Colyton Parish Council

Where is the Council Office? In the Feoffees Town Hall, Market Place, Colyton

When is the Council Office open to the public? The doors are open for the general public from 10.30 to 12.00 on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.

Access for the disabled: Please make an appointment OR use the door entry phone at the entrance to the Feoffees Town Hall. A ground floor meeting can then be arranged.

How often is the Council elected? Every four years.

When does the Parish Council Meet? On the 2nd Monday in the month.

Sub Committees
Planning meets normally two weeks after the Council meeting each month.
Finance meets normally two weeks after the Council meeting each month.
Amenities normally meets quarterly after the other sub committees.

Cemetery

How to arrange for burials & memorials (Parish Council cemetery)
Regulations & fees with effect from 1st April 2011

INTERRMENTS:

• No interrment or erection of any gravestone or tablet or any monumental inscription is allowed until prior written permission has been obtained from Colyton Parish Council.
• The Council does not undertake the digging of graves. The digging and backfill of graves are performed by the Undertakers.
• Minister's fees are the responsibility of the Undertakers.

GRAVESTONES, TABLETS AND INSCRIPTIONS

• The erection of a memorial is not permitted until the Exclusive Rights of Burial have been purchased
• Any memorial other than an approved headstone, tablet or vase will be permitted only at the discretion of the Parish Council
• Cremation stones to be 15 inches wide
• Kerbstones are not permitted
• No flowers, trees or shrubs are to be planted in grave or cremation plots

Cemetery Fees
These fees apply where the person to be interred (or in respect of whom the right is granted) is, (or immediately before his/her death, was), an inhabitant of the Parish of Colyton. In all other cases, the fees will be doubled.

Interrment of the body of a stillborn child whose age at the time of death did not exceed 1 month  £14.50
Interrment of the body of a child whose age at the time of death did not exceed 12 years  £42.00
Interrment of the body of a person whose age at the time of death exceeded 12 years £195.00
Interrment of cremated remains £90.00
For the scattering of cremated remains . £55.00.
EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS OF BURIAL
Including Deed of Assignment; purchase for 100 years:
Burial plot £385.00
Cremation plot £140.00
For a headstone or tablet with first inscription (grave number to be inscribed on the back) £130.00
For a headstone with a vase incorporated £130.00
For a vase only, £85.00
For each additional inscription £70.00

POLICE

Report Crimes or Anti-Social Behaviour: To report an incident where an immediate response is not required or a crime has not been committed call 08452 777444.

Report an emergency, for instance if a crime is being committed: If the offenders are nearby or an incident requires immediate attendance call 999

To speak to our local Neighbourhood Policing Team at Seaton: contact: PC 6306 Steve Speariett Tel. 01297 626727   To email PC 6306 Stephen Speariett click the email address below:-

or contact PCSO 30196 Mike McGauley   Tel. 01297 626700
To email PCSO 30196 Mike McGauley click the email address below:-

Police Station: Seaton Front Office is open Monday – Thursday 0800 – 1600
Friday 0800 – 1530  Seaton Police Station, 76 Queen Street, Seaton, EX12 2RJ
Tel. 01297 626700

Roads

Report poor road conditions: Responsibility for Highway maintenance rests with Devon County Council. Please report problems to East Area Highways telephone 0845 155 1004 or to email click the email address below:-

Please send a copy of your email to the Parish Council with any complaints (click the Contact Us button on the menu). Our County Councillor chairs regular meetings of the Colyton Traffic Group, the group includes council and highways representatives.

Planning Applications

Housing

Applications for Housing: East Devon District Council are also the responsible authority for the provision of housing. If you are in housing need apply to the Housing Department of EDDC.

Allotments

Apply for an Allotment: submit and application to the Parish Clerk in writing, the Council have full, half and quarter plots for rent although there is normally a waiting list.

Hire a Hall:

Hospital Car Service

What is Colyton Link? Link was started in January 1983 with the aim of helping people. Colyton Link is an independent local charity; its main activity is to organise and operate a car service to transport people door-to-door for medical treatment. In addition its publication 'Link Lines', details all the organisations in the parish and is distributed to every household and especially to any newcomers. The Link organisation was expanded in 2009 to included all of Colyford.
For further information contact Pam Rattray 552 212.

To use the Colyton Link car service: Please ring Dorothy Long 553 496.

Medical

Colyton Medical Centre: Tel: 552728

Seaton Medical Centre: Tel: 20877

See the new Medical Center website: