Mendip District Council is stepping up its efforts to bring the area’s empty homes back into use by launching a new strategy to tackle the problem. The three-year strategy, which was agreed at a meeting of the Council’s Cabinet on Monday (11th March), sets out how the council will bring empty properties back into use to provide decent and affordable accommodation, mainly in the private rented sector. Empty Homes Agency statistics show that there were 1,441 empty homes across Mendip in 2011, of which 445 had been empty for at least six months. Full Story: Read More
£5m bid to bring an end to Yeovil traffic gridlock | This is Somerset
COUNCILLORS are hoping to land £5 million for road improvements which they say will end traffic gridlock in Yeovil. A bid for cash has been made to the Department for Transport’s Pinch Point Fund to help boost the economy by improving access to major employment areas and housing. Full Story: Read More
Three wheelbarrows, 60 miles, two days, two bulls and a lot of mud!
To celebrate Garden Re-leaf D
ay 2013, staff members from The Gardens Group and volunteers last week completed The Big Push. From Sherborne to Poundbury, Poundbury to Yeovil and Yeovil to Sherborne, each team pushed a brightly coloured wheelbarrow to raise money for Greenfingers, a small charity which is dedicated to creating magical gardens for children’s hospices around the UK. Full Story: Read More