Colyford

Young man from Colyford chosen to share his story with thousands of guests at Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award celebrations in Buckingham Palace Garden

A young man from Colyford in East Devon joined His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh and journalist and broadcaster Clive Myrie to give a speech to thousands of young people and their loved ones at Buckingham Palace yesterday – as they celebrated achieving their Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards.

Dipesh Purandare, 19 – who was also celebrating achieving his own Gold Award – took to...

High Court rejects Colyton Parish’s attempt to overturn creation of Colyford Parish

The High Court has refused Colyton Parish Council’s case to contest the governance review that created Colyford Parish Council.

The court ruled that the challenge was too late, and East Devon District Council’s (EDDC) process for reviewing Colyford Parish’s creation was thorough, legal and within required timeframes.

The court awarded EDDC costs of £8,967 from Colyton Parish...

New parish council to be created for Colyford

Colyford is set to get its own parish council, made up of seven members, after East Devon District Council (EDDC) signed off proposals.

The move, which was agreed at the authority’s full council meeting on Wednesday, 7 December, will also see the number of Colyton Parish Council members reduced from 13 to 11 councillors.

Colyford Parish Council will come into formal legal...

Colyford’s living legacy in honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth

A commemorative plaque has been unveiled by Howard West, Acting Clerk to the Burgesses, for an oak tree planted as part of Queen Elizabeth’s Green Canopy project (QGC) which celebrated Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee earlier this year.

Local resident Annie Thompson joined forces with East Devon District Council (EDDC) to identify a suitable location to plant a tree in Colyford....

Proposals published for creating a new Parish Council for the Parish of Colyford

East Devon District Council (EDDC) has published proposals for creating a new Parish Council for the proposed new Parish of Colyford.

The draft proposals follow a governance review that took place earlier this year. The proposals are:

That the new Parish Council be known as ‘Colyford Parish Council’ and not by one of the ‘alternative styles’ of community, neighbourhood or...