Committee Information

Meetings of Full Council consist of all 31 Borough Councillors representing the eighteen wards of West Devon Borough Council.

A full list of scheduled meetings can be found here. You can also find reports, and minutes of previous meetings on this page.

Recordings of previous meetings can be viewed on our YouTube Channel.

The full list of Council functions and responsibilities can be found in Part 3b of the Constitution Delegation Scheme (See 'Our Constitution'). The main responsibilities are to agree the annual budget, agree new policies and changes to existing ones, and to determine the Council's priorities.

Full Council

Hub Committee is a group of elected Councillors at West Devon Borough Council. Each member of Hub Committee has a specific area of responsibility to lead on.

Hub Committee meetings are live streamed on the internet. 

The Leader of the Council is also the Chairman of the Hub Committee and the Deputy Leader of Council is the Vice Chairman. The Leader, Deputy Leader and remaining Hub Committee Members are appointed annually by Full Council.

Hub Committee meetings are open to the public. If you would like to ask a question or speak at the meeting, please see this page for details about the procedure.

Hub Committee

The Scrutiny Committee has 15 Members which support the work of the Hub Committee and the Council as a whole.

Reports and recommendations are put by the Committee to the Hub Committee and the Council to advise on policy, budget and service delivery.

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee also monitors the decisions of the Hub Committee. They have the ability to 'call-in' decisions made by the Hub Committee which are still to be implemented. This enables the Scrutiny Committee to consider whether the decision made was appropriate. The Committee can then decide if it should recommend that the Hub Committee or Full Council reconsider the decision. 

Scrutiny Committee

Meetings of the Audit Committee consist of seven Borough Councillors who are appointed annually by full Council.

The Committee meets five times per year, but there is provision to hold additional meetings should the need arise.

What does the Audit Committee do?

The full list of functions and procedure rules for the Audit and Governance Committee can be found in Part 3b of the Constitution Delegation Scheme (see Our Constitution).

Audit and Governance (Hearing) Sub Committee

The Audit and Governance (Hearing) Sub Committee meets on an ad hoc basis to consider complaints against Borough, Town and Parish Councillors.

Meetings of the Sub Committee consist of three members of the Audit and Governance Committee, all of whom have received specialist training from the Council's monitoring Officer.

The Hearing Sub Committee meets as and when required. It is convened to consider complaints which relate to alleged breaches of the Member's Code of Conduct by West Devon Borough Councillors and/or Town and Parish Councillors in West Devon.

For more information about complaints under the Code of Conduct or to see the Code itself, please see the Standards Complaints page.

Audit and Governance Committee

Meetings of the Development Management and Licensing Committee consist of ten Borough Councillors. They are held approximately every four weeks on a Tuesday.

What does the Committee do?

The full list of functions and procedure rules for Development Management and Licensing Committee can be found in part 3b of the Constitution Delegation Scheme (see Our Constitution). One function of the committee is to decide planning applications.

The Committee also reviews Licensing policies and determines whether to grant or refuse Licences for Alcohol, Premises, Hackney Carriage Drivers and Street Trading.

Development Management and Licensing Committee

The Full Council has given authority for the Council Tax Setting Committee to set out the Council Tax each year.

The committee set the Council Tax for the Borough, having taken into account the precepts provided to them by Devon County Council, Devon and Cornwall Police Authority, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service and the Local Town and Parish Councils.

For more information about Council Tax, including what percentage each authority receives, please see How is my Council Tax Spent.

The Council Tax Setting Committee consists of Four Borough Councillors:

Council Tax Setting Committee

Other groups and panels within West Devon Borough Council, and the Members who serve on them.

Representatives for West Devon Borough Council on outside bodies and forums 2024 -2025

Hub advisory groups are not formal Committees, and so are not open to the public or live-streamed.

The primary role and function of each Advisory Group is to:

• advise and support the lead Hub Committee Member with the delivery of targets within the adopted 'A Plan for West Devon; and
• look forward and horizon scan in order to identify future issues and challenges that relate to the thematic area, generate new ideas and solutions and to plan ahead over the longer-term.

The Councillors in West Devon Council's Hub Advisory Groups are as follows:

Built Environment

• Cllr Caroline Mott, Hub Lead and Group Chair
• Cllr Angela Blackman
• Cllr Ric Cheadle
• Cllr Mark Renders
• Cllr Terry Southcott
• Cllr Nick Viney

Communications and Accessibility

• Cllr Jeffrey Moody, Hub Lead and Group Chair
• Cllr Ric Cheadle
• Cllr Mandy Ewings
• Cllr Neil Jory
• Cllr Patrick Kimber

Economy

• Cllr Neil Jory, Hub Lead and Group Chair
• Cllr Mike Casbolt
• Cllr Chris Edmonds
• Cllr Jane Elliott
• Cllr Robert Oxborough
• Cllr Isabel Saxby
• Cllr Paul Vachon

Housing

• Cllr Mark Renders, Hub Lead and Group Chair
• Cllr Angela Blackman
• Cllr Alistair Cunningham
• Cllr George Dexter
• Cllr Mandy Ewings
• Cllr Steve Guthrie
• Cllr Tony Leech
• Cllr Ursula Mann
• Cllr Debo Sellis

Leisure and Wellbeing

• Cllr Tony Leech, Hub Lead and Group Chair
• Cllr Malcolm Calder
• Cllr Mark Renders
• Cllr Sam Wakeham
• Cllr Louise Watts

Natural Environment

• Cllr Lynn Daniel, Hub Lead and Group Chair
• Cllr Steve Guthrie
• Cllr Ursula Mann
• Cllr Caroline Mott
• Cllr Isabel Saxby
• Cllr Terry Southcott
• Cllr Paul Vachon
• Cllr Nick Viney
• Cllr Sam Wakeham

People and Community

• Cllr Adam Bridgewater, Hub Lead and Group Chair
• Cllr Kevin Ball
• Cllr Alistair Cunningham
• Cllr Jane Elliott
• Cllr Patrick Kimber
• Cllr Anne Johnson
• Cllr Jeffrey Moody
• Cllr Christopher West

Resources

• Cllr Chris Edmonds
• Cllr Kevin Ball
• Cllr George Dexter
• Cllr Jane Elliott
• Cllr Anne Johnson
• Cllr Robert Oxborough
• Cllr Louise Watts
• Cllr Christopher West