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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.

Rough sleeping can be isolating, it can be frightening living moment to moment in a state of flight, fright and freeze.

Wiltshire Council is continuing to make progress as it seeks a third-party organisation to help run City Hall in Salisbury as an entertainment venue.

The national campaign 16 Days of Action starts on 25 November and this year Wiltshire and Swindon wants to raise awareness of domestic abuse and to encourage people who know something isn't right, how they can help

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.

Two local organisations that provide housing and support to people who are homeless or at risk of homeless have benefited from £10,000 funding

Wiltshire Council has worked with contractor, Rigg Construction and employer's agent, Ridge and Partners, to build five social rent and shared ownership homes on a council-owned site at New Zealand Avenue, Salisbury.

The Devizes Leisure Centre testing site will close for in-person symptom-free COVID-19 testing, but continue to offer a test collection option

Wiltshire Council has been awarded £547,825 from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) to continue its rough sleeper prevention work, which has seen the rehousing of 130 rough sleepers in the county over the past 12 months.

Wiltshire Council has successfully prosecuted a landlord in Salisbury for three offences related to running an unlicensed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO).