News and communications

Wiltshire Council held a live webinar last night (25 January) to provide more information about its budget proposals.

Following recent new guidance from the Environment Agency, residents will see new bins at Wiltshire's Household Recycling Centres allocated for the separate disposal of upholstered domestic seating, such as sofas, armchairs, and home office chairs.

Wiltshire Council has released an updated version of its smartphone app, MyWilts, and is reminding residents that it is the quickest and easiest way to report issues such as road defects, fly-tipping, trading standards issues and more.

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.

With Christmas fast approaching, Wiltshire Council is letting people know the best ways they can recycle their waste this Christmas, including the new kerbside battery collection service.

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.