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Hydrosnakes – emergency flood protection
There is now a stock of hydrosnake flood protection barriers in the emergency store at the village hall for use in the event of flooding. Hydrosnakes perform the same role as sandbags but are much lighter to carry and can be composted after the flood has passed.
Please inform the Parish Council if you use any so that they can be replaced.
ERA 1st Class Russell Eastcott
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Russell Eastcott, who is buried in the churchyard of Christ Church, was killed in an air raid in 1941 aged 48 at HMS Drake while serving with the Royal Navy. Although buried in the village he is not commemorated on the Parish war memorial and enquiries have failed to locate a commemoration of his death on another memorial anywhere else. The Parish Council would like to arrange for his name to be added to the war memorial to ensure that he is remembered properly and propose to arrange this in readiness of Remembrance Day this year.
If anyone would like to comment on the proposal that his name is added to the war memorial, or have any information about where he is named on a memorial, then please get in touch with the Parish Council here.
Hydrosnake flood defence barriers
Hydrosnake flood defence
Hydrosnake flood defence barriers
The Parish Council have been looking at ways to support the community after the flash flooding at the beginning of the year. Although many of the potential solutions are beyond the reach of the Parish Council we have found a product that could potentially help should a similar event occur in the future.
Cllr Sanders has agreed to match any funding from the Parish Council to provide Hydrosnakes to those worried about the impact of flooding on their property. For those at risk of flooding Hydrosnakes offer a more practical alternative to traditional sandbags. They are easier to store, transport and deploy than sandbags and after use can be composted with other garden waste. More information can be found by clicking here.
We plan to offer Hydrosnakes free of charge to residents of the parish on a first come, first served basis. To try to gauge demand we are asking those who think that Hydrosnakes could help protect their property to contact the Parish Council by completing the form on this page. Once we have an idea of numbers then we will then place a bulk order and arrange distribution.
The Parish Council has a store of emergency equipment available for use in various emergencies. For more information please visit the webpage: Emergency Equipment.
Advice for those visiting (and living in) Brentor with four legged friends
Advice for those visiting (and living in) Brentor with four legged friends
Brentor Parish is lucky to welcome many visitors during the year, some just for a few hours to enjoy the walks and moors around the village others for a longer relaxing break. Many bring with them their four legged companions and there is some excellent advice on the Dartmoor website about keeping safe and acting responsibly when with your friend. It is also an excellent reminder for those lucky to live here how to get along with those who perhaps don’t love dogs quite as much. The full advice can be found here: Visiting with your dog | Dartmoor but in summary the advice is:
- Always pick up after your dog, dog faeces is not only unpleasant but is also a health risk. Always carry poo bags and dispose of them in dog bins or take them home. Bags are available at the field if you forget to bring them with you. Please keep dogs out of the children area at the playing field at all times.
- Keep your dog on a lead when near livestock, during livestock breeding season and at all times between 1 March and 31 July. This helps protect ground nesting birds as well as livestock and their young. On certain land the lead must be fixed and under 2 metres in length.
- Keep your dog under close control when using public rights of way, and during the warmer months when adders are likely to be active and basking in sunshine.
- If cattle chase your dog it is safest to let go of the lead and retrieve your dog later.
Further Vacancy for Councillor
BRENTOR PARISH COUNCIL
NOTICE OF VACANCY
There is 1 further vacancy on Brentor Parish Council.
A by-election to fill the vacancies will be held if within 14 days of the date of this Notice (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and Bank Holidays) ten electors from the Parish give notice in writing to the Returning Officer requiring that such an election be held.
The address of the Returning Officer is West Devon Borough Council, Kilworthy Park, Drake Road, Tavistock, Devon PL19 0BZ. A request for an election can also be scanned and emailed to elections@westdevon.gov.uk, but the document must contain “wet ink” signatures.
If no such notice is given, the Parish Council will fill the vacancies through co-option.
For further information please contact the Clerk to the Parish Council.
Dated: 7th May 2024
Signed: Caroline Oxenham Clerk
Alvin Diaz – Update
Alvin Diaz
Latest Events List
The latest event list has been published by the Village Hall and Playing Field Committee, there’s plenty going on including Curry Night and Car Boot Sales at the playing field….
Stop the Meters – Tavistock Parking – Public Meeting
Stop the Meters – Tavistock Parking – Public Meeting
There is a public meeting at the Bedford Hotel on 28th February 2024 at 6 p.m. to discuss the next steps in the campaign to stop parking charges being imposed in Tavistock. Devon County Council are meeting on the 13th March to decide whether to implement the charges and there is a protest planned at County Hall. For more information visit the campaign website at https://www.tavistockbid.co.uk/stop-the-meters-campaign
Pothole misery
Local pot holes highlighted in local press
Will Walker-Smith is so fed up with the state of the roads in the Parish he sent a picture in to the local paper showing the shocking state of the roads in Liddaton which they published highlighting the issue (again). Residents in Liddaton feel as if DCC have forgotten that they exists as little has been done to remedy the appalling road conditions and drainage/flooding problems there. DCC have been repeatedly informed by residents and BPC (as well as local and county councillors Robert Oxborough and Phillip Sanders) of a number of issues in our parish but little has been done to remedy them. If you would like to report an issue on the roads to DCC the easiest way is through their online reporting tool: Report a problem - Roads and transport (devon.gov.uk) .
