COUNCIL NOTICES
Information relating to the Parish Council, news from Devon County Council and South Hams District Council will be posted on these pages.
Road closures can be found by following this link
If you would like to be added to a mailing list to receive information and any emergency or urgent communications from Thurlestone Parish Council please email your details to thurlestoneparish@gmail.com. You can unsubscribe from the list at any time by sending confirmation by email.
We have recently received confirmation that the footpath seven, on the lane leading down to Coronation Quay in Bantham, has had to be closed until at least July 2023 for safety reasons. Full details can be found here: FOOTPATH SEVEN CLOSURE NOTICE
We have recently received confirmation that the footpath seven, on the lane leading down to Coronation Quay in Bantham, has had to be closed until at least July 2023 for safety reasons. Full details can be found here: FOOTPATH SEVEN CLOSURE NOTICE
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Farming in Protected Landscapes Programme
Please click here for a leaflet regarding the Farming in Protected Landscapes Programme (FiPL) grant scheme. It has recently been extended until March 2025. It’s open to all farmers and land managers including from the public, private or charity sector within the AONB, or where activity can bring benefit to the AONB.
Please click here for a leaflet regarding the Farming in Protected Landscapes Programme (FiPL) grant scheme. It has recently been extended until March 2025. It’s open to all farmers and land managers including from the public, private or charity sector within the AONB, or where activity can bring benefit to the AONB.
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Devon and Torbay’s Devolution - draft proposal
Devon County Council are inviting views on the draft proposal to establish the Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority that would be responsible for delivery, implementation and oversight of the proposed devolution deal that has been agreed with Government. The consultation runs from 12 February 2024 to 24 March 2024.
The details of the consultation and opportunity for comments on the deal can be found here:
https://www.devontorbaydeal.org.uk/
Devon County Council are inviting views on the draft proposal to establish the Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority that would be responsible for delivery, implementation and oversight of the proposed devolution deal that has been agreed with Government. The consultation runs from 12 February 2024 to 24 March 2024.
The details of the consultation and opportunity for comments on the deal can be found here:
https://www.devontorbaydeal.org.uk/
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Report a Problem in your area
Did you know that you can report a problem in your local area on the South Hams Council Website? It only takes a couple of minutes, please use the link here. Issues covered include abandoned vehicles, missed bin collection, litter and dog bins, recycling, public toilets, litter, fly tipping, lost dogs, stray dogs, dog fouling, dead animals, car parks, Planning Enforcement, housing, nuisance, potholes, streetlights, flooded roads, flooding, highway issues, overgrown vegetation.
Did you know that you can report a problem in your local area on the South Hams Council Website? It only takes a couple of minutes, please use the link here. Issues covered include abandoned vehicles, missed bin collection, litter and dog bins, recycling, public toilets, litter, fly tipping, lost dogs, stray dogs, dog fouling, dead animals, car parks, Planning Enforcement, housing, nuisance, potholes, streetlights, flooded roads, flooding, highway issues, overgrown vegetation.
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Mobile Boost Voucher Scheme – a guide
The Connecting Devon and Somerset Mobile Boost Scheme has been designed to help small businesses and households who currently have good outdoor but poor indoor mobile coverage. The programme, which is being funded through the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership’s (HotSWLEP) Growth Deal, aims to upgrade indoor 4G coverage within businesses and homes in order to improve connectivity and the ability to make voice calls. The programme focuses on small business connections and targets those premises which have no adequate 4G indoor coverage from any operator or only one operator. The programme allows businesses and households to apply for a voucher of up to £1,200 towards the cost of one of a number of mobile signal booster options from a registered scheme supplier. The value of the voucher will be dependent on the type of technology most suitable for the premises in question. See the link here for further information.
The Connecting Devon and Somerset Mobile Boost Scheme has been designed to help small businesses and households who currently have good outdoor but poor indoor mobile coverage. The programme, which is being funded through the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership’s (HotSWLEP) Growth Deal, aims to upgrade indoor 4G coverage within businesses and homes in order to improve connectivity and the ability to make voice calls. The programme focuses on small business connections and targets those premises which have no adequate 4G indoor coverage from any operator or only one operator. The programme allows businesses and households to apply for a voucher of up to £1,200 towards the cost of one of a number of mobile signal booster options from a registered scheme supplier. The value of the voucher will be dependent on the type of technology most suitable for the premises in question. See the link here for further information.
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Report a Scam
The Citizens Advice Consumer Service (CACS) operate the primary reporting tools for scams in England – collating and passing on cases to Trading Standards. Click here for the link.
