Welcome to Dulverton Town Council
A Warm welcome to the Dulverton Town Council website. We hope you find whatever information you require from this site and if you don't, please do not hesitate to contact us. There are various ways you can get in touch, email, write, telephone, you can use the contact page or you can come and see us.
The town office, situated at 2 Lady Street is open from 10am and closes at 12pm every Tuesday morning.
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Blowing my own trumpet.
I don't often get a chance to blow my own trumpet but just for once please forgive me.
After many months of problems with the site I thought we had no chance in the annual village communications competition run by the Community Council for Somerset.
Happily, your website was awarded the runner up position in the medium village category.
The judges comments were very flattering and the criticisms very helpful and I am working on those.
Your website attracts enquires from around the U.K. and from as far a field as Australia, these queries are answered most ably by the Chairman Chris Nelder and if he doesn't know the answer then he will know someone that does.
I am always looking for ways to improve the site and your ideas and suggestions are always welcome.
Colin Benton
Car Park charges rise.
West Somerset Council are increasing the annual rent of the car parks, charged to Dulverton Town Council by fifteen percent. Unfortunately the Council must raise our car park charges by the same to cover this increase.
As from the
1st of February 2009
the new charges will be:
- 1 Hour...........70p
- 2 Hours.........90p
- 4 Hours........1.80
- All day.........3.00
- Weekly
permits......12.00 - Annual
Permits......46.00
There will be no increase on excess charges.
All Saints
Churchyard
Public consultation held on 16th October 2008
The Revd Preb John Thorogood, Rector and Rural Dean, explained that for a long time there had been recognition of the need to make the steep approach to All Saints more accessible to the disabled. The only level access, along Church Lane, presented the elderly and disabled with both river stones to walk on and steep steps to climb. There had been accidents and an increasing number were unable to get to the church whether for services or for the many other activities, such as the Two Moors Festival concerts, that were held there. Dulverton Town Council and All Saints Parish Church Council had formed a joint development group to look afresh at the churchyard and with the assistance of the Exmoor National Park planning office and the Diocese to consider what might be achieved. A tentative plan was now ready. This proposed widening the main path to allow vehicles, an additional footpath of gentle gradient, surgery to make trees safe and a wild flower garden. The plan had been costed and an application for a grant had been submitted to the Community Spaces projects area of the Big Lottery Fund. The application had passed the first stage of scrutiny, thus achieving Lottery
financial and technical support for the second stage. This stage required public consultation.
After a recess to allow closer study of plans on display and the questioning of those directly concerned with the detail of the project, the meeting resumed to put questions and to comment.
In response to questioning from members of the public the following matters were clarified:
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