City & Country will be holding a third stage of public consultation on the future of Burderop Park on the 11th October. Local residents are invited to drop in from 3pm-7pm to view the masterplan, layout and landscape proposals, talk to the team and provide feedback. The event will be held at Burderop Park… read more
Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA) and Call for Sites The Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA) is a key component of the evidence base to support the delivery of sufficient land for housing and economic development in order to meet identified development needs in the Local Plan and the emerging… read more
Opening Night of the First Harbour Fest Swindon AND the Launch of Swindon City of Sanctuary You can now book your FREE ticket for the opening night of the first Harbour Fest Swindon AND the Launch of Swindon City of Sanctuary! On Thursday 13th October join us for a special evening – Special guests including… read more
LEGO® Heaven In Store At This Weekend’s Great Western Brick Show (Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 October 2016) This weekend, STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway will be turned into LEGO® heaven as the popular Great Western Brick Show gets underway. Every year, LEGO® fans from the Brickish Association bring their stunning creations… read more
From 5th November the Stagecoach service no.8 will cease to run. There will be a 2 hourly service no80 which will go past the Patriot’s Arms and then turn left going to Marlborough. There will be a new 2 hourly service no81 which again goes to the Patriot’s Arms roundabout and then turns right… read more
PUBLIC NOTICE SWINDON BOROUGH COUNCIL SECTION 14 – THE ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 NOTICE OF TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF BUTTS ROAD, CHISELDON This Order is being introduced to allow carriageway resurfacing works and the effect with to prevent vehicles from proceeding on Butts Road. Traffic will be diverted along Marlborough… read more
Swindon Borough Council have advised that the tree’s in The Crescent will be pollarded before Christmas 2016.
We’d like to make businesses in Wiltshire aware of a number of scam calls reported today. This morning, we received a call from a business reporting that they had received a phonecall from a man who claimed to be a Wiltshire police officer. He insisted on being transferred to the managing director. When he was… read more
A message from SBC: Dear Stakeholder The consultation on the proposal for the future of Swindon’s library service closes on Friday, 30th September. We welcome and value your feedback on the proposal. If you haven’t had an opportunity to complete the questionnaire, please click on the link below to read all about the proposal and… read more
In regards to the Swindon Train station upgrade work, there is a public drop in session for residents at the Lecture Hall at the UTC Swindon, Bristol St, SN1 5ET from 5pm to 8pm on Thursday October 6th. Please go along if you have any queries on the project.
Please see attached an update from the Washpool team on their excellent work on maintaining this lovely local area. Our thanks to them. news-from-the-washpool-sept-16-for-oct
Please see the attached document for details from Swindon Borough Council on the forthcoming M4 J16 work. communication-from-sbc-on-m4-j16
Please see the attached document for information. These works will be from Nov 2016 to Oct 2017. briefing-note-swindon-station-sept-2016
Chiseldon Parish Council require quotes for Lime Plastering work to be done at the Old Chapel on Butts Road. You must be expert in lime plastering on old buildings and be able to provide good references to show previous work of this nature. Please contact the Clerk on our website contact details to arrange a… read more
Chiseldon Parish Council have a vacancy for a new Parish Councillor If you are interested in serving your community and would like to be actively involved in the future of the Parish then perhaps you could join the Chiseldon Parish Council? We currently have a vacancy and would be delighted to hear from anyone who would… read more
The Clerk’s office will be closed at 10.15 for the rest of the day on Friday 26th Sept. You can still leave a voicemaill message on the office phone or email if you need to ask a question or pass anything on. Thanks
We had a successful day, along the mile between Chiseldon Firs and Whitefield Farm. We cleared overhanging trees to allow more height … … nettles and brambles to allow more width (these shots are before, and after) … … and to allow some signs to be seen again … The Path was being… read more
TRANSPORT REPORT – OCTOBER 2016 Following the change to the X5 service which now only stops on the main road, we have a noticed an increase in people using Service 8 to go into Swindon. Long may this continue and we would like to see more residents using the bus service. It is a coincidence… read more
“Acoustic in the Alley” – Meets at the Brown Jack, Wroughton, SN4 0RT, in the pub’s skittle alley, on the fourth Thursday of the month, at 8 p.m. Free parking. £1 admission. All welcome to sing or just listen – just let us know on the way in. Informal, friendly club. People sing, play or… read more
Liddington Village Hall are hosting a talk about our location being within the Area of Outstanding National Beauty on the 17th October at 7.30. Everyone is welcome.