It is now over two weeks since the public meeting in Langport to discuss the fate of the Hanging Chapel. A lot has happened since. Seven councillors have resigned. The September town council meeting has been postponed (please note). The Town Clerk has asked South Somerset District Council to appoint emergency councillors until such time
Somerset County Council are to start a major engineering scheme to upgrade drainage on the A372 at Aller this week. The section of Aller Road and High Street has been subject to issues with standing water and localised flooding in the past. This scheme will replace the whole drainage system along a 550m stretch of
As the future of the Hanging Chapel has become such a fraught issue over the past two weeks, lots of people have written in or spoken to us about there views. Sadly the letter which we publish below was received several days after the copy deadline for our September issue. It should be of interest
Although no official confirmation has been given, a second public notice was posted today by Langport Town Council indicating a 7th vacancy on the council has occurred. Notice has been given that 10 electors have to request an election by 27th September or else a councillor will be co-opted. However with just four councillors remaining,
Following the Public Meeting on the29th August, the Parish Poll proposed by Patsy Mounter and voted, pretty much unanimously by Langport residents, is now going to be held in Langport at the Ground Floor Meeting Room of the Town Hall on Wednesday 27th September. The hours of the poll as prescribed by law will be
Police have released more information about a stash of weapons found at the bottom of Grey Lake at Kingsweston Sluice, near Street. A man who had been “magnet-fishing” reported the find that police say contained between 20-30 parts of firearms all of which are badly rusted. They now believe the weapons are similar to a
Sadly it seems that not a day goes past without a further update on the fallout from last week’s public meeting at Great Bow Wharf, Langport to discuss the Hanging Chapel. Tonight we have to report that long serving councillor Julia Gadd has also resigned from the Town Council, as has Angela Clarke who many
Following the resignation of Janet Seaton as chair of Langport Town Council and as a councillor, quite a few residents have contacted us about the resignation letter. A number of snippets from the letter, taken out of context have appeared in various places and indeed we did the same ourselves a few days ago (we
One of the main criticisms raised by the public meeting in Langport on Tuesday 29th August to discuss the fate of the Hanging Chapel, was that the Town Council had failed to publish the minute of the “in Camera” item on the Town Trust agenda to discuss the future of the Hanging Chapel. It was
Further to our earlier post today we can confirm that following the public meeting to discuss the future of the Hanging Chapel on Tuesday, the Chair of Langport Town Council, Janet Seaton has resigned both as Chair and as a Town Councillor. Three other councillors have also resigned. There will be a full report in
