Community and Living

Accommodation in Mendip

The Mendip area has all types of accommodation - hotels, B&B/guest houses, inns and restaurants, self catering cottages and flats, and caravan and camping sites, with a wide choice of price range, location and facilities.

Air - Air Pollution

Environmental Protection handles complaints about smoke, dust and fumes etc. which is causing nuisance to residents of the district. The Council has powers to require nuisances from air pollution to be stopped.

Air Quality Monitoring

The Environmental Protection service monitors nitrogen oxides at certain fixed sites. It also provides advice on air quality to development control. Additional air quality monitoring may be undertaken from time to time for Mendip's Air Quality Review & Assessment Process required by DEFRA.

Burials and Cremations - Bereavement

The loss of a family member or friend is a sad time that is often made more difficult because we do not know about the services we need. This section aims to take some of the stress out of the situation by setting out what you need to know about registering a death.

Burials and Cremations - Burials

Mendip District Council provides cemeteries in the following location:

• Street (Cemetery Lane)
• Shepton Mallet (Waterloo Road)
• Frome (Warminster Road)

Burials and Cremations - Buying a Grave

The popular belief that the actual grave itself is purchased is incorrect. The purchaser only acquires a right of burial within a grave for a specific period.

Burials and Cremations - Exhumations

The Council do not carry out the exhumation of graves within their cemeteries but will give advice on obtaining the Home Office Licence required.

Burials and Cremations - Historical Records

More and more people are interested in researching family histories but searching burial records for information can be a time consuming process.

Burials and Cremations - Memorials

A memorial is a marker (usually of stone) erected over a grave commonly thought of as a headstone or gravestone.

Burials and Cremations - Welfare Funerals

If a person dies in the Mendip area, it may fall to the Council to arrange a public funded burial. Ultimately the local authority has a duty to bury or cremate someone who has nobody to arrange a funeral for him or her. We are usually called upon where people have died without family on friends to make the necessary arrangements.

Car Parks - Appeal Against a Car Park Instant Fine Ticket/Excess Charge Notice

You can appeal an Instant Fine Ticket/Excess Charge Notice if you believe it has been issued unfairly – but there are strict grounds under which an appeal will be considered.

Community Planning

Mendip District Council’s Community Planning Service aims to further partnership working in the district to bring about improvements in the economic, environmental and social wellbeing of the district for those who visit it and live and work in it.

Community Safety

We work together within the Community Safety Partnership to reduce crime and disorder across the District.

Community Safety - Anti Social Behaviour

Mendip District Council works with a number of agencies to tackle serious Anti Social Behaviour in the district.

Community Services

Community Services form part of the Community and Regeneration Directorate. Regeneration and Housing are the other service areas within the directorate.

Community Transport Schemes

Community Transport is available for people who cannot use public transport due to a disability or do not have access to public transport.

Crime Prevention - Town Centre

Mendip District Council work with other agencies to strengthen the support of important initiatives in our major settlements and their rural hinterlands.

Customer Services Satisfaction Survey

We value any comments and feedback you can provide us following your experience in your dealings with us.

Dog Warden Service

The Dog Warden will help you if you lose your dog, and works to prevent stray dogs from causing danger in traffic or a nuisance to people. In particular, the service aims to deal with problems caused by irresponsible dog ownership.

Dogs - Fouling

The Dog (Fouling of Land) Act 1996 came into force on 1st May 1997. This Act means you are legally obliged to clear up after your dog if it fouls any land which is open to the air, and to which the public have access. Remember that contact with dog excrement can lead to blindness, from an infection called Toxocara canis.

Dogs - Stray

The Council's Dog Warden Service will deal urgently with complaints about dogs straying on school premises, or interfering with the flow of traffic. Other complaints will be dealt with as quickly as possible, and always within five working days.

External Funding

To assist local groups in their search for funding the Council has taken a subscription to GRANTNET, a straightforward free to use service which can help you identify what funding is available for your activity or project.

Glastonbury Festival Business Questionnaire

Baker Associates have been commissioned by Mendip District Council and Glastonbury Festivals Ltd to undertake an economic impact assessment of the 2007 Glastonbury Festival. The purpose of the study is to fully understand the economic impact and support the planning of future festivals.

Grounds Maintenance - Grass Cutting

Grounds Maintenance - Grass Cutting.

