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Following a break for Christmas, the improvement works taking place at the junction of Church Street and Union Street in Trowbridge will restart again on Tuesday 3 January 2023.

The improvement works taking place at the junction of Church Street and Union Street in Trowbridge will temporarily pause for the Christmas period from Friday 23 December 2022 and will restart again on Tuesday 3 January 2023.

Wiltshire Council is reminding people in the Salisbury area that major changes to their phone and broadband services are coming, as Openreach and other telecoms companies are upgrading old analogue telephone landlines to new digital networks.

Wiltshire Council has received the first £700,000 of Government funding to invest in a number of projects in the county. The initial funding is for the first year, which runs until 31 March 2023, and there will be further funding of up to £5m over the next two financial years.

Local people have until Friday 9 December 2022 to comment on Wiltshire Council's planning application to refurbish and remodel the Grade II listed Town Hall in Trowbridge.

At their meeting on Tuesday 13 December 2022, Cabinet will consider a recommendation for Wiltshire Council to effect a withdrawal from the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) and to consider possible next steps for the Future Chippenham programme.

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Wiltshire Council is urging businesses and organisations in the county to submit plans for funding that will help Wiltshire communities to continue to thrive.

The consultation on the Wiltshire Local Plan review has now ended, with more than 2,500 responses received so far.

Wiltshire Council has submitted bids to the Department for Transport (DfT) for funding to develop feasibility studies for two new stations in Wilton and Corsham, as part of the Restoring Your Railway Ideas Fund to link the two towns to the national rail network.