Lee Mill

14°CFog

• Today: 15° / 10° · 80% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:43

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

10 reported · July 2026▲ 67% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Public order2
• Shoplifting2
• Criminal damage & arson1

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ivybridge Rural South · Devon And Cornwall

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

146 reported road collisions (2024)

33 killed or seriously injured · 183 casualties · 16.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

22 food businesses within 2 miles

• 20 rated 4–5 ★ (19 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ivybridge (4.5 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£360,571 average▼ 6.8% YoY

Across South Hams · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,009 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £735
• 2 bed £918
• 3 bed £1,135

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

11.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.4 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 163.7p · Asda (11.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (11.8 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra - Ivybridge Lee Mill (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

88,624 residents in South Hams · 100/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 56%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 219 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,615 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (20% of 47,850)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

56 schools · 11,740 pupils

40 primary · 3 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 18 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

46inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Hams

832 CQC-registered services

• Care homes310
• GP practices118
• Dentists158
• Homecare agencies155
• Hospitals & hospices39

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Devon

• Not in the Green Belt
• 5 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

236 applications decided

94.1% granted · 222 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 1
• Con 7
• LD 19
• Grn 3
• Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,965 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised · £37,830 avg

e.g. Tesco Colleague Nights - Ivybridge Lee Mill Extra, Delivery Driver, Senior Quantity Surveyor

Source: Adzuna

£751 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,368 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 50,991 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.9 yrs men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.1
• Feeling worthwhile7.1
• Happiness yesterday6.9
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South West Devon:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office441 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership420 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership375 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s336 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test298 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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