External views of our performance
Comprehensive performance assessment (CPA)
These reports present an analysis of the council’s overall performance by the Audit Commission
. The CPA process
aims to help council's improve the services they deliver by examining the standard of services and their plans for the future, the leadership and focus of senior management and councillors, and the Council’s financial arrangements:
Comprehensive performance assessment (CPA)
These reports present an analysis of the council’s overall performance by the Audit Commission
- CPA report - October 2007 (pdf 124 kB)
- our press release on the publication of the October 2007 CPA report
- progress assessment report - March 2006 (pdf 97 kB)

- progress assessment report - January 2005 (pdf 73 kB)

- CPA report - October 2003 (pdf 32 kB)

Annual audit and inspection letter
The following report summarises the audit and inspection work undertaken in 2005 by the Audit Commission and PricewaterhouseCoopers:
- final annual audit and inspection letter 2007-2008 (pdf 141 kB)

- annual audit and inspection letter 2007 (pdf 96 kB)

- annual audit and inspection letter 2006 (pdf 221 kB)

Local Government Ombudsman feedback
The Local Government Ombudsman
- annual letter 2007-2008 (pdf 25 kB)
summary (pdf 69 kB)
notes (pdf 14 kB) 
- annual letter 2006-2007 (pdf 39 kB)
summary (pdf 73 kB)
notes (pdf 16 kB) 
- annual letter 2005-2006 (pdf 76 kB)

Audit Commission feedback
- North Devon context and performance pack 2007 (pdf 242 kB)
- this relates to our 2005-2006 performance indicators - North Devon context and performance pack 2006 (pdf 328 kB)
- this relates to our 2004-2005 performance indicators

