Village Profile
South Brent is a large village on the southern edge of Dartmoor. The Parish is the second largest (after Cornwood) in South Hams at 3742 ha, and 6th largest (after Ivybridge, Totnes, Kingsbridge, Dartmouth and Bickleigh) with a population of 3043 in 2012.
The village was originally a woollen and market centre with 2 annual fairs and a station. Now the village centre is within Dartmoor National Park, and it is a thriving community with shops, businesses, school, village hall and community centre.
The Parish Council consists of 12 elected councillors - 9 from the Village Ward, and 3 from Brent Moor Ward. The present Council were elected/co-opted in May 2015, and will serve for 4 years until 2019. A list of the Councillors may be found here.
Parish Council meetings normally take place in the Side Hall at the Village Hall, on the 4th Monday of each month starting at 7:30pm. In August the meeting takes place at The Old SChool Community Centre. All members of the public are invited to attend meetings, and will have the opportunity to speak at a public forum at the start of each meeting.
Parish Council News
Bogus Speeding Fine Emails
Devon and Cornwall Police have circulated the information below:
We have received a report from a business in Exeter that they have received an email which is a bogus ‘speeding fine’ email purporting to be from the Police.
We do not know the intentions of this email but advise that they are deleted. Please pass this information on and put this information on notice boards.
Please do not click on any part of the email and do not reply to the email. This email is fraudulent and may ask you to give your personal or financial information or attempt to infect your computer with malware.
The bogus notification gives the recipient details of the speeding ‘offence’ such as when and where it occurred.
If you have any concerns please phone 101.
Annual Accounting Statement for 2016/17
To see details of South Brent Parish Council's Annual Accounting Statements for the 2016-2017 years please go to 'Financial Publications' on the Home Page and click on the relevant year.
To go direct click -South Brent Parish Council Annual Accounting Statement for 2016/17 .