Templecombe
Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, positioned on the A357 road five miles southern of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 km) east of Yeovil, and 30 miles (48 km) west of Salisbury. The village has a population of 1,560. Together with the community of Combe Throop it develops the parish of Abbas and Templecombe. The Abbas and also Templecombe parish council has responsibility for regional issues, including establishing an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and creating annual represent public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the neighborhood authorities, area council officers, as well as neighbourhood watch groups on issues of criminal activity, safety, as well as web traffic. The parish council's duty also includes starting jobs for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, in addition to seeking advice from the area council on the upkeep, repair work, and renovation of highways, water drainage, paths, public transport, and street cleaning. Preservation matters (including trees and also provided structures) and environmental problems are likewise the obligation of the council. The town falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having actually previously become part of Wincanton Rural District. The area council is responsible for neighborhood preparation and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health and wellness, markets and also fairs, reject collection and recycling, cemeteries and also crematoria, leisure solutions, parks, as well as tourism. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the biggest as well as most costly regional services such as education, social services, collections, highways, public transport, policing and also fire services, Trading Standards, waste disposal as well as tactical planning. The town drops within the 'Blackmoor Vale' electoral ward. The most northern parish is Mapperton with the most southerly being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is likewise included. The overall population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is likewise part of the Somerton and also Frome region constituency stood for in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It chooses one Member of Parliament (MP) by the initial past the blog post system of political election, as well as part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.