Maybe if enough people report issues then something will be done!
Proposed parking charges in Tavistock and Okehampton
Parking charges consultation ends 7th January - be quick!
Devon County Council has announced plans to introduce on street parking charges in Tavistock and Okehampton despite opposition from just about everyone. Not only is there strong opposition to the proposed charges DCC have not provided any evidence to support the benefits that they believe the charges will bring (better air quality, less traffic and better access to premises).
The consultation period ends at the end on the next week (7th January). Please click on the link below to send your thoughts to DCC about what appears to be another cash grab. There is more information on the following sites:
- Stop The Meters Campaign | Tavistock BID
- Tavistock parking charge protest petition huge support | tavistock-today.co.uk
- Proposed Pay and Display - Roads and transport (devon.gov.uk)
You can send your comments using the form here Parking Charges Response Form and sign the petition here Petition · Stop The Meters! Protect Tavistock Town Centre - Keep Parking Free. · Change.org and another here Petition | Tavistock (visit-tavistock.co.uk)
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Electoral Canvassers
Electoral Canvassers
It i
s that time of year again when canvassers will be calling on all properties within the council area who are required to, but have not yet returned, a Canvass Form with regard to Electoral Registration. The Canvassers will be trying to make contact with those households who have not supplied information that we have requested under Electoral Registration legislation.
The canvassers will be carrying ID and will be delivering forms and not taking information at the doorstep, unless it is offered to them.
Stop the closure of the mobile library service
Save Devon's Mobile Libraries
Image: Devon County Council
The campaign to save Devon’s mobile libraries from closure by Devon County Council has now reached more than 4000 online signatures and hundreds more paper signatures, with support from a whole host of celebrities and authors including Stephen Fry and Michael Morpurgo.
To sign the petition online https://www.change.org/SaveOurMobileLibrary
This petition calls on Devon County Council to keep the mobile library service running in Devon, especially here where we have many very rural and isolated areas which really benefit from its service.
Please sign and share this petition to help save our mobile libraries before the final decision is made by county councillors in the next few weeks.
The campaign to save the mobile library service has attracted national attention and support from Stephen Fry and Michael Rosen:
Authors join online campaign to save ‘vital’ Devon mobile library services
If you would rather sign the petition in person then please visit the Brentor Village Hall on Saturday 2 September during the Summer Fete and Produce Show between 9:30 and 3:00
Brentor Car Park charging proposal
A site meeting about the proposed introduction of charges at Brentor Church car park was held on Monday 18th July. It was attended by Andrew Watson (Estates Officer) and Richard Drysdale (Communities Officer) of Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA), Helen Harris, Rob Harris and Christopher Pancheri from Brentor PCC, Gary Hunt (Chairman of Brentor Parish Council (BCC), Terry Pearce of WDBC and BCC, and two other councillors from Brentor Parish Council, Caroline Mott , and Philip Sanders representing Devon County Council (DCC) and DNPA. Carol and Colin Sergant represented the bell ringers. (more…)
USO Broadband survey
Full Fibre to the Property Broadband has now arrived in Brentor village. Unfortunately only a relatively small proportion of properties in Brentor are able to make use of this facility, the majority still need alternative methods with poor speed and/or reliability/cost issues.
In order to encourage OpenReach to complete coverage of the whole of Brentor Parish, over the coming weeks, one of your Parish Councillors will be visiting you with a short list of questions about the availability of broadband in your home and what your broadband requirements may be. The information you provide will be collated and used to try to improve the broadband service to all homes in our Parish. OpenReach have already installed a dedicated fibre from Tavistock to Brentor – we are now working to get OpenReach and/or Airband to extend coverage to the whole of Brentor.
Cattle on the moor – take care!
Highland cattle on Gibbett Hill
Cattle are back on Gibbett Hill, so if you are walking take care. In past years walkers with dogs have been attacked by the highland cattle, especially when calves are present. You are particularly advised not to walk between the cattle. Several local footpaths go through fields used to graze cows, so take care on these too. (more…)
Ongoing community issues
This website provides a source of information about issues which are of ongoing concern in our village. They first appear on the home page, but require additional space to do them justice and to provide a timeline of how important matters are progressing.
Click here for information about Broadband provision for Brentor
Click here for information about Local Needs Housing provision in Brentor
Click here for information about flooding and surface water management in Brentor