News in Glastonbury

A second national lockdown is upon us, but businesses in the Glastonbury area are still providing a whole host of services for local customers.

At Glastonbury Nub News, we support local businesses so here is a round-up of the services being offered by a number of businesses in and around the town during the lockdown.

A water supply company has received a £3,000 fine after pleading guilty to a roadworks offence which took place in Glastonbury last year.

Somerset County Council is responsible for managing the road network and prosecuted Bristol Water as part of its commitment to minimising disruption and keeping the public safe.

A farm in Baltonsborough has been told by Mendip District Council that it can construct a new silage area.

A planning application for prior notification of agricultural development, for excavation works and construction of a silage clamp area for the storage of winter forage for the dairy herd at Briars Farm, Back Lane, Baltonsborough, was submitted by George Winstone.

Councillors from Mendip District Council will lay eco-wreaths made by residents and florists in Mendip's city, towns and rural communities to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other conflicts.

The eco-wreaths are being made by Street-based florist Luce Loves Flowers and Glastonbury florist Abundiflora.

An initiative to address fuel poverty, improve energy efficiency in homes and cut carbon emissions is to be launched by Mendip District Council.

The fuel poverty awareness push, approved by Cabinet on Monday (November 2), will be intensive, personalised and will stretch across an 18-month period to include the winter months, and beyond.

Around 900 miles of Somerset's road network will still be gritted over the winter months despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Somerset County Council, which is responsible for highway matters, has published a map showing all the routes it intends to treat with its fleet of 23 gritters as the nights begin to draw in.

A scheme to provide up to 160 affordable houses across five Mendip-owned sites in Glastonbury, Street and Frome has been backed by councillors.

Members of Mendip District Council's Cabinet gave approval last night (November 2) to transfer four sites to a housing association to build affordable and social rent homes, subject to planning permission.

Residents of Benedict Street in Glastonbury will be noticing a long-awaited and much wished for change to the derelict tennis courts at the bottom of the street.

Glastonbury Town Council has identified thousands of pounds of unspent funds that have to be spent on leisure and recreation equipment.

Temporary traffic lights are planned to be in place in Baltonsborough this week before the lockdown begins.

The lights are scheduled to be used in Ham Street on Monday (November 2) and Tuesday (November 3).

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is pleased to begin a new partnership with fire services in the region to boost its coronavirus emergency response this winter.

The mutual aid project, which first ran from April to August, will see fire personnel from Cornwall, Devon & Somerset, Avon and Gloucestershire fire and rescue services supporting the Trust from Sunday 1 November for four months.