The Town Council has made a decision to oppose and campaign against cuts to the Fire Service, in particular the closure of Ashburton Fire Station. Here you can read the letter sent on behalf of the Council to the members of the Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority. You can read the information put out […]
Teignbridge District Council (TDC) declared a Climate Emergency in April this year. They are working with other councils on what this means and how Zero Carbon can be implemented by 2025 for the whole of Teignbridge. An action group representing different environmental organisations in Teignbridge has met up with TDC. We want to see how […]
“I didn’t know that was happening! What a shame I missed it…” Whenever there’s something going on it takes a lot of work to make sure everyone knows about it. The Town Council and other groups put information on social media & in the parish newsletter, put up posters, send press releases to the local […]
The Town Council held it’s Annual Town Meeting on Wednesday, where Cllr. Andy Stokes, Chair of the Council spoke to summarise the work of the previous year. Notes for this can be found here. This was followed immediately by the monthly Town Council meeting. Andy gave a presentation on the Town Council’s place within the […]
PLANNED MOVE FOR BUCKFASTLEIGH POST OFFICE Move to Huccaby’s News, 46 Fore Street, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0AA Modern open-plan retail environment Six week public consultation The Post Office is planning to relocate Buckfastleigh Post Office to Huccaby’s News, 46 Fore Street, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0AA. It would be a new-style local branch with Post Office services provided […]
Key Messages Wed 15th May – Annual Town Council & Council Matters There were two meetings back-to-back. The first was to set up the new council. Annual Town Council Meeting Andy Stokes was re-elected chair of the council and Town Mayor for the second year (2 abstentions). Pam Barrett was elected as deputy (2 abstentions). […]
Key messages – 04.03.2019
PROPOSED CHANGES TO OFF-STREET PARKING CHARGES IN BUCKFASTLEIGH FROM APRIL 2019 Globe Car Park – no change Station Road, Victoria Woodholme and Mardle Way Car Parks: Up to 1 hour – no change 1-3 hours Increase from £1.30 to £1.40 3-5 hours Increase from £2.20 to £2.30 All day Increase from £3.30 to £3.50 Off-peak […]
A clean place to live is really important to residents and visitors alike. Teignbridge District Council works alongside communities to make sure places remain clean and green. It does this by patrolling and issuing fines for littering, cleaning public places, supporting local and national campaigns and involving community groups in litter picking events among other […]
In the summer of 2017, Mr Layers, the Geology Otter, was one of 101 otters on display in and around Dartmoor as part of Dartmoor National Park’s Moor Otters arts trail. Mr Layers was admired by many residents and visitors to the town. The Town Council contributed towards the sponsorship of this initiative, which raised […]
I was extremely disappointed to read the Lib Dem junk mail that came through my door recently which has presumably been delivered to every house in the parish by now. Cllr John Nutley attacks the Town Council in no uncertain terms, calling us ‘fools’, he makes accusations that we are misdirecting funds for some kind […]
On Thursday, 2nd May, elections will be held for Buckfastleigh Town Council and for Teignbridge District Council. The Notice of Election was published on Monday 18th March and after this date specific restrictions on communications activity are in place until the election has taken place. (This pre-election period is commonly known as Purdah.) This webpage […]
Here is a summary of the situation with proposals for significant housing developments in our town: Holne Road – Burrington Estates have applied for planning permission to build 30 dwellings on land near Holne Road. This application is currently still being processed by Dartmoor National Park. The target date for a decision was 21 November […]
The Council has asked Stagecoach buses to look at the possibility of having the Falcon bus (which runs from Plymouth to Bristol/Bristol Airport) stop at Dartbridge. The suggestion is to have this stop instead of Marley Head which is further from population centres, less well served by public transport and generally less convenient. Stagecoach regularly […]
