PARISH COUNCIL REPORT MARCH 2024 Small grants for village halls The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) scheme for those managing rural community buildings has now reopened with lower thresholds for smaller projects such as disability access, toilet upgrades and new kitchens. Grants of between £2,000 and £5,000, and up to 20 per…
Parish Clerk Report for 11th March 2024 Completed Actions Copies of all letters and emails will be available to view at the meeting. Website I have added the following posts and pages: Housing You may be interested to know that the government are planning to introduce planning rules to stop people turning residential properties into…
WDBC Parish Council Report February 2024 Mayor’s Awards nominations now live It’s time for this year’s annual Mayoral awards for those who make an outstanding contribution to the West Devon community and deserve some recognition.Nominations are now open, so please help to spread the word.As always, there are four categories:The West Devon Mayoral Award for…
JANUARY 2024 WDBC REPORT A Happy and Prosperous New Year for all our residents in South Tawton Ward Vision and Strategy for West Devon Public Consultation We are asking residents for their views on our aims and ambitions for the Borough. The online public consultation closes on Sunday 14 January 2024. WDBC encourage local communities to be part…
Parish Clerk Report for 15th January 2024 Completed Actions Copies of all letters and emails will be available to view at the meeting. West Devon Update West Devon Borough Council have arranged a briefing for Parish Councils about their vision and strategy. It is online on Wed 17th January 6-7pm. Interested Councillors should register in…
PC REPORT DECEMBER 2023 Corporate Strategy invite WDBC have invited Town and Parish Councils to an online meeting regarding the draft Corporate Strategy for the Council. The session will be led by Cllr Ewings.It is scheduled for Tuesday 5 December 5. p.m. -6. p.m.It is intended as an opportunity to set out the draft aims and…
Parish Clerk Report for 20th November 2023 Completed Actions Copies of all letters and emails will be available to view at the meeting. Events Attended Scribefest This is a free online conference put on by a council software provider. They are the supplier of the software that we are going to trial. About 70 people…
Parish Council report November 2023 Council Tax reduction Scheme Consultation West Devon Borough Council wants to hear your views on how we plan to help people most in need pay their council tax as the cost-of-living crisis continues. The Council Tax Reduction Scheme is reviewed every year and you now have six weeks to let…
WDBC October 2023 Report WDBC have a live consultation regarding the Dog Control Orders that we currently have within the West Devon Borough Council area. Public Space Protection Orders (PSPO) Consultation Dog Control We are consulting on reviewing our Dog Control Public Space Protection Orders. PSPO’s is a tool available to Councils under the Anti-Social…
Sea Moor Lotto – Raising Funds for Local Good Causes Did you know that the Council operates a community lottery which raises funds for local good causes?Seamoor Lotto is raising around £27,000 a year for 115 good causes, with the added bonus that people playing the lotto can win cash prizes. In a typical month,…
Report on the Belstone Parish Public Meeting held on 11th September 2023 at Belstone Village Hall at 7.30 pm There were 32 members of the public present including 7 Belstone Parish Councillors and the Devon County Council Councillor for the area Cllr James McInnes. The meeting was chaired by Cllr Michael Ash, Chairman of Belstone…
Here’s a quick summary of the emails received back about the lamp: We had 10 responses from people in the village – 8 very positive and 2 neutral/questioning. People were generally very keen on the idea of it being “green” and possibly replacing the existing lamp. We had already had one response previously with a question…
Parish Clerk Report for 11th September 2023 Completed Actions Copies of all letters and emails will be available to view at the meeting. Agenda Item There are two housing surveys that we have been sent: 1. The Devon Housing Commission (DHC) The DHC “consists of 11 authorities, including West Devon that are conducting an in-depth…
Report to Parish Councillors on Clerk’s annual appraisal 2023 It was agreed that Cllr Weaver should attend the appraisal with Cllr Hill (the main appraiser and current Vice Chair) for continuity. The appraisal was held in person between Simon Hill (VC)/Theresa Weaver (appraisers) and Sally Fullwood (Clerk) on 10th July 2023. The completed form is…
Parish Clerk Report for 24th July 2023 Completed Actions Copies of all letters and emails will be available to view at the meeting. Police Liaison Meeting Through Sticklepath Parish Council I was invited to an online police liaison meeting. I was not sure what it was all about, but decided to attend. I was really…
PC Report from WDBC councillor Lynn Daniel July 2023 WDBC Senior Staff Award WDBC and South Hams Council had the privilege of receiving the Municipal Journal award for best Senior Leadership Team in local government. It is a huge achievement for our two councils to receive a national award of this kind and was only…
WDBC – PC Report June 2023 · Thank you I thank all those who supported me in the May elections. I am very pleased to be able to continue as your borough councillor for the next 4 years. I am happy to inform you that I have been chosen as Mayor of West Devon for…
Parish Clerk Report for 26th June 2023 Completed Actions Copies of all letters and emails will be available to view at the meeting. Training Agenda Items 2023/24-045 Coronation Lamp I have contacted the insurance company regarding the implications of having a lamp, and their response was ” If you did require cover at a later…
