Mid Devon District Council and other organisations often engage the Parish Council in Consultations for the views of the Parish residents.
We would actively encourage you to get involved, and will endeavour to make these Consultation documents available here.
The revitalisation of Cullompton’s town centre is taking another step closer to reality with the launch of three public consultations this month.
Working closely with Historic England and Devon County Council the team at Mid Devon is looking to hear what residents and businesses think of plans for the town centre, Cullompton’s Conservation Area and a separate project to improve public spaces in the town.
A public consultation event on three documents supporting the projects will run between 28th June and 13th August 2021 and there are many ways you can get in touch and have your say…The Team will be attending the following events, please pop along to discuss the proposals on:
• Saturday 24th July at Cullompton’s Farmers’ Market, 9.30am to 12.30pm
• Monday 26th July in the Walronds Garden, Fore Street, Cullompton 10am to 2pm
• Monday 26th July in Tesco car park, Cullompton, 5pm – 6:30pm
• Tuesday 27th July – the Cullompton Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan (CAMP) public meeting to be held by Zoom, between 4pm – 5.30pm.
Read the full press release at:
Under proposals by the Boundary Commission for England (BCE), the number of constituencies in the South West will increase from 55 to 58. The proposal for our area is a “Tiverton and Minehead” constituency. Use the link below to access the BCE website to:
– view current constituency and local authority boundaries
– view BCE proposals for new constituency boundaries
– submit a response directly to BCE about their proposals
REPLY BY 14 JUNE
Culm Garden Village will provide up to 5,000 new homes with jobs, community facilities and public open space, located to the east of the M5 motorway at Cullompton. We would like to understand your thoughts regarding the potential of creating a country park at the Garden Village.
This survey is being published jointly by Mid Devon District Council, Cullompton Town Council and Willand Parish Council to gather opinions and ideas on the facilities that local communities would like to see at a country park to ensure the country park is guided by local ideas.
Please see the link below to the survey:
RESPOND BY 18 JUNE
The Council is seeking the views of Mid Devon residents on the proposed strengthening of dog control powers to reduce anti-social behaviour arising from dogs.
A consultation on a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), is being held between Friday 21st May and Friday 18th June and pending the views of the public, could be in place for the next three years.
A PSPO is a measure designed to stop individuals or groups committing anti-social behaviour in a public space introduced by the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. It enables local authorities to impose restrictions to tackle nuisance and problem dog behaviour.
The proposed PSPO is expected to directly contribute to reducing anti-social and dangerous/aggressive dog and dog fouling incidents occurring in particular areas that are having, or are likely to have, a detrimental effect on the quality of life for those who live, work or play within the locality.
The proposed PSPO is intended, to:
It is also proposed that a breach of the Order could result in either a Fixed Penalty Notice of £100 or prosecution.
Plans of the areas named in the draft PSPO, along with a copy of the draft PSPO are available to view at the following link which also includes a link to the survey:
Link to consultation and survey link
RESPOND BY 20 MAY 2021
Like many organisations, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service has a range of statutory responsibilities we need to undertake in order to manage the risk to our communities. At the same time, we have broadened our offer to partners wherever we can as we recognise that there are some complex issues, such as reducing the impact of mental health, that require leaders to work together to solve some difficult societal problems. As such, we are undertaking our regular strategic review of the risks that we might face in the future and what the future landscape might look like in terms of infrastructure as well as societal trends.
This will be reflected in a Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP), formerly known as an Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP), which will run from April 2022 until 2027. Before developing the draft CRMP, we are gathering views from people and partners across Devon and Somerset. These views will give us an understanding of what you and residents feel are local risks that we need to consider as well as perceptions of the fire and rescue service and its role within our counties.
We are capturing this through an online survey. It would be helpful if you could arrange for this to be completed and shared as the higher number of contributions will give more insight to make sure we’re aligning our future plans with the communities we serve. We will ensure that the results of this work are available to you as it may support your own risk planning approach and we also intend to start to build a rich dataset where we can layer data to inform trends (using non-personal data). This will inform future demand and capability mapping. Once a draft CRMP is produced, we will consult with you and our communities on the content to
check whether the understanding we’ve captured through our engagement work and data mapping has been accurately represented in the plan. Your assistance is greatly appreciated and will ensure that we can continue to provide an effective and efficient fire and rescue service that remains focused on preventing incidents from happening but also has the right resources in place to respond to an emergency when required.
Yours sincerely
Lee Howell OBE QFSM
Chief Fire Officer
RESPOND BY 11 JUNE
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport is running an open consultation which is a call for evidence on improving broadband for Very Hard to Reach premises in the UK. If you are a resident household or a business user of rural broadband services then please complete the call to evidence via the online survey.
This consultation closes at 11:45pm on 11 June 2021 and can be accessed via the following link: