard Number, (01395) 516551
The Out of Hours Emergency number for Serious Emergency Contact, (01395) 578237
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Building Control
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517482
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Appointments for inspections and general enquiries.
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Bus Passes
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571500
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Applications for concessionary bus passes.
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Business Rates
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517445
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Business Rates (also known as NNDR or National Non-Domestic Rates).
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Car Park Fine
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571643
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Payment of Car Park Fines.
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Car Park Permits
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571643
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Applications for Car Parking Permits.
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Council Tax
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517446
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Council Tax accounts and enquiries.
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Countryside
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517557
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For information on Nature Reserves, Countryside Rangers, and Countryside Events.
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Dead animals
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517528
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Clearing of dead animals from public land including highways.
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Democratic Services
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517546
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Committee Minutes and Agendas, Councillors information, parish clerk contact details.
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Dogs Wardens and Pest Control
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571517
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Dog wardens, rats, wasps other nuisances. (This service is provided by an external contractor on behalf of EDDC).
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Elections
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517543
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Elections, candidates for elections. election results.
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Electoral Registration
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517402
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Voter registration, postal votes, electoral roll, poll cards.
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Environmental Health
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517456
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Health and safety, noise and pollution, private sector housing, infectious diseases, contaminated land, licensing for animals/skin piercing/caravans.
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Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit
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517446
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Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit - enquiries, new claims and existing customers.
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Housing Needs
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517469
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New enquiries for council housing, homelessness, existing applications.
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Housing and Garage Rents
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517444
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Rental enquiries for council houses and council-rented garages.
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Housing Repairs and Maintenance
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517458
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Repairs and maintenance to council houses, planned maintenance, emergency repairs.
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Land Charges
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571532
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Local land charges enquiries and searches, LLC1, Con29R and Con29O enquiries.
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Land Charges Fees
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571534
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Recorded message stating fees and charges for land charges work.
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Licensing 1
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517410
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Premises licences, street trading, ear piercing, electrolysis, acupuncture, animal boarding, dog breeders, wild animals.
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Taxi Licensing
Personal Licensing
Cemetries
Street Collectons
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517411
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Taxis, personal licences, cemeteries, permits for charitable street collections.
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571546
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Houses in Multiple Occupation (HiMO) and caravan licensing.
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Missed Bins and Recycling
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571515
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Complaints about missed bins and recycling box collections. Requests for new or replacement recycling boxes.
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Planning Applications (advice on potential applications)
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517475
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Enquiries about submitting a planning application. - Pre Application
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Planning Applications (updates and historic)
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517475
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Enquiries about planning applications that have already been submitted. Search Planning History and Progress online.
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Planning Conservation Areas
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517475
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Listed Buildings and Listed Buildings in Conservation Areas
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Planning Enforcement
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517536
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Complaints and enquiries about building work, advertisements, fly posting, illegal campsites, unauthorised works to a Listed Building, or unauthorised works to a tree protected by a Tree Preservation Order.
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Street Names, Numbers and Name Plates
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571723
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All new property addresses and changing the name of an unnumbered property, damaged, dirty or missing nameplates.
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