Winter Closing Hours
The Clerks office will be closed from Friday 21st December 11.30 to Wed 2nd Jan 9.30. The telephone will not be monitored during this time and emails will be checked periodically for any urgent issues.
The Clerks office will be closed from Friday 21st December 11.30 to Wed 2nd Jan 9.30. The telephone will not be monitored during this time and emails will be checked periodically for any urgent issues.
The Council has listened to the concerns of residents in Chiseldon and removed a piece of land from the Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment. For more information, see SBC removes Chiseldon site from SHELAA
Improvement work on the GWR network at Christmas Dear David I promised to keep you updated on improvement work over the Christmas period and thought it would be helpful to share the link to our dedicated web page, which details the work scheduled to take place between 23 December – 3 January 2019. https://www.gwr.com/travel-updates/planned-engineering/christmas –… read more
All Swindon Libraries will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. For full details of individual Library opening hours over the festive period visit their individual pages on the Council’s website. The opening hours for the Council’s Customer Services will be affected between Friday, 21 December and Wednesday, 2 January. On… read more
Households in Swindon are being reminded of some important changes to waste and recycling collections over the festive period. Swindon Borough Council’s waste and recycling crews will be out collecting as normal, providing the weather conditions ensure it is safe to do so. Only two days will be affected by the changes and tags have… read more
The Wasdell Group have submitted their planning application for a Science Park at Inlands Farm off Pack Hill, Wanborough. Their proposal is to build 3 industrial units over 3 phases in fields between Wanborough and the North Wessex Downs Area of Natural Beauty (AONB). The area sits within an area of Non-Coalescence (NC3), an area… read more
Download the M4 Junction 15 Improvements Meeting Notes as a PDF
From Swindon Borough Council Highways: Further to previous correspondence – there appear to be a couple of “windows” in the weather this week that hopefully will allow us to refresh the road markings on the A346 Plough Hill (M4 J15 to Chiseldon). Contractors will work overnight this week to complete the work over several nights… read more
Households in Swindon are being reminded of some important changes to waste and recycling collections over the festive period. Swindon Borough Council’s waste and recycling crews will be out collecting as normal, providing the weather conditions ensure it is safe to do so. Only two days will be affected by the changes and tags have… read more
People looking to do their final bits of Christmas shopping at the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Centre Swindon will be able to take advantage of a free park and ride service from this weekend. And anyone using the service, or local bus services, will also receive 10 per cent off their shopping at participating stores, thanks… read more
Christmas And New Year Bus Services If you are using the bus services over the festive season, it is worth checking both Stagecoach West and Sailsbury Reds website. The last buses into the Chiseldon area on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve will be the X5 18:30 service, which does come around the top part… read more
Swindon Borough Council will be collecting real Christmas Trees for recycling between the 7th January and 1st February 2019. Please make sure to: Remove all lights and decorations Place at the front of your property, clearly visible from the road Too big for two to handle? Then cut into more manageable pieces Check the garden… read more
Some of Swindon’s most vulnerable people are finally able to come in from the cold as the Council’s winter homeless provision welcomes its first guests of this week. Following the success of last year’s scheme, the Council’s Temporary Winter Housing Provision has launched again this year and the 12 people who will be taking part… read more
Last night the Council’s Cabinet agreed Swindon’s 10 year Waste Strategy. The document sets out the principles for how we will deal with waste over the coming years and also proposes actions to start to achieve the strategy in the first year. We have created a website to explain the strategy which you can access… read more
Opening a door of your advent calendar takes the same amount of time as testing your smoke alarms. Test yours now by pressing their buttons. Press the test button on your smoke alarms, it could just save you and your loved ones’ lives.
A big thank you to the 3000+ people who responded to our survey in September/ October to inform Swindon’s future waste and recycling services. The results have been analysed and used as part of the development of the draft waste strategy being considered by the Council’s Cabinet this evening (5 December). Your feedback directly influenced… read more
People in Swindon are being asked to take part in a survey which aims to understand the demand for electric vehicle charging points in the town. Swindon Borough Council is conducting the survey to find out from local people what they think about electric and hybrid vehicles and what infrastructure needs to be provided in… read more
Dear Mrs Clair Wilkinson, Thank you for supporting Brighter Futures (Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund) with your generous gift through the Big Give. Here is your donation information: Donation: £500.00 Gift Aid: Not Claimed Donation reference: T636791807856400537U226311C334188-97102 Reference on credit/debit card statement: CharityCheckout.co.uk A full record of your donation is available here Your… read more
It’s that festive time of year, why not escape the shopping and relax with a book? We have some festive happenings going on so read on to find out more… Visit The Library Shop at STEAM Look out for the Swindon Library shop this year at STEAM Museum, where we will be joining other local artists… read more
Hodson Road, Chiseldon Pegasus Group and Hannick Homes are holding a public consultation event to display proposals for approximately 40 dwellings on land to the north east of Hodson Road, Chiseldon. Members of the local community are invited to attend the public consultation event on. Thursday 13th December 2018 Between 2pm and 7pm at Chiseldon… read more