Mendip District Council
Cannards Grave Road
Shepton Mallet, BA4 5BT
0300 303 8588
www.mendip.gov.uk
Mendip District Council is one of five District Councils in Somerset. It was formed in 1974, merging Glastonbury, Street, Wells, Frome and Shepton Mallet. It also takes in a number of villages and hamlets.
The District Council, based in Shepton Mallet, has 47 elected Councillors representing 35 electoral wards. A calendar of their public meetings and events can be viewed on their website or downloaded here:
Its responsibilities fall into Building and Planning, Bins and Recycling, Council Tax and Benefits, Housing, Environment and Street Care and Cleaning, and include:
- Bins, Rubbish & Recycling
- Building Regulations
- Car Parks
- Cemeteries
- Council Tax and Council Tax Benefit
- Social Housing and Housing Benefit
- Economic Development
- Electoral Services
- Food Safety and Hygiene
- Licensing
- Local Plans and Planning Applications
- Markets
- Sports Centres
- Street Cleaning
- Tree Preservation
