Castle Cary
Castle Cary is a tiny market town and civil church in south Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) north west of Wincanton and 8 miles (12.9 km) south of Shepton Mallet, at the foot of Lodge Hill as well as on the River Cary, a tributary of the Parrett. The Town Council has responsibility for neighborhood problems, consisting of setting an annual mandate (local rate) to cover the council's operating expense and producing yearly make up public scrutiny. The Town Council reviews local planning applications and collaborates with the neighborhood authorities, area council policemans, and area watch teams on issues of crime, safety and security, and also website traffic. The Community Council's role likewise consists of initiating tasks for the maintenance and repair of community facilities, in addition to speaking with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and enhancement of freeways, water drainage, paths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation issues (including trees and also listed buildings) and also ecological problems are the responsibility of the area council. The community falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having previously become part of Wincanton Rural District. The district council is responsible for neighborhood planning as well as building control, neighborhood roads, council housing, environmental health and wellness, markets and also fairs, reject collection and recycling, burial grounds as well as crematoria, leisure solutions, parks, and also tourism. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest and most expensive regional solutions such as education and learning, social solutions, collections, main roads, public transport, policing and fire services, trading requirements, garbage disposal and also critical planning. The town is in the Cary selecting ward. This stretches southern to the North Cadbury parish, and also southern west to Babcary. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,502.
