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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.

Cabinet agreed yesterday (13 December 2022) to withdraw from the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) and to continue with its aspiration to deliver a road route and housing development to the south of Chippenham

A Royal Wootton Bassett resident has been issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice (FPN) by Wiltshire Council for dumping their household waste.

Wiltshire Council is offering advice to people on what they can do to support anyone they see sleeping rough on the streets. As numbers of rough sleepers have increased nationally and locally, the council wants people to be aware of the best option to provide real support.

Our services at Christmas - everything you need to know

Wiltshire residents are being reminded not to miss the letter that will drop through their door in the next two weeks to advise them of their new waste collection day.

A resident from The Friary in Salisbury has been issued with a fixed penalty notice for fly-tipping a sofa in a communal area.

Wiltshire Council's preparation for the construction at Melksham Community Campus site early last year revealed archaeological evidence from as early as the Iron Age (700BC to AD43), found by Cotswold Archaeology.

The household waste collection days for nearly all Wiltshire properties will change from Monday 28 February, as Wiltshire Council seeks to make the rounds more efficient.

The refurbishment work will get underway later this year