Brixton Parish Council Emergency Plan is being led by Councillor Williams.  The group has met regularly to formulate the Plan but as this is coming to fruition now meets on a quarterly basis. 

Here is a link to a 3 minute video on You Tube from Devon & Cornwall Community Service which shows what you would do in your household in the event of an emergency - CLEAR Emergency Plan.

Devon Community Resilience Forum Newsletters
Summer 2017
January 2017
September 2016   
March 2016
December 2015
September 2015

Flood Risk Management
April 2017  NEW
October 2016    
April 2016

The Traffic Management group meets on a quarterly basis to discuss any issues concerning the parish.  This meeting is also attended by PCSO Potter and Nick Colton DCC Neighbourhood Highways Officer.  If you have any issues you wish to raise please send any details to the Clerk.

Devon and Cornwall Police are keen to educate motorists to reduce their speed and therefore reduce the amount of people injured or killed following a collision with a speeding vehicle.

In consultation with the public through the PACT (now "Have Your Say") process it was established that the speed of vehicles was the biggest concern across both counties.  From this process the Devon and Cornwall Police Speed Watch project was born.  FAQ's

Useful Links

Report a problem - Roads and Transport
Devon Highways frequently asked questions
DCC Highways Safety Inspections

The local Police Community Support Office is PCSO Potter.

Brixton is a low crime area but PCSO Potter can be regularly seen in and around the Parish and in attendance at our monthly meetings.

If you wish to contact PCSO Potter please contact him via the main police non-emergency telephone number 101

Police Annual Report 2015-2016

Police Report June 2017
Police Report May 2017 

Brixton is located with an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and there are a network of footpaths around the parish including walks by the River Yealm.

These paths are maintained by Devon County Council but are monitored by our 'Parish Paths' Co-ordinators Councillors Huxtable and Wakeham who regularly walk the paths.

There are parishioners who walk dedicated footpaths on behalf of the Parish Council on a quarterly basis.  If any parishioner walks a footpath and notices anything that needs rectifying please complete the footpath inspection form and forward to the Clerk.

A free leaflet detailing local walks is available at the village shop, the Church, The Foxhound and other local businesses

Footpaths Work Summary 2015-2016 Public Rights of Way
Footpaths Summary of Expenditure 2015-2016
Parish Paths Partnership Annual Grant Form - 2016

Footpaths Summary of Expenditure 2016-2017
Parish Paths Partnership Annual Grant Form - 2017 

Parish Paths Partnerships Newsletters
Spring/Summer 2017
Spring 2016
Summer 2016

Devon County Council bridge engineers have deemed the overhead bridge on Footpath 31 (along the old railway track) as dangerous and have closed the footpath under the bridge until negotiations have taken place with the landowner to make the bridge safe then the footpath can be reopened.  In the meantime walkers are diverted onto Footpath 30 along the estuary bank.

Relevant Press Releases

• Dog Fouling
• Fly Tipping

Recycling and Waste     NEW
Residents will shortly be receiving their 2017/2018 recycling and waste service guides which are included in their Council Tax bills.


Recycling Participation Monitoring

Resource Futures Waste Advisor will be working in South Hams from July to September 2017n South Hams July-September 2017

 “The Drip – a watery tale” – beautifully animated by Tim Britton of Forkbeard Fantasy – it’s only 5mins long and we’d love you to watch it … and if you love it too, please do help pump it along the water connected pipeworks of your own catchment … the more ‘viral’ the better!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSrgPLkvP8Q

• One Council Consultation Closed - Thank you   NEW
• Setting a Balanced Budget   NEW
  Work starts on first Sherford Primary School  NEW
  Leader of South Hams states the facts  

• One Council Proposal - Drop In Events  
  One Council - FAQ's   
  One Council Proposal: Debt and Liabilities explained  
  One Council - Have Your Say  NEW
• Resident in South Hams urged to look out for their voter registration details in the post  NEW
• Big Day for Area as Joint Local Plan is formally submitted   
• Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan   
  One Council Consultation Approved   
• How Developers' Contributions are spent  
• The future of Council Tax in South Hams  
• A consistent approach to events    
• Campaign Launched to Combat Fly Tipping  
• How your Council spends its money  
• Cartons Can Now Be Recycled in Blue Sack Collections  
• The Easy Steps to follow for recycling   
• Consultation to Begin on Parking Permits   
• South Hams Councillors Recommend Community Housing Plans
• £153,000 Given to Local Projects 
• Council Launches a new website that works on any device 

Local Bus Services

Changes have been confirmed for Service 3 (Dartmouth - Kingsbridge - Plymouth) to take effect from Sunday 29th October 2017. The revised Monday to Saturday timetable is opposite.

The service will continue at hourly intervals for most of the day, almost all operating without financial support from the County Council. It will be operated by single-deckers rather than double.

Two journeys which would otherwise not have been continued will be supported by the County Council - the 0615 Kingsbridge - Plymouth on Mondays to Saturdays and, on Saturdays, the 1815 Plymouth - Kingsbridge.

The 0645 Dartmouth - Kingsbridge, 1815 Dartmouth - Kingsbridge and 1930 Kingsbridge - Dartmouth will no longer run due to very low usage that does not justify financial support from Devon County Council (and in view of there being a Dartmouth - Kingsbridge bus at 0615.)

Also due to very low usage, County Council support will no longer retain the 1850 Plymouth - Kingsbridge and 2005 Kingsbridge - Plymouth.

Buses will no longer divert into Slapton Village, the nearest continuing stop being at Slapton Turn. The village continues to be served by the Coleridge Community Bus.

There are some changes for pupils travelling to Kingsbridge Community College. From the Aveton Gifford direction those entitled to County Council-assisted travel will be transferred to a dedicated school coach. This will leave sufficient capacity for non-entitled pupils using the Stagecoach bus service and paying their own fares to Kingsbridge. From the Dartmouth direction, on the basis of an arrangement brokered with Kingsbridge Community College, there will continue to be sufficient capacity on the bus service for both entitled and non-entitled pupils, although ticket prices will be increased to cover the cost of providing this. The County Council does not commit any bus support budget towards capacity for pupils not entitled to County-assisted school transport.

The County-subsidized Sunday & Bank Holiday service between Dartmouth and Kingsbridge continues unchanged.

Plymouth to Dartmouth Timetable  

Dartmouth to Plymouth Timetable