Greener Belstone Report 2023 2022/2023 has been a quiet period for Greener Belstone with many of the initiatives we had planned being put on hold. We have every intention of revitalizing these ideas.One activity that took place was a talk organised jointly with our local Green councillor, Lynn Daniel, on energy issues that face our…
Belstone Village Hall Chairman’s Report 3rd May 2023 Ladies and Gentlemen, our Village Hall may not be the biggest but it is the best! You have only to glance at a week’s bookings to get a flavour of the range of activities on offer – classes for yoga, Pilates and art, postal services on a…
Skaigh Wood Trust Chairman’s Annual Report 2022-2023 The Trust held eight meetings during the year. The major item requiring attention this year was the felling of a number of trees suffering with Ash Die Back on the cross path from the bridge to the top bridlepath. This work was carried out by Adam Whittington at…
West Devon Borough Council (WDBC) Annual Report 2023 Hello and thank you for attending this annual village meeting. I firstly want to say a big thank you to all who supported me in the recent council election. I am proud and grateful to have another 4 years to be your representative on the borough council…
BELSTONE PARISH COUNCIL Belstone Parish Council Chairman’s Annual Report 1/4/22 – 31/3/23 The Council have held eight meetings over the last year, and a very poorly attended Parish Meeting to discuss possible events for the Coronation in May. It was hoped that other village organisations might be able to arrange some form of celebrations. Attendance…
Parish Clerk Report for 15th May 2023 Completed Actions Copies of all letters and emails will be available to view at the meeting. Agenda Items 2023/24-034 Dartmoor National Park Authority Ballot Devon Association of Local Councils (DALC) have written to ask for nominations for the parish Members on the Dartmoor National Park Authority. All previous…
Parish Clerk Report for 17th April 2023 Completed Actions Copies of all letters and emails will be available to view at the meeting. Housing Survey Cllr Daniel sent an email regarding a Housing Needs Survey which is being planned for July in the area. This would take the form of a questionnaire distributed to all…
Parish Council’s Monthly newsletter from WDBC Councillor March 2023 Garden Waste Subscriptions Subscriptions for this year’s garden waste service are due to be open by the end of 1st week of March. For residents who are already subscribed, it should be a seamless transition. The service will start for subscribers from 1 April 2023 and run…
Parish Clerk Report for 27th February 2023 Completed Actions Copies of all letters and emails will be available to view at the meeting. Training Elections
West Devon Borough Council Parish Councils report February 2023 Levelling Up Fund Grant No-doubt you will have heard the fantastic news that West Devon has been awarded £13.4m for a new parkway station and integrated transport hub at Okehampton through the government’s Levelling Up Funding programme. This was a competitive process, and it is an…
Parish Clerk Report for 17th January 2023 Completed Actions Copies of all letters and emails will be available to view at the meeting. Training Agenda Items 2022/23-148 Planning 2022/23-149 Muddy Lane Response from new Dartmoor Ranger Rob Taylor regarding sign at Skaigh end of bridlepath: That’s fine, I can get one installed. We are moving…
West Devon Brough Council PC Report January 2023  Household Support Fund Helps Provide Christmas Cheer The Benefits team have been working hard to make payments from the Household Support Fund to eligible households. Since the scheme opened before Christmas it has made payments totalling £7,920 to 25 households helping them with food, energy costs and…
WDBC Parish Council Report December 2022 AUDITOR GIVES COUNCIL FINANCES A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH West Devon Borough Council will be one of the first few councils in Devon to have its Annual Accounts and Audit signed off. On Tuesday 22 November, West Devon Borough Council’s Audit and Governance Committee met to approve the Council’s…
Parish Clerk Report for 29th November 2022 Completed Actions Copies of all letters and emails will be available to view at the meeting. Training Agenda Items 2022/23-130 Muddy Lane After correspondence with Ian Brooker regarding the vehicular traffic on bridleways, he has erected a ‘No unauthorised vehicles beyond this point” sign at the Tongue End…
Parish Councils November Report 2022 WDBC Electoral Registration Canvassing It is that time of year again when we will be sending out canvassers to all properties within the council area who are required but have not yet returned a Canvass Form with regard to Electoral Registration. This is an annual process. The canvassers will be…
WDBC October 2022 Councillor’s report Parish Links Meeting Tuesday 4th October 18:30- 19:30 we will be holding the Team West Devon (Parish Links) Southern meeting on Microsoft Teams. The meeting will include discussion on Levelling up, how we can all work together in response to the Cost of Living and an opportunity to you to…
Parish Clerk’s Report for October 18th 2022 BELSTONE PARISH COUNCIL Completed Actions Copies of all letters and emails will be available to view at the meeting. Answered a question about the Westlake seat from Chris Walpole. Forwarded late planning application and highways consultation. I attended some free training about the timetable and actions required for…
BELSTONE PARISH COUNCIL Parish Clerk Report for 27th September 2022 Completed Actions Copies of all letters and emails will be available to view at the meeting. Email from Fell runners forwarded to Commoners. Zurich have notified us that they are transferring our insurance to another subsidiary because of Brexit. Burl site visit arranged Agenda Items…
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