Wiltshire Council's southern area planning committee recently gave permission for a new dwelling in Teffont. Then the developers came back with amended plans to build a loft conversion and a double garage.
The Government has announced a further 11 Enterprise Zones across the country, designed to boost local growth and create more than 30,000 new jobs by 2015. These Zones will have simplified planning rules, super-fast broadband and over £100m tax breaks for new businesses over the next four years.
Wiltshire Council's all-Conservative cabinet met on Friday 19th August to attempt to undo the damage done to the Salisbury economy by their decision to double parking fees in the city. In order to discourage too many protesters from attending, the meeting was held in Devizes, at the old Kennet District Council offices, beginning at the unusually early hour of 9.30am.
Results are in and schools across the borough are celebrating, following the release of provisional 'A' Level results today. Notable successes include:
Michael Bryant writes:
Wiltshire Council intends to use the hoardings around the bits of County Hall currently being rebuilt to broadcast messages to the local population on the wondrousness of WC.