Castle Cary
Castle Cary is a small market community and civil parish in south Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) north west of Wincanton and also 8 miles (12.9 km) south of Shepton Mallet, at the foot of Lodge Hill and also on the River Cary, a tributary of the Parrett. The Town Council has responsibility for regional concerns, including setting an annual mandate (regional rate) to cover the council's operating expense as well as generating annual represent public scrutiny. The Town Council examines regional planning applications and collaborates with the local cops, area council policemans, and also neighbourhood watch teams on issues of crime, security, and traffic. The Community Council's role additionally includes starting tasks for the repair and maintenance of town facilities, in addition to speaking with the district council on the maintenance, repair service, and improvement of highways, drain, paths, public transport, and street cleansing. Conservation matters (including trees and noted structures) as well as environmental concerns are the duty of the district 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 previously belonged to Wincanton Rural District. The district council is responsible for local planning and building control, local roadways, council real estate, ecological health and wellness, markets and also fairs, reject collection as well as recycling, burial grounds as well as crematoria, leisure solutions, parks, as well as tourism. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest as well as most pricey neighborhood solutions such as education and learning, social solutions, collections, main roads, public transport, policing and also fire solutions, trading standards, garbage disposal and also calculated planning. The town remains in the Cary electoral ward. This extends south to the North Cadbury church, and south west to Babcary. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,502.