The second Annual Review of the our Carbon, Environment and Biodiversity Plan was published in 2024.

In the past year we have:

• secured £88k through the Swimming Pool Support Fund to install solar panels at Ilfracombe Pool.
• agreed to replace two of our diesel Parks vehicles with electric vehicles, and extended our electric vehicle trials to other teams.
• agreed to prepare a new joint Local Plan, in collaboration with Torridge District Council. Thematic Working Groups will be set up to support this review, including a Climate and Environmental Emergency group, which will provide a forum for exploring opportunities to be incorporated within the plan.
• completed a 37 acre extension to our community woodland in Yeo Valley, Barnstaple. This has been funded through the Forestry Commission’s England Woodland Creation Offer.
• worked with award-winning photographer Gideon Mendel and local primary schools to highlight the impacts of climate change around the Taw Torridge Estuary, culminating in an exhibition held at Barnstaple Pannier Market.
• re-commissioned 361 Energy to provide a home energy advice service, prioritising vulnerable and low-income households.

We have also produced a simple to read summary of the council’s plan and of our Carbon Footprint.

Previous versions of our plans are available Carbon, Environment and Biodiversity Plan (2022) and first Annual Review (2023).