East Devon District Council serves a population of 132,900 spread across 314 square miles. It sits between the River Exe and outskirts of Exeter to the west, Somerset (inland) and Dorset to the east. At the extremes, the District stretches 30 miles east to west and 15 miles north to south. Our coastline forms part of England’s first and only World Heritage site designated for its natural environment. The East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty lies wholly within the District, together with the greater part of the Blackdown Hills AONB. Our main towns are the coastal resorts of Exmouth (Devon’s largest town – pop. 34,000); Budleigh Salterton, Cranbrook Sidmouth and Seaton. In the mainly rural inland area the settlements are Honiton, Ottery St Mary, Axminster and Broadclyst. Our ambition is to keep East Devon an outstanding place. Our priorities that will help us do this are: • encouraging communities to be outstanding • developing an outstanding local economy • delivering and promoting our outstanding environment • continuously improving to be an outstanding council We have also been awarded Investors in People Platinum for our commitment to developing our staff.