Yeovil has been put forward as the South West Regions Large Town entry for the National Britain in Bloom competition. It’s one of 70 finalists, shortlisted from over 300 entries. The fantastic achievement is the result of a lot of hard work from SSDC, YTC, community groups, residents, sponsors and the local businesses that helped Yeovil […]

SSDC, SCC and local social landlords such as Knightstone are all part of P2i (Pathways to Independence) which supports vulnerable and homeless young people aged between 16 and 24 in overcoming their situation and giving them help to live independently. One of the key components is emergency host family accommodation, where a young person is given […]

Here is a Local Government Association analysis of Brympton Ward based on 2011 Census data. At little dated but very interesting

The new primary school at Lufton, which was due to open in September next year, is being held up because Persimmon won’t build the new main road which runs through the site. The issue seems to be that they want to wriggle out of the legal agreements including paying towards the Western Corridor road schemes. […]

214 spoilt ballot papers(ACCEPTED). PETER SEIB 1509 LIZ GLAISHER 1465 ANGIE ASHMORE 1328 ROGER MEECHAM 1060 BOB BROOKES 1012 TONY POWER 1011 ANDY MARCHANT 991 PETER BURT 873 GRAHAM PRITCHARD 826 KEVIN BOWLES 819 GLEN JAMES GRAHAM 782 ADRIAN LOWES 678 (not elected)  

In reality, Yeovil will probably not choose the next Prime Minister. However, your vote will decide how well Yeovil is represented, whether your interests are considered at the very heart of the government and critically, whether the next government is stable and held within the centre-ground. David Laws is proven and well-respected across the political […]

A big team effort by councillors at Parish, District and County level has finally prevailed and we were able to secure proper enforceable parking restrictions that now mean the local roads function better during football matches. Buses run, traffic flows and children can see and be seen at junctions. Unfortunately some visiting fans still seem willing to […]

Making the “foul water” connection to the new housing at Lufton will require temporary lights. It has to cross the end of Boundary Road near the junction with Old Road.  I am trying to find the exact timing out, but I spoke to Yarlington yesterday and it will have it’s Community Team out on the ground from […]

Four years ago, John and I started a campaign to get the play facilities between King Arthur Drive and Merlin Close upgraded . The old area was in poor repair, but a worse problem was that it had very little “play value” for local children and it was starting to attract anti-social behaviour. Over the last few […]