News in Shepton Mallet

Mendip District Council's Licensing Team is delivering virtual safeguarding sessions to all licensed taxi and private hire drivers in Shepton Mallet.

More than 40 drivers, from across the district, attended the first two specialised courses, with more booked on throughout September and October. The sessions are taking place virtually due to the COVID crisis, they are free and meet the new Statutory Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Standards.

Parts of Somerset including Shepton Mallet will begin to have their refuse bins collected once every three weeks from next month.

At the same time more items will be collected in recycling collections which will contine to take place every week.

Plans for a "disproportionate" development in a rural Somerset village have been refused due to concerns about the impact on local roads and amenities.

Gladman Developments put forward plans to build 63 new houses behind the existing properties on Anchor Road in Coleford, located between Frome and Shepton Mallet.

Somerset's existing five councils could be abolished and replaced with not one, but two new unitary authorities if new proposals are approved.

Somerset County Council and the four district councils have been at loggerheads in recent months over the prospect of replacing the existing system of local government in Somerset.

Ston Easton Park Hotel can be turned back into a single residence after planning approval was granted by Mendip District Council.

The planning application for the change of use from hotel (C1) to three residential units (C3), including main house, Lower Lodge and Gardeners Cottage at Ston Easton Park Hotel, Bristol Road, Ston Easton, was submitted by Mr A Davis.

Tickets for the Anthropologie Warehouse Sale at Kilver Court in Shepton Mallet on September 10 to 13 are now available.

Entry is by pre-booked time slot only. One ticket per person.

Children's Hospice South West (CHSW) is inviting people to remember and celebrate the life of a loved one and raise vital funds for the charity.

A Memories by Moonlight ceremony will be broadcast live on Facebook from CHSW's Little Harbour children's hospice in St Austell at 9pm on Saturday, September 26, giving people the opportunity to light a candle and join together virtually for a special evening of reflection.

There's still time to become a Friend of Wells Festival of Literature and reap the benefits.

These include priority booking for events a whole week before general booking, 10 per cent discount on tickets and having the brochure delivered hot off the press to your door.

No collections on the Summer Bank Holiday Monday, August 31, mean recycling and rubbish services are one day later next week, including Friday pick-ups on Saturday September 5.

The changes affect collections of recycling, refuse and garden waste, as well as assisted collections.

We have pulled together a list of some family homes available to buy right now in the Shepton Mallet area, that are priced at less than £300,000, to help you in your search for a new home.

Four-bedroom semi-detached house in Shepton Mallet - £229,950