News in Shepton Mallet

Mendip's residents, businesses and visitors are being invited to have their say on the creation of Somerset's first Climate Emergency Strategy at a drop-in session in Shepton Mallet.

The session is tomorrow (Saturday, February 15) between 10am and 4pm at Mendip District Council, Cannard's Grave Road, Shepton Mallet BA4 5BT.

SHEPTON MALLET BRIEFING: Friday February 14 2020

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The Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Market, that was due to be held on Sunday (February 16), has been cancelled due to the anticipated impact of Storm Dennis.

However, the main Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival will go on, with only a couple of the outdoor planned events being pulled from the schedule.

SHEPTON MALLET BRIEFING: Thursday February 13 2020

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Mendip district councillor Barry O'Leary has welcome moves to ensure that those villagers most affected by last year's NASS festival get heard and listened to when it come to addressing the problems.

Last week residents of Southwood, Evercreech and Prestleigh will have received notice of the local consultation by NASS - only to find it was being held a 14-mile round trip away in North Wootton.

The private rented sector is a hot political potato right now and Parliament is keen to provide a fairer housing system for both tenants and landlords.

This inevitably means an increase in legislation and regulation and many Shepton Mallet landlords simply cannot keep up to date.

SHEPTON MALLET BRIEFING: Wednesday February 12 2020

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The planning application to expand Bristol Airport, the nearest major airport to Shepton Mallet, was rejected by North Somerset Council yesterday (February 10).

At the opening of the debate at the special Planning and Regulatory committee meeting, Cllr Steve Hogg (Wrington) proposed a motion calling on members to refuse the application.

Somerset Wildlife Trust has successfully completed its year-long Making Space for Butterflies in Mendip project with Aggregate Industries (AI), which worked to improve butterfly habitat and food sources in the Mendip Hills area near Shepton Mallet.

Thanks to a £22,000 grant from The Wildlife Trusts and AI's Local Partnerships Fund, a range of grassland and woodland habitat restoration work, including woodland ride management, thinning, coppicing, hedgelaying, scrub clearance and fencing works, has been carried out at wildflower grasslands around AI's Torr Works Quarry at East Cranmore.

SHEPTON MALLET BRIEFING: Tuesday February 11 2020

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