Current Transport news from SBC (March 2017)

Works step up a gear at Junction 16 Works at Junction 16: Construction is now in full swing on both the eastbound and westbound off-slip roads, within the south side of the roundabout, and at the entrance to Upper Studley Farm. Next week, weather permitting, the contractor will start bringing a large volume of material… read more

Hodson Road Yellow Lines update

After contacting SBC Highways and Transport dept, we received the following update in regards to the yellow lines. To introduce a parking restriction involves a statutory process. An informal consultation will be carried out first for those who will be affected by the changes Once feedback has been considered a formal advertisement of the proposals… read more

Dog Warden Update

Jordan McEwan the warden has advised that she will be visiting Castle View Road to do patrols and stick up extra fouling notices. She has asked that information about times of day or suspected dog owners are passed on to her for investigation. Castle View residents (and others) are welcome to contact her direct on:… read more

Information from SBC Library eNewsletter

From SBC Library eNewsletter: Need help to access support in critical aspects of your life – such as your health and wellbeing, money, benefits or work?   Librarians have brought together some of their preferred and trusted websites in one convenient place! It’s called Information4living http://www.information4living.org.uk/   Fully searchable by postcode, the website links directly… read more

19th April Annual Parish meeting

Wednesday 19th April starting 7.00pm at the Chiseldon House Hotel is the Annual Parish Meeting. All residents are warmly invited to attend. Our guest speaker is the Police and Crime Commissioner Angus MacPherson who will be talking about the new community policing model and having a Q&A session. There will be reports on the years… read more

Local Writers Group

Thanks to all of you who contacted me when I suggested setting up a group to give mutual support, help and advice to local new and established writers, and apologies that it’s taken a while to get back to some of you. While it wouldn’t be practical to have too large a group (a, because… read more

Friends of the Path Feb work day

My thanks to Ian, Howard, Les, Mark, Chris and Tim.  We had a successful day, as you can see from the before-and-after pictures below.  Not only did we do a lot of clearing, we also removed four large bags of litter and fly tipping! The geology is now much more visible: and we had several… read more

Neighbourhood Watch open forum 25th March

Wiltshire Neighbourhood Watch A key player in the ‘One Team’ approach to reducing crime. Wiltshire Neighbourhood Watch Association is organising a series of Open Forum’s to inform and raise awareness of the ‘One Team One Approach’ community policing model recently introduced by Wiltshire Police.  The forum will also provide an opportunity to review how Neighbourhood… read more

Precautions against crime

I am sure everyone has seen the recent Facebook and news posts about thefts from vehicles and vandalism etc. Just a reminder to everyone to continue to keep all doors and windows locked (even when in the house) and vehicles secured at all times. It appears this sadly needs to be the norm, not just… read more

Ridgeway mobile phone App?

Would you like a Ridgeway mobile phone app? We’d like to know what you think about a mobile phone app for use along The Ridgeway – is it a good idea? This survey will take less than 2 minutes to complete: https://goo.gl/forms/D4h1wZGpybJABKb02 We are thinking about producing an app to enhance the visitor’s experience through… read more

Household waste in public rubbish bins

You may or may not know that the Parish Council is responsible for the weekly rubbish bin emptying. Our contractor has recently reported that bins are often filling up and overflowing on their weekly rounds due to people placing household rubbish in the bins. Whilst we applaud every effort to keep rubbish from being thrown… read more

What’s on for March 2017

WHAT’S ON IN MARCH 1 March                             Lent Lunch, Holy Cross Church Hall, 12.45pm 4 March                             Chiseldon Village Litter Pick, Strouds Hill, 10am—12 noon 4 March                             Borough Councillors’ Surgery, Calley Memorial Hall 11.30am – 12.30pm. NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE. 6 March                             Craft Club, Chiseldon House Hotel, 10am—12noon 6 March -3 April              Lent… read more

March meetings

Forthcoming Council meetings: Mon 13th March – Full council meeting Thurs 16th March – Environment meeting Mon 20th March – Recreation Meeting Wed 29th March – Finance Meeting All meetings have a public recess at the start where members of the public can address the chair for 5 minutes.

Update from ChIRP – Church Interior Renovation Project

ChIRP 2018 – Church Interior Renovation Project Update We’re off! The calendar is quickly filling up with fundraising events during 2017 and there will be something for everyone whatever the weather!  People’s generosity has been overwhelming, with offers to run events, financial donations, prizes for competitions, offers of skills and services – its very clear… read more

Annual Parish Meeting 19th April

Date Announcement: On Wednesday 19th April from 7.00pm we will be holding the Annual Parish Meeting in the Chiseldon House Hotel. All residents of the Parish are invited to attend. Our first confirmed guest speaker is the Police and Crime Commissioner Angus MacPherson who will be giving a talk on Community Policing in Wiltshire. Further… read more