Coronavirus Briefing Sheet 230320.docCannington Parish Council held an extraordinary PC meeting on 21st March 2020. At the meeting we agreed a Business Continuity motion to delegate powers to the Clerk in consultation with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman to allow for the day to day running of the PC to continue. All meetings have been postponed until further notice. We also agreed to set aside £5,000 as a contingency fund for the Coronavirus crisis.

The PC fully support the wonderful work that Revd Alison Waters is doing supporting the Cannington Volunteers and our Emergency Planning team (Colin Allen, Mike Phillips, Ian Dyer and David Greenslade) will lend their support whenever they can.

Cannington Parish Council in conjunction with Bridgwater College has secured FREE car parking in Cannington, for customer use whilst visiting the shops, pubs, Indian Restaurant (and the Walled Gardens at weekends). This is at the Cannington College Campus, accessed at the bottom of Rodway, using the College car park in front of reception. Availability as per the following periods:

MONDAY TO THURSDAY 6PM UNTIL 7AM

and

FRIDAY 6PM UNTIL MONDAY 7AM

Maximum Stay 4 hours – CCTV in operation.

The River Parrett Trail is being improved by South Somerset District Council and partners, with the aim of improving the user experience. We would therefore be grateful if you could complete either or both of these short surveys which will help inform our plans.

Please share the link with any other individuals or groups that you feel would like to comment on the current and future trail.

The community survey is concerned with the user experience – https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RPTcommunity2019

Becky Cotterill
Case Officer (Tourism)
Leisure and Recreation
South Somerset District Council
+441935462501, 07458046531
southsomerset.gov.uk @southsomersetDC @SouthSomersetDistrictCouncil

One allotment is now available for rent please see Allotment Availability 7.11.19

Somerset Rivers Authority 2018-19 Annual Report full length version

Somerset Rivers Authority 2018-19 Annual Report summary

There has been a lot of discussions in the village regarding the type of stone used for the bridge.

Please see Restoration of Packhorse Bridge for more information