The Citizens Advice Consumer Service (CACS) operate the primary reporting tools for scams in England – collating and passing on cases to Trading Standards. Click here for the link.
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The rise in the cost of living means that we're all having to dig a little deeper to pay for household essentials such as food and energy. Many people in Devon are being forced to make difficult decisions, especially those on the lowest incomes.
If you don’t have enough money to live on, it's important to make sure you know what support is available, so Devon County Council have put together a special edition of their Connect Me newsletter to help. Please click on the link below to view the newsletter.
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKDEVONCC/bulletins/35c7953
If you don’t have enough money to live on, it's important to make sure you know what support is available, so Devon County Council have put together a special edition of their Connect Me newsletter to help. Please click on the link below to view the newsletter.
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKDEVONCC/bulletins/35c7953
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Devon Road Warden Scheme – Would you be interested in volunteering?
Thurlestone Parish Council is now part of the Devon Highways “Road Warden Scheme”. This allows the community to carry out minor works such as filling small potholes, repairing signposts or clearing blocked drains, using funds from the County Council. The intention is not to do the Highways Department’s job for them, but to ensure that small issues don’t become major problems that we are forced to wait for a long time to be fixed. It will also give us a closer working relationship with the Highways team, so we can hopefully influence the priority of any larger scale work on our patch.
What are the benefits of the Road Warden Scheme?
What type of work can be done by Road Warden volunteers?
Road Wardens would not be responsible for carrying out safety repairs as this remains the responsibility of the council.
What insurance cover does Devon County Council provide?
In the unlikely event of a claim, DCC will cover the public liability aspect of insurance for voluntary work on the public highway or footway, providing it is undertaken in a safe manner according to DCC advice. This, for example, would cover any claims by third party as a result of works, which the county council would defend if works were done in accordance with DCC advice.
If you would like to know more about the scheme, or feel you can spare a few hours to help, please contact Helen Leather via email at thurlestoneparish@gmail.com. Full details about the scheme can be found here.
Thurlestone Parish Council is now part of the Devon Highways “Road Warden Scheme”. This allows the community to carry out minor works such as filling small potholes, repairing signposts or clearing blocked drains, using funds from the County Council. The intention is not to do the Highways Department’s job for them, but to ensure that small issues don’t become major problems that we are forced to wait for a long time to be fixed. It will also give us a closer working relationship with the Highways team, so we can hopefully influence the priority of any larger scale work on our patch.
What are the benefits of the Road Warden Scheme?
- Communities are able to carry out minor works which DCC are no longer able to resource and do not have a legal responsibility to carry out.
- DCC provide third party insurance for the works.
- Free training for Volunteers on DCC arranged courses
What type of work can be done by Road Warden volunteers?
- Pothole repairs (when they do not meet our intervention criteria).
- Clearing weeds.
- Cleaning signs.
- Cleaning drainage (gully grating).
- Cutting grass.
- Repairing finger posts.
- Cutting hedges.
- Set up a road closure for special events.
- Managing verges for wildlife
Road Wardens would not be responsible for carrying out safety repairs as this remains the responsibility of the council.
What insurance cover does Devon County Council provide?
In the unlikely event of a claim, DCC will cover the public liability aspect of insurance for voluntary work on the public highway or footway, providing it is undertaken in a safe manner according to DCC advice. This, for example, would cover any claims by third party as a result of works, which the county council would defend if works were done in accordance with DCC advice.
If you would like to know more about the scheme, or feel you can spare a few hours to help, please contact Helen Leather via email at thurlestoneparish@gmail.com. Full details about the scheme can be found here.
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Devon Communities Together is an independent charity engaged in a wide range of projects and services that support a vision of dynamic Devon communities shaping their own futures.
The team is focused on inspiring, upskilling, training, supporting and advising groups and individuals to make changes and achieve positive outcomes for their communities. They work with a very broad range of people, from rural and coastal communities to more urban centres, and support them across a wide variety of areas including community buildings, community resilience, affordable housing, entrepreneurship, neighbourhood and community plans, sport and play, health and wellbeing and much more - but their work is always designed to help communities help themselves. Find out more by visiting their website here.
The team is focused on inspiring, upskilling, training, supporting and advising groups and individuals to make changes and achieve positive outcomes for their communities. They work with a very broad range of people, from rural and coastal communities to more urban centres, and support them across a wide variety of areas including community buildings, community resilience, affordable housing, entrepreneurship, neighbourhood and community plans, sport and play, health and wellbeing and much more - but their work is always designed to help communities help themselves. Find out more by visiting their website here.