• Death and Council Tax

  By johnp2010

  You should be able to find everything that you need regarding the Business Case, maintenance...

            

   

  By johnp2010 at 12:51 on 05/01/12

  

  In 1817 Benjamin Franklin re-used a previous quote originally written by Daniel Defoe and said "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Many things have changed since 1817, but death and taxes have certainly survived!! This week saw Shepton Mallet Town Councils annual fist fight over the budget and precept, to be fair, this time things were dealt with fairly amicably and entirely predictably...

• Frome Town Council meeting on 4th January 2012

  By LoveFrome

  Just been reminded that Steiner Academy Frome's formal consultation drop-in meetings are in the...

            

   

  By Fromereporter at 17:30 on 02/01/12

  

  Frome Town Council are holding their External Affairs Committee meeting on Wednesday at 7pm at the Saxonvale Centre (Rooms 3 & 4), Garsdale (blue Elliotts building below Lidl's.) You can download the agenda HERE. Items to be discussed include presentations from Guy Marson (Steiner Free School), Claudia Peplar (Merlin Theatre) & Azeema Caffoor (Frome Active / Young People Frome). Other items; COMMUNITY GROUPS DATABASE AND FAIR...

• Frome Town Council Budget For 2012/12

  By LoveFrome

  The Town Council decided to increase council tax last night (by an average 37p per week for a Band...

            

   

  By Fromereporter at 16:50 on 07/12/11

  

  Frome Town Council will decide tonight (Wed 7th Dec) on its estimates (budgets) for 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013.   Many of the new budget lines, explained further within the agenda paper, are based upon the Council's future actions arising from the new Strategic Plan. As well as identifying new budget lines, and whilst considering inflation, the Council has managed to identify £101,500 worth of cuts to reduce the overall...

• Do you buy books, jewellery & gifts in Frome town centre?

  By ooojamaflip

  Quite surprised about the Asda figure when you consider that China and Jewellery are in the list....

            

   

  By LoveFrome at 11:51 on 13/10/11

  

  With shopping surveys in the news I've been checking the studies undertaken recently by the District Council to 'inform' the planning process. They make interesting reading. There are 3 studies you can read about & download HERE. Table 7l on Pg 30 of Volume 2 study assesses where people in the Frome area go to buy what they call 'Specialist Items' (these are Books, CDs, Jewellery, Gifts, China, Glass) & the results are quite...

• Shopping studies for Frome, is the town healthy?

  By friendoffrome

  I find the report encouraging 1. for 2-3 visits per week - best of all 2. for those shopping...

            

   

  By LoveFrome at 16:13 on 07/10/11

  

  As part of the planning process the District Council undertakes data monitoring and health checks for each of our Mendip towns. The latest healthchecks from December 2010 can be downloaded from their website HERE. There are 3 documents and below are links for each document plus a few extracts pertinent to Frome. The 3 images are also from the reports & show pedestrian flows & supermarket statistics. Volume 1 - Final report -...

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