Note from the Town Clerk: Planning Applications will still be considered by Somerton Town Council as they are received at the Somerton Town Council Office. However, in light of the COVID-19 recommendations and the action taken by Somerton Town Council to implement the COVID-19 Internal Plan, the procedure has changed. Planning Applications The authority to decide the council’s response to … Read More

Release: Immediate Date: 6 April 2020 Coronavirus (COVID 19): How to get support from the SSDC Wellbeing Hub   South Somerset District Council is continuing to ensure that our communities receive all the help they need during the Covid-19 pandemic. This includes offering extra support in areas where our residents need it most.   A big addition to this extra … Read More

I am writing as Chair of Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA) to give you some information about the SRA’s 2020-21 programme of additional flood protection and resilience works. Could I please ask that you forward this email on to your councillors? Twenty-three new SRA projects costing nearly £2.7million are to be funded, some of these are local projects, some have countywide … Read More

From Wednesday 1 April, all recycling sites will move to summer timetables, operating 9am-6pm on open weekdays, and 9am-4pm Saturdays and Sundays year-round. Details: somersetwaste.gov.uk/recycling/centres  Latest News: Details: https://www.somersetwaste.gov.uk/latest-news/

  Press Release Date 10.03.2020 For Immediate Release   Etsome Terrace Development Site, Somerton.   The former SCC Highways Depot, at Etsome Terrace, was sold to STC by SCC to facilitate a community building. The Etsome Terrace Development Site and Edgar Hall, were part of a property transaction that lead to an extended external audit enquiry. The two parties in … Read More

Please click on the link below to view the results of the uncontested election: result-of-uncontested-election

Somerton Town Council welcomes guest speaker Councillor David Fothergill (Leader of Somerset County Council) to present on the subject: The Future of Local Government in Somerset. 10th March 2020 Main Hall, Edgar Hall, 8 Cary Court, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6SB Refreshments will be served from 5:30pm