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Wiltshire Council takes positive planning action on unauthorised Salisbury shopfront

Wiltshire Council has issued a £400 fixed penalty notice (FPN) to a Swindon resident who paid an unlicenced person to dispose of their domestic waste. The waste was subsequently fly-tipped in a layby in Winterbourne Monkton, near the Avebury World Heritage Site, and was inspected by Environmental Enforcement Officers.

Wiltshire Council has successfully been allocated almost £10m in funding as part of a government nutrient mitigation scheme to reduce the environmental impact of new developments in the Hampshire Avon river catchment.

Wiltshire Council will be seeking to work with a specialist contractor to help deliver energy efficiency measures to up to 175 existing homes in the county.

Wiltshire Council's Strategic Planning Committee voted to defer the planning application from Northacre Renewable Energy Ltd for an energy from waste facility in Westbury.

Several services and assets in Bradford on Avon have today (Friday 1 April) been passed from Wiltshire Council to Bradford on Avon Town Council to enable the local community to have more say in how their services are run.

Cabinet will consider whether to release £8.75m of CIL funding for two education and environmental projects

The work will take place from 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday and it's anticipated it will take around three months to complete

Wiltshire Council has won a legal case brought by Old Sarum Airfield Ltd over an alleged breach of contract regarding an unsuccessful planning application on the site.

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