{"id":1401,"date":"2021-03-06T11:42:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T11:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/?page_id=1401"},"modified":"2021-03-09T09:53:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T09:53:54","slug":"what-does-wembdon-parish-council-do-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/?page_id=1401","title":{"rendered":"What does Wembdon Parish Council do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Parish Councils have the <a href=\"https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/?page_id=1403\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1403\">powers<\/a> to raise money through the <a href=\"https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/?page_id=1223\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1223\">precept<\/a> (tax) on the residential properties in their parish. The money can only be raised for a limited number of purposes. Parish councils have powers to provide some facilities themselves, or they can contribute towards their provision by others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Services and facilities provided by Wembdon Parish Council include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>the Wembdon <a href=\"https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/?page_id=1446\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1446\">allotments<\/a><\/li><li>the park and children&#8217;s play area<\/li><li>managing the <a href=\"https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/?page_id=1428\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1428\">Wembdon Parklands project<\/a>, jointly with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wembdonparklandsandcommunitytogether.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">PACT<\/a><\/li><li>Wembdon Common<\/li><li>the solar lights on the public footpath through the park and Wembdon Parklands<\/li><li>provision and maintenance of bus shelters<\/li><li>provision and emptying of litter bins and dog bins<\/li><li>a contribution towards the running costs of <a href=\"https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/?page_id=1449\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1449\">Wembdon Village Hall<\/a>, including a Parish Council representative on the Board of Trustees<\/li><li>CCTV coverage in the park and Parklands<\/li><li>grass cutting and hedge trimming in the park, Parklands, other green spaces, and along public footpaths<\/li><li>maintenance of public footpath signs<\/li><li>maintenance of the Millennium Bridge<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Playground_a-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1408\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Playground_a.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/?attachment_id=1408\" class=\"wp-image-1408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Playground_a-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Playground_a-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Playground_a-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Playground_a-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Playground_a.jpg 1608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Children&#8217;s play area<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Parklands-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1409\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Parklands.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/?attachment_id=1409\" class=\"wp-image-1409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Parklands-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Parklands-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Parklands-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Parklands-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Parklands-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Wembdon Parklands<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Millennium-Bridge-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1406\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Millennium-Bridge-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/?attachment_id=1406\" class=\"wp-image-1406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Millennium-Bridge-rotated.jpg 480w, https:\/\/wembdonparish.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Millennium-Bridge-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Millennium Bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parish Councils have the powers to raise money through the precept (tax) on the residential properties in their parish. The money can only be raised for a limited number of purposes. Parish councils have powers to provide some facilities themselves, or they can contribute towards their provision by others. 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