Easter & May Bank Holidays – Waste & Recycling collection dates

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South Hams District Council Waste and Recycling Collections over
the Easter and May Bank Holidays 2026

Bank Holiday  Usual Collection Day  New Collection Day
Good Friday Friday 03 April Tuesday 07 April
Easter Bank Holiday Monday 06 April Wednesday 08 April
Tuesday 07 April Thursday 09 April
Wednesday 08 April Friday 10 April
Thursday 09 April Saturday 11 April
Friday 10 April Monday 13 April
Monday 13 April Tuesday 14 April
Tuesday 14 April Wednesday 15 April
Wednesday 15 April Thursday 16 April
Thursday 16 April Friday 17 April
Friday 17 April Saturday 18 April

Collections return to normal in the week beginning Monday 20th April 2026

Bank Holiday  Usual Collection Day  New Collection Day
May Bank Holiday Monday 04 May Tuesday 05 May
Tuesday 05 May Wednesday 06 May
Wednesday 06 May Thursday 07 May
Thursday 07 May Friday 08 May
Friday 08 May Saturday 09 May
Spring Bank Holiday Monday 25 May Tuesday 26 May
Tuesday 26 May Wednesday 27 May
Wednesday 27 May Thursday 28 May
Thursday 28 May Friday 29 May
Friday 29 May Saturday 30 May

Note that: the Torr Quarry Recycling Centre is open, during the summer, from
Mon – Fri from 0900 until 1700; Sat & Sun 1000 – 1800;
but closes on Easter Sunday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

Torr Quarry Recycling Centre
Kingsbridge
TQ9 7QQ
0345 155 1010

Healthy Hedgerows Leaflet

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The South Hams Tree Warden Network, along with the People’s Trust for Endangered Species, has published a new 2025 leaflet entitled “Healthy hedgerows on your land”. It contains hedgerow management tips, do’s and don’ts for hedge cutting, a diagram of the hedgerow management cycle, and links for further information.

The leaflet can be downloaded here: South Hams hedgerow leaflet

Christmas Refuse and Recycling collection dates

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South Hams District Council Waste and Recycling Collections over the Christmas and New Year Holidays 2025

Bank Holiday  Usual Collection Day  New Collection Day
Christmas Day Thursday 25 December Saturday 27 December
Boxing Day Friday 26 December Monday 29 December
Monday 29 December Tuesday 30 December
Tuesday 30 December Wednesday 31 December
Wednesday 31 December Friday 2 January 2026
New Year Thursday 1 January 2026 Saturday 3 January
Friday 2 January Monday 5 January
Monday 5 January Tuesday 6 January
Tuesday 6 January Wednesday 7 January
Wednesday 7 January Thursday 8 January
Thursday 8 January Friday 9 January
Friday 9 January Saturday 10 January

Collections return to normal in the week beginning Monday 12th January 2026

Garden Waste collections are suspended from 19th December 2025 until 19th January 2026

Note that: the Torr Quarry Recycling Centre is open Mon – Fri from 0900 until 1630; Sat & Sun 1000 – 1630, but closes on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

Chillington Health Centre PPG Newsletter for October 2025

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Chillington Patient Participation Group are volunteers who meet regularly with the practice to discuss the services available, and how changes can be made for the benefit of patients and the practice.

Linked here is their latest Newsletter: PPG Newsletter October 2025

How to Report Trees Damaged or Removed without permission

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A SHDC reminder of the procedure to report trees that have been damaged or removed without permission.

Using a web browser, go to SHDC’s website – https://southhams.gov.uk/

  • Scroll down the home page to Trees
  • Click on protected trees
  • Click on Tree Protection Orders

The Tree Protection Orders section has the information in an INTERACTIVE MAPPING, and the guide to find information about trees with Tree Protection Orders and Conservation Areas in every parish, it also has a reporting tool:

  • Go to – “What can I do if I believe works are taking place without permission?”
  • Click on Report Unauthorised work
  • If you are not reporting trees in the Dartmoor National Park, then pass the first page and go to the second to report the details.
  • Get to “A tree has been felled or damaged or a hedgerow has been removed”.
  • Then follow instructions below:
    • Date when damage occurred
    • Do you who is responsible etc…

“How can I find out if permission for the work has been granted?”

Your local Tree Warden should know this answer, as they would have been asked to comment on any works requested to trees with Tree Preservation Orders. They would also be notified if permission had been granted or not on the tree. However, you can also use the on-line planning search tool.

Chillington Health Centre PPG Newsletter for July 2025

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Chillington Patient Participation Group are volunteers who meet regularly with the practice to discuss the services available, and how changes can be made for the benefit of patients and the practice.

Linked here is their latest Newsletter: Chillington PPG Newsletter July 2025

Neighbourhood Policing Surgery

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Neighbourhood Policing Surgery, Wednesday 27th August at 1400

Your local Neighbourhood Team will be at East Portlemouth and surrounding communities Neighbourhood Policing Surgery at Village Farm Cafe, East Portlemouth on 27th AUGUST 2025 at 14:00.

Please take this opportunity to raise any concerns you may have and to find out what we are doing to tackle the issues that matter to you.

Everyone is welcome and it would be great to see you there. For more information please contact me – PC 8327 McGREGOR on 18327@dc.police.uk

Chillington Health Centre PPG Newsletter for June 2025

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Chillington Patient Participation Group are volunteers who meet regularly with the practice to discuss the services available, and how changes can be made for the benefit of patients and the practice.

Linked here is their latest Newsletter: Chillington PPG Newsletter June 2025

Chillington Health Centre PPG Newsletter for May 2025

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Chillington Patient Participation Group are volunteers who meet regularly with the practice to discuss the services available, and how changes can be made for the benefit of patients and the practice.

Linked here is their latest Newsletter: Chillington PPG Newsletter May 2025

VE Day – 80th Anniversary

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A two-minute national silence will be held on Thursday 8th May at 12 noon (UK time),
to remember and thank those who fought for our freedom.

St. Winwaloe’s Church is joining churches all over the country to commemorate VE Day on Thursday 8th May. Our bell team will be ringing out in celebration at 6.30pm – just as church bells rang in 1945 to signal the end of the conflict.

Listen out on Thursday in East Portlemouth, or wherever you are in the country, and say a quiet prayer of thanksgiving – you might find one of these helpful:-

For those who served and died in the Second World War
O God of truth and justice,
we hold before you those men and women
who have died in active service, particularly in the Second World War,
whose sacrifice brought Victory in Europe.
As we honour their courage and cherish their memory,
may we put our faith in your future;
for you are the source of life and hope,
now and for ever.
Amen.

For those who serve today
O Lord God of Hosts,
stretch forth, we pray, your almighty arm
to strengthen and protect our service men and women.
Support them in times of conflict,
and in their rest and training keep them safe from all evil;
endue them with courage and loyalty;
and grant that in all things they may serve without reproach;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

For the peace of the world
O God, who would fold both heaven and earth in a single peace;
that the design of your great love lighten
upon the waste of our wraths and sorrows
and give peace to your church, peace among nations,
peace in our dwellings and peace in our hearts;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

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