Peer Review Report 2024

The report of the LGA Peer Review of the Councils held in 2024.

In March 2024, the Local Government Association (LGA) undertook a Peer Challenge of both South Hams District Council and our shared services partner, West Devon Borough Council.

A key finding from a team of sector specialists is that “South Hams is a high performing council, which is well led and managed and is delivering consistently well on behalf of its communities.”

The recommendations and feedback report can be found below, along with our action plan in response of the recommendations: