Templecombe
Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the A357 road 5 miles southern of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 km) east of Yeovil, and 30 miles (48 kilometres) west of Salisbury. The town has a population of 1,560. In addition to the hamlet of Combe Throop it forms the parish of Abbas and also Templecombe. The Abbas and also Templecombe parish council has obligation for local issues, including establishing an annual mandate (local price) to cover the council's operating costs and creating annual make up public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates regional preparation applications as well as deals with the local cops, district council officers, as well as neighbourhood watch groups on issues of criminal activity, protection, and also web traffic. The parish council's duty also includes launching tasks for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as seeking advice from the area council on the upkeep, repair, as well as enhancement of freeways, water drainage, footpaths, public transport, and also road cleaning. Conservation matters (consisting of trees and detailed buildings) and also ecological concerns are additionally the duty of the council. The village falls within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously belonged to Wincanton Rural District. The area council is accountable for local preparation and building control, regional roadways, council real estate, environmental health and wellness, markets as well as fairs, reject collection and recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, leisure solutions, parks, as well as tourism. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and also most costly neighborhood services such as education, social solutions, collections, main roads, public transport, policing as well as fire services, Trading Standards, waste disposal as well as tactical planning. The town drops within the 'Blackmoor Vale' selecting ward. One of the most northerly 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 additionally part of the Somerton and Frome region constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the initial past the post system of political election, as well as part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which chooses 7 MEPs making use of the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
