The parish of Buckland Monachorum is located between Plymouth and Tavistock about 10 miles north of Plymouth city centre and on the edge of the Dartmoor National Park within the Borough of West Devon. The parish has five villages within its boundaries, Yelverton, Clearbrook, Crapstone, Milton Combe and of course Buckland Monachorum. Part of the parish falls within the National Park and the rest of it is within the Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The Parish has many notable features such as Buckland Abbey the home of Sir Francis Drake now owned by the National Trust, the Garden House, and an old wartime airfield at 'Harrowbeer' Yelverton.

The parish council was formed just over 100 years ago and has 12 members. The Council meet on the third Tuesday in every month except August when there is no meeting and in December when it is brought forward a week. The council also regularly meet to consider planning applications. Normally this is every fortnight but depends if any applications have been received. The dates and locations of all meeting are published on this site and on all parish notice boards.

(18th April) DEFIBRILLATORS NOW INSTALLED

Both defibrillators have now been installed outside Milton Combe and Clearbrook Village Halls.  The Parish Council is currently looking into the possibility of providing free training to the community.  Watch this space for news.

(9th April 2018) ANNOUNCEMENT: ANNUAL PARISH MEETING FOR PARISHIONERS: WEDNESDAY, 18TH APRIL AT 7.30PM AT CLEARBROOK VILLAGE HALL

The Parish Council is holding its Annual Parish Meeting at Clearbrook Village Hall on Wednesday 18th April at 7.30pm.  The meeting is for Parishioners to come and have their say about what they want for the parish and to voice any concerns they may have. At the meeting there will be representatives from West Devon Borough Council to give information on Recycling, Locality Matters and the Joint Local Plan. See poster here.

(9th April 2018) NEW DEFIBRILLATORS ANNOUNCED FOR MILTON COMBE AND CLEARBROOK

We are pleased to announce that the parish council has been awarded grant funding from the Town and Parish (TAP) fund, administered by West Devon Borough Council to provide two new defibrillators outside the main entrances to Milton Combe and Clearbrook Village Halls.  The PC has funded the installation of two heated cabinets for the defibrillators to be stored in.  The cabinets were installed last week and the defibrillators will be placed in the cabinets later this week.  We are also in the process of orgainising training in the use of the units for anyone who wishes to know how to use them safely and effectively.

There are also two other defibrillators installed in the parish, their locations are:

The Drake Manor Inn at Buckland Monachorum and;

Outside the Doctors Surgery at Yelverton

 (7th April 2018)  GRANT FUNDING SECURED BY PARISH COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF WETLAND NATURE RESERVE

The Parish Council has received grant funding to help establish a wetland nature reserve in part of Crapstone Field.  The funding has been pledged by the Town and Parish Fund (TAP) administered by West Devon Borough Council, at the March 2018 Southern Links meeting.  Cllr Sue Woollacott who is spearheading the project said that she is 'so excited to have been given the money which will kick start the project, the grant money along with £500.00 funding provided by Buckland Monachorum Parish Council will be able to provide new bat and bird boxes as well as paying for some conservation works to help establish the reserve'.  The Parish Council recently approved a 5-year management plan for the wetland nature reserve with expert advice from Devon Wildlife rust and Plymouth Environment Action (PEA).