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Doulting Parish is located east of Shepton Mallet encompassing Doulting, Prestleigh, Bodden and Waterlip. The parish is bisected by two major roads, the A361 which passes through Doulting and the A371 which passes through Prestleigh. Volunteers operate a Speedwatch in both villages.
The Parish Council has six councillors and a clerk and meets monthly on the second Tuesday of the month. The Parish Council welcomed two new councillors at the November meeting, Councillors Greaves and Yoell were co=opted onto the council to bring it up to full strength, contact details on the Parish Council page along with contact details for all councillors and the Parish Clerk.
The council manages the Padfield Green play park and the Glebeland community park, both in Doulting.
Somerset Council have launched an initative to promote public health which gives useful advice for families aand people of all ages, it can be accessed at this address: https://healthysomerset.co.uk/
Somerset have also launched a survey about Local Nature Recovery Strategy and are asking residents to complete the survey which can be found here: Local Nature Recovery survey.pdf
The next meeting of Doulting Parish Council will be on Wednesday 9th April 2025 at Doulting Village Hall. The agenda is now on the Parish Council page.
Advance notice is given of the Annual Parish Meeting which will be held on Wednesday 21st May 2025, 7pm at Doulting Village Hall before the Annual Parish Council Meeting.
The next Glebeland Committee meeting is on 14th May 2025, 10am in the Doulting Community Room.
The Parish Council budget for 2025 - 2026 has been prepared and was agreed at the Parish Council meeting on 8th January 2025. This budget includes amounts to cover works devolved from Somerset Council as yet undetermined and a new charge for emptying parish litter and dog bins. Accordingly the precept was set at £26,500. The agreed budget can be viewed on the Parish Council page.