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Ambitious plans to transform a key site in the heart of Trowbridge town centre are set to proceed after outline planning permission was granted yesterday, 29 November 2023.

Wiltshire Council has been successful in being awarded £50,000 for community orchards as part of a new Government tree planting initiative, which celebrates this year's Coronation of King Charles III.

Following enforcement action by Wiltshire Council, Swindon Magistrates Court has ordered the owners of 3 High Street, Warminster, to make the building and scaffolding outside of it safe.

A Swindon resident has been ordered to pay £440 in fines after giving her household waste to an unlicensed waste collector, who then fly-tipped it in Lyneham, in the Wiltshire Council authority area

The Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire, Mrs Sarah Troughton has attended a tree planting ceremony at Bourne Hill Secret Garden in Salisbury, organised by Wiltshire Council.

As this winter may be milder and wetter than normal, Wiltshire Council is advising residents in the county to be prepared for a potentially increased risk of flooding.

There are now less than two weeks to take part in the Wiltshire Local Plan review consultation, and for people to have their say on where future developments may be built in the county in the next 15 years.

The last of Wiltshire Council's online engagement sessions to explain more about the ongoing Local Plan review consultation has ended, with 1,321 people joining the events.

People are urged to submit applications digitally through the Wiltshire Council website to avoid unnecessary delays.

Wiltshire Council is increasing its partnership working with Wiltshire Police to conduct roadside checks on people carrying waste in order to disrupt and prosecute fly-tippers. These people are breaking both stay at home government guidance and fly-tipping laws.