Templecombe
Templecombe is a town in Somerset, England, situated on the A357 road five miles south of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 kilometres) eastern of Yeovil, and also 30 miles (48 kilometres) west of Salisbury. The village has a population of 1,560. Together with the hamlet of Combe Throop it creates the parish of Abbas as well as Templecombe. The Abbas and Templecombe parish council has responsibility for local problems, including setting an annual precept (neighborhood price) to cover the council's operating expense and also producing yearly accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council examines regional planning applications and deals with the regional cops, area council officers, and neighbourhood watch teams on issues of criminal activity, security, and website traffic. The parish council's role additionally consists of launching projects for the repair and maintenance of church facilities, in addition to consulting with the district council on the upkeep, repair service, and renovation of highways, drain, paths, public transport, and also road cleaning. Preservation issues (consisting of trees and also provided buildings) as well as environmental concerns are also the responsibility of the council. The village drops within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having formerly become part of Wincanton Rural District. The district council is responsible for local planning as well as structure control, regional roads, council housing, ecological wellness, markets and also fairs, refuse collection and recycling, burial grounds as well as crematoria, leisure services, parks, as well as tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most costly regional services such as education and learning, social solutions, libraries, main roads, public transportation, policing as well as fire services, Trading Standards, garbage disposal as well as calculated planning. The town falls within the 'Blackmoor Vale' electoral ward. One of the most northward parish is Mapperton with one of the most southerly being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is also included. The complete population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is likewise part of the Somerton as well as Frome area constituency represented in your house of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the very first past the message system of political election, as well as part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects 7 MEPs making use of the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.
