VDSs are prepared by local communities, and define the special character of their village, as a basis for ensuring that new development in their area fits its surroundings and is in keeping with that…
Huge changes to housing benefit are on the way which will bring a tsunami of misery in their wake. Anyone of working age with a spare room in their house will lose 15 per cent of their benefit, 25…
Businesses in Salisbury say they're still feeling the effects of the drastic increase in car parking charges imposed by Wiltshire's Conservative administration last year. In a letter to councillors…
Wiltshire Councillors have paid a visit to the new plant on the Northacre Trading Estate. Construction is more or less complete and the building is now due to be fitted out ready for opening in…
Trowbridge Cricket Club has been told to stop playing loud music. Following complaints from neighbours and an application by Wiltshire Council's Environmental Health Department a review of their…
Business rates, or National Non-Domestic Rates, are collected by local councils. Many people are under the impression that the council gets to keep the cash, but in practice the whole bag of loot is…
An update on plans by the Trowbridge Town Hall Trust for the transfer of the Town Hall to them goes to Wiltshire Council's Capital Assets Committee next week. WC intends to keep its options open by…
The speed limit review carried out in 2009 by Wiltshire Council initially recommended that there be no change to the 40mph speed limit on the A30 through the village.
Wiltshire Council has confirmed that Adult Social Services boss Sue Redmond has taken 'voluntary redundancy' and has left the council. This follows the decision made by the WC Cabinet in November to…
Wiltshire Council has announced that a multi-million pound contract to maintain Wiltshire highways and streetscene has been awarded to Balfour Beatty Living Places, subject to a 10-day stand still…