Historic Buildings at Risk - Success Stories

There are almost 3000 listed buildings in the Mendip District Council area. Whilst the majority are well maintained, there are buildings that are at considered to be 'at risk' through neglect or decay, or vulnerable to becoming so. This Success Stories document highlights all of the buildings removed from the Buildings at Risk Register since 2001, many of which have been benefited from Historic Building Grant Aid from Mendip District Council.

Historic Buildings at Risk Register

There are almost 3000 listed buildings in the Mendip District Council area. Whilst the majority are well maintained, there are buildings that are at considered to be 'at risk' through neglect or decay, or vulnerable to becoming so. The main purpose of Mendip District Council's Building at Risk Register is as a working tool, helping to illustrate the number of properties 'at risk' within the District and to keep attention focussed upon them.

Home Composting

Composters are recycled plastic bins for the garden. To help Somerset residents get started, a Home Composting Promotion has been setup - offering compost bins for as little as £8.

Household Waste Recycling Centres

Where to find your local household waste recycling centre.

Infectious Diseases

Some infectious diseases not spread by the consumption of contaminated food or water are investigated by this council.

Parish Path Maintenance Scheme

Parish, Town and City councils in Mendip district can apply for financial help to keep unsurfaced public rights of way clear of surface overgrowth.

Recycling - Garden Waste Collection Service

Garden Waste bins are now back in stock, to order please use the online service form.

Recycling - Garden Waste Missed Collections

Garden Waste Missed Collections.

Recycling - Kerbside Collections

The Council is now offering 100% recycling coverage for all domestic properties in the district

Recycling - New / Replacement Boxes

Recycling - New/ Replacement Recycling Boxes.

Recycling - Waste Collection Service for Food

Details about the food waste collection service operated accross the district

Refuse Collection - Bulky Waste Collection Service

If you have a large item such as a piece of furniture or a fridge that you wish to dispose of we offer a Bulky Collection Service at a small charge.

Refuse Collection - Clinical Waste Collections

The Council provides a clinical waste collection to private households.

Refuse Collection - Wheeled Bins - New or Second Bin

Provision for the provision of new or second bins

Rights of Way

The Council works to maintain and improve the rights of way network in the district.

Rights of Way - Enforcement

Rights of Way - Enforcement

Rights of Way - Maintenance

Rights of Way - Maintenance

Smokefree - Health Act 2006

From 1 July 2007, England goes Smokefree. This means that smoking will no longer be allowed in workplaces and public places that are 'enclosed' or 'substantially enclosed'. In addition the legislation will also mean that smoking will no longer be allowed on public transport or in vehicles used for work by more than one person. The reason why the law has been introduced is to protect the public and employees from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke.

Somerset County Council - Community Services for Adults and Older People

Information and contact details relating to Community Services for Adults and Older People provided by Somerset County Council.

Time to Plan - Online Survey

Time to Plan - Online Survey

Tourism in Mendip

Mendip offers a magical blend of history and legend with Roman, Iron age and medieval remains and associations with King Arthur. The district has varied landscapes ranging from the Mendip hills to the Somerset Levels.

Vandalism

Vandalism is an illegal, anti-social activity that creates a negative impression of an area and contributes to people's fear of crime. You can help us to stamp it out.

Village Hall Grants

Village Halls and Community Centre are often the hub of local communities. Mendip District Council and Somerset County Council offer financial support to help fund hall projects. This scheme is the "County Joint Scheme".

Voluntary Sector Funding

Mendip District Council offers financial support to Voluntary Sector Organisations who provide services that assist the authority in delivering its Corporate Plan priorities.

Walks for Health

Group walks for those who want to increase their physical activity levels.They can range from 20-40 minutes depending on the group but are most definitely less than an hour. The idea is to increase your fitness levels by starting with these gentle walks. All the walks are led by qualified walk leaders. One stays at the front of the group and one stays at the back. This way everyone is able to walk at a pace that is comfortable for them

William Stansell Somerset Building Preservation Trust Awards 2008

The awards are aimed at raising the standards for design and construction of new buildings and for the alteration, conversion or repair of historic buildings in the County. The awards also demonstrate the positive contribution that well designed and sensitively conserved buildings make to their surroundings.

Your Mendip

Your Mendip is produced by the Council Communications Officer and is Distributed to homes across the District.