Templecombe
Templecombe is a town in Somerset, England, situated on the A357 roadway 5 miles south of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 kilometres) eastern of Yeovil, and 30 miles (48 kilometres) west of Salisbury. The village has a population of 1,560. In addition to the district of Combe Throop it develops the parish of Abbas and also Templecombe. The Abbas and Templecombe parish council has obligation for neighborhood concerns, consisting of establishing a yearly mandate (local rate) to cover the council's operating expense and generating annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council reviews regional planning applications as well as collaborates with the neighborhood police, district council officers, and area watch groups on matters of crime, safety, as well as website traffic. The parish council's function likewise includes starting projects for the maintenance and repair of church facilities, as well as seeking advice from the area council on the maintenance, repair work, as well as renovation of highways, drain, walkways, public transportation, and road cleaning. Preservation issues (including trees and also provided structures) as well as environmental issues are additionally the obligation of the council. The town falls within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having formerly become part of Wincanton Rural District. The area council is in charge of local planning and structure control, local roads, council real estate, ecological health and wellness, markets and also fairs, reject collection and recycling, cemeteries and also crematoria, recreation services, parks, and tourist. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the biggest and most expensive local services such as education and learning, social services, libraries, highways, public transport, policing as well as fire services, Trading Standards, waste disposal and strategic planning. The town drops within the 'Blackmoor Vale' selecting ward. The most northern parish is Mapperton with the most southerly being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is additionally consisted of. The total population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is also part of the Somerton and also Frome county constituency stood for in your home of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It chooses one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the blog post system of political election, and also 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.
