Health and Safety | West Devon Borough Council

Environment and Nuisance | West Devon Borough Council

News | West Devon Borough Council

Planning Applications | West Devon Borough Council

News search | West Devon Borough Council

Land Ownership | West Devon Borough Council

Our Offer | West Devon Borough Council

Parking Permits | West Devon Borough Council

Community Broadband | West Devon Borough Council

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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October 2025

September 2025

West Devon Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
Health and Safety \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/health-and-safety	2
Environment and Nuisance \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/environment-and-nuisance	2
News \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/news?page=10	2
Planning Applications \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/planning/planning-applications	2
News search \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/news/search?f%5B0%5D=category%3A23	2
Land Ownership \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/land-and-property/land-ownership	2
Our Offer \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/recruitment/our-offer	2
Parking Permits \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/parking/parking-permits	2
Community Broadband \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/communities/community-broadband	2
News \| West Devon Borough Councilwww.westdevon.gov.uk/news?page=2	2

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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