Annual Parish Meeting
Annual meeting of the parish, May 13th 2025, 5:30pm. Come and meet the parish council, and have your say about what you see as important in the village.
Proposed Tree Works Hawthorn Park
The council has been asked to comment on planning application 25/0019 the removal of three Leylandii trees in the rear garden on 12 Hawthorn Park. The letter from Dartmoor Planning is here The application outline on the Dartmoor National Park website can be seen here The council plans to respond by Friday 28th March. Any…
Trains from Okehampton
GWR have given notice that from Saturday 8th March to Friday 14th March there will be no train services between Okehampton and Exeter St Davids because of essential track work and to enable the new Okehampton Interchange station. Replacement buses will be provided. John Bright
February parish council meeting
The council meets on Tuesday 11th February 2025 at 7.00pm in the Nicholls Hall. You can find the agenda here The council is looking to co-opt another Councillor to fill the vacancy left on the resignation of Nick Skeaping. Do come along if you’re interested.
Casual Vacancy (Councillor)
The council has a vacancy for a Councillor and are keen to invite volunteers.
Next council meeting
The parish council meets as scheduled on Tuesday 12th November at 7.00 pm in the Nicholls Hall. It would be lovely to see members of the parish there to contribute to discussions and give their opinions. Councillors have been asked to take a view on – Affordable housing in the village, the 20’s Plenty campaign…
Parish Council meeting
The next meeting of the parish council takes place on Tuesday 8th October. The agenda is published here Councillors are looking to identify ways that life in the village might be improved. Let a Councillor know if you have a suggestion that you’d like the council to act on, or better still – come along…
Road closure – change of dates
The dates that the back road from Lydford to the Mucky Duck will be closed have changed. The road will now be closed from Monday 4th to Monday 11th November
Road closure – advanced warning
Advanced warning of an inspection and remedial work to the railway bridge by the junction between the back road from Lydford to the Mucky Duck and the turning to Ingo Brake. The road is scheduled to be closed from Thursday 21st November to Friday 22nd November. The planned detour is via Tavistock and the A386.
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