Farmland Bird Survey – 2024
Information about the Farmland Bird Surveys, including the results of the 2022, 2023 and 2024 surveys can be found here.
Author Archive for: Richard Munro
Entries by Richard Munro
Digital Voice
Digital Voice is the replacement for analogue telephone landlines. It is being rolled out nationwide. Timescales for implementation have been pushed back. It was January 2025 for England but this is now January 2027. Each supplier is working to their own programme to meet that date. Residents are migrated based on individual criteria such as: […]
Road Safety Update
The latest Road Safety Update for the Warminster Area is attached.
Rights of Way Accessibility Monitoring
At its meeting on 21 August 2024 the Parish Council adopted a revised Rights of Way Accessibility Monitoring policy. See attached. For further Rights of Way guidance see under the Our Countryside drop down tab
Community Speed Watch
Volunteers are need for Community Speed Watch in the Upper Deverills. The commitment is only a couple of hours a month and you will always be working with someone else. The training is online and painless. Do contact Richard Munro if you would like to serve your community in a practical and meaningful way: […]
Parish Council Vacancy
There is a vacancy for a councillor on the Parish Council. Please contact the clerk or Chair if you are interested in being co-opted as a parish councillor.
Compulsory registration of poultry
New measures to protect the poultry sector better from future avian influenza (bird flu) outbreaks have been set out by the government. Under the changes announced there will be new requirements for all bird keepers – regardless of the size of their flock – to officially register their birds by 1st September 2024. Currently only […]
Revamp your tank: septic tank upgrade scheme
As part of ongoing efforts to improve infrastructure to increase efficiency, minimise pollution potential and reduce its carbon footprint, Wiltshire Council are offering to fund the upgrade of the sewage systems of private homeowners. They and Wessex Rivers Trust are collaborating to improve water quality in the Hampshire Avon catchment using a government grant. Details […]
Woolstore Theatre – The Ghost Train
The Arnold Ridley classic comedy-thriller The Ghost Train is stopping at the Woolstore Theatre, Codford, on Thursday 21st to Saturday 23rd March at 7:30pm. Six passengers find themselves stranded late at night in the waiting-room of an isolated Cornish railway station. Ignoring the ghostly tales and dire warnings of the stationmaster, they decide to stay where […]