Things don't look good for the 2015/16 budget.
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When is a consultation a waste?When it's organised by the Conservatives at County Hall.
Wiltshire Council news from Ernie Clark.Your Independent councillor for Hilperton.
The issue is not yet finalized...Following a lot of confidential work at Wiltshire Council by the planning team, I can now 'go public' with some news.
It would seem they were a late addition to the conditions.In order to try and sort out the issue of the provision of pedestrian crossings, I asked another formal question of WC.
Cuts, cuts and more cuts.WC has unveiled its proposals for how it plans to rise to the challenge of saving £30 million over the next year
Where will the axe fall on spending?dents are being encouraged to discuss the scale of the financial challenges facing Wiltshire Council and how it can tackle significant reductions in its funding at a series of public meetings
The parish council discussed the 2015/16 precept earlier this week.Due to the way that the system works, Hilperton was deemed by WC to have 'lost' about 60 houses during the year!
Not good news for them on the financial front.Balfour Beatty is the parent company of BBLP (Balfour Beatty Living Places).
Bad news for speculative house builders and land owners.
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A framework to shape the development and growth of Wiltshire for the next 12 years has been formally adopted by the council. |
There is an extraordinary meeting starting at 11.00.
The single-item agenda is to formally adopt the Wiltshire Core Strategy so that it has full weight in deciding planning applications in the county.
WC seems to make its own rules as it goes along...At a WC planning meeting on the 17th December I asked two questions. The questions, and answers, are given below.
Official closure news.I have now received official news that the closure of Church Street will NOT take place from the 19th.
Just days left to have your say.Wiltshire Council is reminding residents and business there are just a few days left to have their say in a comprehensive review of car parking across the county
A new card reading system will catch the cheats.An amnesty is being held for people to hand in concessionary bus passes that should no longer be in use ahead of a new ticketing system arriving in February.
Trowbridge station latest.Station improvements and side-effect of the electrification of the Bristol - London main line.
Speed Indicator Devices will be phased out.SID stands for Speed Indicator Device. These are the signs which flash if you are driving in excess of the speed limit.
Will the police precept increase this year?The Police & Crime Commissioner has today begun a public consultation on the cost of policing in 2015-16
Wiltshire Council has a £5million hole in its budgetsCalm will descend just before the HRR is due to open...
Temporary Closure of: B3105 (Part) Church Street, Hilperton (Ref: TTRO 3657)