Welcome to the Batcombe Parish Council Website
The Parish Council's website is continually being developed and will gradually provide more information about the parish of Batcombe, local organisations, news and events - as well as those documents the Parish Council is required to publish.
BATCOMBE is a parish in the east of Somerset between Frome and Shepton Mallet, which consists of the villages of Batcombe and Westcombe together with a number of outlying hamlets and farmsteads. At the centre of the parish lies St Mary's Church with its magnificent 16th century tower, the Three Horseshoes pub, and a community centre consisting of the award-winning Jubilee Hall and the Old School Rooms. (To learn more about the Jubilee Hall and Old School Rooms click on the link to the Village Hall Trust website.)
News about BATCOMBE
Parish Council Precept
At its January meeting the Parish Council agreed to increase its precept for 2025/26 to £11,000. This is an increase of £925 or 9.18% on the current year’s precept. Because Batcombe’s tax base has increased, the increase in the precept will result in a 7.31% increase the Council Tax resulting from the precept. For a Band D property this will be an increase of £3.46 in the Council Tax resulting from the precept.
The Parish Council has increased the precept because the financial difficulties of the Somerset Council means that in future the Parish Council is likely to have to pay for non-statutory items provided by the Somerset Council, particularly for additional work on the highways such as clearing gulleys or providing grit and grit bins.
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Events in BATCOMBE
Date: Friday 24th January 2025
Time: 7 for 7.45pm
Venue: The Jubilee Hall, Batcombe
The January film Anatomy of a Fall (2023/152 mins/15) has been postponed because of problems with the Jubilee Hall's heating system. It is hoped to show the film at a later date.
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June Parish Council Meeting
Wednesday June 4th
Time: 8.00pm
Place: The Old School, Batcombe
Description: The monthly Parish Council meeting. Members of the public are welcome to attend. The Agenda and Minutes of previous meetings can be downloaded from the Minutes and Agendas page a week before the meeting.
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