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Residents who decided to defer council tax payment as a result of COVID-19 are being reminded that payments are starting this month. In March, Wiltshire Council gave all residents the option to defer paying council tax in April and May to help ease any financial pressure they were under at the time. In total, more […]
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From Wednesday (17 June) Wiltshire Council’s Registration Service will recommence face to face appointments for the registration of births at its Chippenham, Trowbridge and Salisbury offices. The council is in the process of contacting all parents whose children were born in Wiltshire but have been unable to register their child due to the lockdown restrictions. […]
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The next stage of the footway improvements in the Town Centre is set to start soon. Wiltshire Council intends to carry out works to improve the footway on the western side of the High Street in Melksham, between the Market Place and the signalised pedestrian crossing. The works will involve excavating the existing surface and […]
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Online booking system for Wiltshire’s household recycling centres launches later this week Wiltshire Council will launch a new online booking system later this week to allow people to book a visit to any household recycling centre (HRC) in the county, up to three days in advance. From Thursday 4 June, people will be able to […]
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Wiltshire Council is set to receive £227,000 of government funding to support the use of temporary and pop-up measures to create a safe environment for walking and cycling. It is not yet know how much of this funding will be available for the Melksham Community Area. Following significant changes in travel behaviours during COVID-19 which […]
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Following the recent change to Government guidance, Wiltshire Council’s street markets will be open from Monday 1 June with stallholders now able to sell their full range of goods. This means that the market in Melksham will return on 2nd June. Melksham Councillor Jon Hubbard commented, "I am delighted that the full market in Melksham […]
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Wiltshire Council have issued a notice that Forest Lane will be closed between Melksham and Lacock between 9.30am and 3.30pm for the week commencing 6th July 2020 to enable BT to undertake cabling work. The notice reads: Wiltshire Council Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 Temporary Closure of: Forest Lane, Lacock and […]
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A new information booklet to help parents prepare their children for the return to school has been produced. Wiltshire Council has created a short guide with some tips to help families prepare as early years settings and schools plan to welcome more children from certain year groups from 1 June. Schools have been open for […]
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Wiltshire Council will reintroduce parking charges at all car parks, and on residential and on-street parking areas in the county from Monday 1 June. All parking permits and season tickets will also restart from this date, and parking wardens will enforce any parking contraventions in the county. On 25 March, the government gave NHS and […]
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This Covid-19 emergency has brought out the best in people, and unfortunately at times the worst. For many people, the sudden changes in their lives, the removal of certain civil liberties, the sudden closure of facilities that lives had been shaped around and the artificial and unnatural social distancing has proven unbearable. Credit is due […]
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Wiltshire Council is making changes to the time it takes for signal controlled pedestrian crossings to turn to the green man to reduce the amount of time pedestrians are stood at a crossing, and in turn aid social distancing. At most pedestrian crossings in Wiltshire, it can take up to 30 seconds from the time […]
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On Wednesday we had an Area Board Community Briefing held online. If you weren't able to come along to the meeting, you can catch up on what happened here.
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