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Published on June 22, 2021
Democracy, Wiltshire Council Style
Wiltshire Council has given the go ahead for the controversial waste incinerator to be built in Westbury, despite fierce local opposition. The council’s Strategic Planning Committee voted through the proposal…
Second community fridge planned for Westbury
WESTBURY will benefit from a second community fridge, to help any resident in need, after the town council approved funding. Policy and resources committee members gave the nod to town…
Guide dog yard sale a great success!
THE local Westbury and Warminster Guide Dog group held a yard sale on the weekend of 12th and 13th June, and stayed open for a couple of days after that.…
Town council mounts campaign for future funding for Westbury
WESTBURY Town Council is asking Wiltshire Council for more funding after it was revealed the town has been excluded from the unitary authority’s Levelling Up application to the government, even…
MP requests Secretary of State has final say on incinerator
Local MP, Andrew Murrison, has today (15th June) written to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government to request that the Secretary of State makes the final decision about…
It’s not too late to influence councillors’ decision, says protest group
With local Wiltshire councillors making the decision, local protest group WGAG/ NWI say it’s not too late to write to councillors to express your views. Last week, Northacre Renewable Energy…
D-Day for waste incinerator decision. Meeting will be live streamed – 10.30am, 22nd June
THE decision on whether to give Northacre Renewable Energy Limited (NREL) permission to build a controversial waste incinerator in the town will be made at a meeting of Wiltshire…
Westbury deserves more, says councillors
WESTBURY town councillors’ longheld frustrations that the town is missing out on much-needed government support and funding have been further fuelled by the latest revelation that Wiltshire Council is looking…
Westbury’s new weekly market – and more events to come
WESTBURY is opening a new weekly market in the high street to welcome people back to the town centre following lockdown and help bolster local shops and businesses. The new…
Councillors disappointed by 145-homes plan
A BID to build 145 homes in the Ham is “disappointing” and “totally inappropriate”, Westbury Town Council says. The council’s planning committee has objected to Land Value Alliances LLP’s application…
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Democracy, Wiltshire Council Style.
Wiltshire Council has given the go ahead for the controversial waste incinerator to be built in Westbury, despite fierce local opposition.
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