Although the wet winter resulted in some flooding the recent thunderstorm dropped unprecedented amounts of rain and hail on the area in a very short space of time. This led to flash flooding in many places as culverts and drains were quickly overwhelmed and properties were inundated, the speed in which the water rose left little time to protect properties.

Devon County Council have requested that Parish Councils collate from local residents the following information:

• The date and location that the flooding occurred
• If any properties were flooded internally (and the addresses of these properties, if known)
• Any key roads which were affected
• Photographs (if possible)
• Any other information you feel would be relevant.

Any information submitted will be used for data collection purposes only. Details of flooding to individual properties will only be recorded on Devon County Council’s flood risk database and will not be disclosed in any public document.

Please inform residents affected by internal property flooding that they can use the Flood Online Reporting Tool (FORT) to report their flooding to us: https://swim.geowessex.com/devon/

To make a report to the Parish Council send an email including the information above to brentorpc1@gmail.com which we will then forward on to Devon County Council. The flooding will be discussed at the next Parish Council meeting so please include any information that you think may be of use to the Parish Council.

Dear friends,

Dartmoor has inspired countless stories and songs, folk tales, memories and personal connections over thousands of years. But what does Dartmoor mean to you? Through a series of community events the Chasing Crockern project is hunting for stories of the moor from those who live, work or visit here today.

Click below to find out more about the events, the artists behind the project, and an exciting opportunity for budding young photographers living on Dartmoor.

Warm regards,

The team at Villages in Action

Click here to read more: What does Dartmoor mean to you?

Trading Standards, Police and Local Authorities are all warning residents that there has been an increase in rogue traders targeting residents in the county.

In particular individuals are knocking on doors and suggesting that work needs to be carried out on the properties roof. These people are giving the impression that they are representatives of well known, reputable local companies making it difficult to identify that they are in face rogue traders. Advice from the Local Authority, Devon and Cornwall Police and Trading Standards is not to employ anyone knocking on your door touting for business and to always thoroughly check out anybody you are thinking of employing to carry out any work. They have also produced two leaflets with great advice about dealing with trades people and cold callers. You can download these by clicking on them below.

Brentor Parish Council is looking for new councillors to join the Parish Council and would love to hear from you if you are interested in helping your local community.

Parish Councils are the lowest tier of local government and represent local people and deliver local services, such as the provision of burial grounds and maintenance of drains and other facilities. You do not need to be elected to a Parish Council as the council has the power to co-opt councillors and you need no previous experience or qualifications. All you need is a desire to help your local community and some spare time.

If you are interested in becoming a councillor please get in touch using the Contact Us page and we will be happy to have a chat about the role.

Mount Kelly Choral Society and Orchestra

Saturday 20^th April 19:30

St Eustachius' Parish Church, Tavistock

Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace

Mount Kelly Choral Society and Orchestra

Conductor: Dan Robson

We will be performing Karl Jenkins' most popular work in this, the year of his 80^th birthday. It is in many ways a call for peace in times of war, and has several movements which are settings of texts from the Catholic Mass. It also uses the 15th-century folk song "L'homme armé" which featured in choral works by Josquin des Prez and Francisco Guerrero, amongst others, as well as texts from more modern authors including Rudyard Kipling. Accompanied by wind, brass, keyboards and percussion, this promises to be an exciting and moving concert.

Tickets: £14 TicketSource (www.ticketsource.co.uk/mount-kelly-choral-society) or Bookstop in Tavistock; £15 cash on door. Under-18s free.

Further information on the MKCS website www.mountkellychoralsociety.com

DCC have given notice of two road closures:

Burn Lane, Brentor - 18th to 29th March 2024: Closure of the road so that works can be carried out to the old railway bridge

Brentor Road, Mary Tavy - 9th to 11th April 2024: Closure of road for water mains work

Both of these closures will cause some inconvenience but the works in Mary Tavy will have more impact. You can find out more about the closures, including the exact location, by clicking on the link here Map (highway-iams.uk) and entering Brentor into the search box and then clicking on the blue and white menu button to the left of the search box. This will open up some options on the left of the screen where you can select the type of information that you want to see.

Connecting Devon and Somerset have recently relaunched the scheme allowing Devon residents to apply for a voucher to improve the indoor 4g mobile signal. Improving the signal can give faster, more reliable Internet and calls over the mobile phone network. There are a number of restrictions and requirements before a voucher (worth up to £1200) is issued, for full details click here: Mobile Boost Voucher Scheme – a guide

West Devon Borough Council are considering whether to endorse the Devon Carbon Plan, the response to the Devon Climate Emergency and roadmap to Net Zero by 2050. You can read about the plan here: Devon Carbon Plan Summary

The DCP is a comprehensive document that impacts on nearly everything and everyone in the County and has been endorsed by organisations such as the DNPA, local councils and interest groups. If you would like to comment on the DCP and the impact it will have on you or your business then please get in touch and we will forward your comments on.