The Parish Council has now received a response from Bill Cotton, Service director, Planning. It states his decision regarding the CIL relief which doesn’t accord with the wishes of the community as expressed in last month’s meeting. (see link above for letter in full) Watch this space for next steps
The Parish Council sent this letter to the Chief Planning Officer and the Member for Economic Development and Planning following our meeting on 22 September
There will be an extraordinary meeting of Hatch Beauchamp Parish Council on 22nd September 2026 at 7pm on a proposal to vary the developer’s obligations in planning application 19/24/0007 (Land West of Station Rd) The full agenda is published on this website as usual and can be found here: https://hatchbeauchamp.com/bundle/2026to2027/ In summary, the developer is…
At our meeting on Wednesday 9 September, we discussed progress with obtaining a new defibrillator to be located in the porch at the Village Hall, and the project to install Solar Panels at the Village Hall. The Speed indicator is now installed, and the data from it will show us how many cars are exceeding…
You may have noticed activity on the fringe of the village by Airband and then Wessex Internet to provide fibre broadband accessible to some properties. This prompted the question: which areas are covered and what are the plans for the rest of the village? The answer has always been vague and difficult to qualify or…
We are very pleased to report that at the Somerset Council committee meeting on 22 July our parish Neighbourhood Plan was ‘made’ (adopted) by the Council, so we will now be able to shape development in our village and gain additional funds from developers to create facilities in the village. The drain clearers have been…
At our July meeting Cllr Heather Shearer kindly attended to give us an update on the changes implemented since the incident at Westford House in May. She will keep us informed about the outcome of the current review of Somerset Council’s Children’s Homes. We asked Cllr Sarah Wakefield to raise with the planners the recent…
The outcome of the vote was that 94.2% of those taking part voted in favour of the Neighbourhood Plan (81 for, 4 against, 1 spoilt ballot) This means the Plan will now be made official. There will be a formal decision taken by the Planning and Transport sub-committee of Somerset Council on 22nd July at…
The next one of these takes place in the village hall on June 27th between 10am and noon. There is now a dedicated website page which will always show the next repair event, and information about the repairers https://hatchbeauchamp.com/repair-cafe If you know that something you want repaired may require a part that is not readily…
At our May meeting a resident raised the issue of mowing of the verges in the village, these were cut shortly after the meeting. We were updated on the installation of our Speed Indicator Device which hopefully will be completed in June. The white lines on our roads will also be repainted; the speed limit…
Somerset Council has now formally announced the referendum to approve the Neighbourhood Plan, open to all residents within the parish of Hatch Beauchamp. Full details can be read here: https://www.somerset.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/current-and-previous-election-notices-directory/?q=hatch Postal votes must be registered by 10th June and proxy votes 17th June
We held our Annual Parish Meeting on Wednesday 6 May in conjunction with the Village Hall Trustees. The Annual meeting gives us the opportunity to give you progress on the projects your council has been working on during the year and our plans for the coming year, and for residents to ask questions. We enjoyed…
At our meeting in March we discussed several projects, progress with Greener Hatch Beauchamp plans for using their funds, an update on the new Footpath signs, installation of the Speed Indicator Devices, plus the construction of our Emergency Plan. We also had an update on the action which has been taken following the recent Antisocial…
A303 Ilminster Bypass Closure Monday and Tuesday 9th/10th March Work to renew road markings and replace road studs takes place between the hours of 8pm – 6am Full carriageway closure between Hayes End Roundabout and Southfields Roundabout. Westbound diversion for cars and other light vehicles via A303 west to Podimore roundabout, A372, A378, A358 to…
At our Parish Council meeting in January, we discussed the Role of the Parish Council and our plan to engage with our community in many ways. We also discussed the Parish Council’s budget for next year; we have kept the Parish precept, the amount each village household pays, at the same rate for next year.…