Martock
Martock is a large town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the edge of the Somerset Levels 7 miles (11.3 km) north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The parish includes Hurst, about one mile south of the village, as well as Bower Hinton, which is located at the western end of the town as well as bounded by Hurst and also the A303. Martock has a population of 4,766 and was historically a market community. The church council has duty for regional issues, consisting of establishing an annual principle (local price) to cover the council's operating costs as well as generating yearly represent public scrutiny. The parish council examines regional planning applications as well as deals with the local authorities, district council officers, as well as area watch groups on matters of criminal activity, safety and security, as well as web traffic. The parish council's role also consists of starting tasks for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as seeking advice from the district council on the upkeep, fixing, as well as improvement of highways, water drainage, walkways, public transportation, and road cleaning. Preservation matters (including trees as well as detailed buildings) and also environmental concerns are additionally the duty of the council. The town drops within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having formerly belonged to Yeovil Rural Area. The area council is responsible for local planning and also building control, regional roads, council housing, environmental wellness, markets as well as fairs, refuse collection and also recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, and also tourist. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the largest and most expensive regional solutions such as education and learning, social solutions, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing as well as fire services, trading standards, garbage disposal as well as critical preparation. A selecting ward exists in the exact same name. Although Martock is the most heavily populated location the ward extends north to Long Load. The complete population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 5,724. It is additionally part of the Somerton and also Frome region constituency represented in your house of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It chooses one Member of Parliament (MP) by the very first past the blog post system of election, as well as 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.
