Martock is a big village and civil parish in Somerset, England, located on the edge of the Somerset Levels 7 miles (11.3 km) north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The church includes Hurst, about one mile south of the village, as well as Bower Hinton, which lies at the western end of the town and bounded by Hurst and the A303. Martock has a population of 4,766 and was traditionally a market town. The parish council has obligation for local problems, consisting of establishing a yearly principle (local price) to cover the council's operating expense as well as creating yearly accounts for public scrutiny. The church council reviews local planning applications as well as deals with the regional authorities, area council policemans, as well as area watch groups on matters of criminal offense, safety, and web traffic. The parish council's function likewise consists of initiating jobs for the repair and maintenance of parish facilities, in addition to seeking advice from the area council on the upkeep, repair work, as well as enhancement of freeways, drain, walkways, public transport, and also street cleaning. Preservation issues (consisting of trees and also listed buildings) as well as ecological issues are also the responsibility of the council. The village drops within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having actually previously become part of Yeovil Rural District. The area council is responsible for local preparation and building control, regional roads, council real estate, ecological health, markets as well as fairs, decline collection as well as recycling, cemeteries as well as crematoria, leisure solutions, parks, as well as tourism. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the largest and most expensive local services such as education and learning, social solutions, libraries, highways, public transport, policing and also fire services, trading standards, garbage disposal and also tactical preparation. An electoral ward exists in the same name. Although Martock is one of the most populated location the ward stretches north to Long Load. The complete population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 5,724. It is likewise part of the Somerton and also Frome area constituency stood for in your house of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It chooses one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the blog post system of election, and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which chooses seven MEPs using the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.
