Annual Parish Meeting, Tuesday 31 March – save the date!
We are pleased to announce that Professor Gerd Masselink of Plymouth University will be the keynote speaker at this year’s APM, to be held on Tuesday 31 March at 6.30 pm in Stokenham Parish Hall.
Gerd is one of the world’s leading authorities on the geomorphology of the South Devon Coast, and knows all there is to know about the movement of shingle in Start Bay, so parishioners will want to get his take on recent events. Further details will be released in due course, but in the meantime save the date!
Business rate revaluation 2026
South Hams District Council has published an update on the 2026 Business Rate Revaluation which you can read here.
Owners of businesses in coastal communities that have been affected by recent storm damage, and businesses in the wider parish area that may be affected by the closure of the A379 road, should contact the Business Rates team at South Hams District Council to see if they are eligible for a discount on their business rates.
Slapton Line Partnership meets to discuss the state of play on the Bay
The Slapton Line Partnership met last week to hear situation reports from the statutory authorities and pleas for assistance from representatives of the affected communities in and around Start Bay. The minutes of the meeting have just been published and you can read them here.
“Kings’s Bridge” found under Fore Street, Kingsbridge
Devon County engineers made an extraordinary discovery as they excavated the collapsed culvert in central Kingsbridge this week: several feet under the tarmac at the junction of Fore Street and Bridge Street they found what appears to be the original King’s Bridge over the brook that ran into the estuary, and from which the town took its name. The full story is here: TM kingsbridge leaflet 3 UPDATED POST TM CALL 260226.
February draft minutes published
Draft minutes of February’s Full Council meeting are now published and available here.
Storms and Shifting Sands – assessing the ocean’s impact on Start Bay
This excellent piece from the University of Plymouth’s Coastal Processes Research Group details the latest thinking on the impact of coastal erosion on Start Bay.
Chat with a Cop in Torcross, Monday 23rd February
Your local Neighbourhood Policing Team for Kingsbridge, Salcombe and the surrounding area will be at The Start Bay Inn, Torcross, at 11:30 am on Monday 23rd February. Please come along and take this opportunity to raise any concerns you may have and to find out what we are doing to tackle the issues that matter to you.
Everyone is welcome and it would be great to see you there. For more information please contact me – PCSO Tom – via this Community Messaging or via the front office in Kingsbridge.
If there are any other people you would like to invite to the Community Messaging, please advise them on how to join using this link to the website: https://community-messaging.dc.police.uk
Full Council agenda now published
The agenda for next Thursday’s full council meeting is now published and available on the website.