News

A huge new section of Sherford’s Country Park has been created and is now open to the public. This green space now covers over 92 acres of land. The new park is a stunning slice of South Hams countryside that is free to visit and open to all.

With cleaner waters a hot topic, organisations have been coming together to see how our marine industry can do its bit to tackle air and water pollution across the South Hams.

Well done to Salcombe Harbour Authority who were nominated for an award at the annual British Ports Association’s Small and Medium-sized Port Enterprises of the Year Award.

Our South Hams Housing Offer is helping communities remove some of the barriers Stoke Gabriel CLT face as they try to bring forward housing projects in their area.

Deputy Leader, Cllr Dan Thomas and Lead Member for Housing, Cllr Denise O’Callaghan visited the award-winning Collaton Park development last month, where significant progress has been made in the demolition and infrastructure works.

We want to hear from you about cycling, wheeling and walking opportunities across the District.

We are supporting Plymouth Community Homes to deliver more affordable homes – one of our top priorities.

A clean marine environment remains high on our agenda as we now look to expand our work in the recycling of abandoned vessels across South Hams’ waters.

We will come down hard on developers who ignore planning regulations and cause damage in our communities - that’s our message after a successful prosecution at Gloucester Crown Court.

Creating more lower cost homes for local people is a top priority for the Council which is why we've built our own affordable rental homes to help tackle the District’s housing crisis.