Over the next few weeks, all houses in the parish should see an A4 size ‘brown envelope’ drop through their letterbox!!
It will contain a parish council newsletter and, more importantly, a Housing Needs Survey from Wiltshire Council.
Please ensure that you complete the survey and post it back to WC in the reply paid envelope supplied..
Candidate information packs will be available from Wiltshire Council from Thursday 15th October. Completed nomination forms have to be returned to Wiltshire Council between 10.00am and 4.00pm starting from Friday 16th October. The deadline for receipt of nominations is 4.00pm on Friday 23rd October.
The required number of Hilperton residents have contacted WC requesting that a by-election be held to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Cllr. Viv Bielecki last month
More details will be posted as they are known but the cost of the by-election, which has to be paid for by the council tax payers of Hilperton, could be in the region of £5,000.
A vacancy has arisen on the Parish Council. A Notice of Vacancy is to be published on the Wiltshire Council website on Friday 2nd Ocober 2015.
Full details of the post and expiry date are available in the Hilperton Notice of Vacancy 02Oct2015
Next planning meeting is at 6.30pm on 8th SEPT 2015.
You can download the agenda HERE
The parish council has agreed to underwrite the cost of preparing a Neighbourhood Plan. This will take quite a while to complete but will have status as Supplementary Planning Guidance.
This means that Wiltshire Council has to take the contents into consideration when preparing plans for housing etc.
It really is essential that one is drawn up a.s.a.p. and willing volunteers are sought by the parish council. Please contact the Chairman or the parish council clerk for more information.
The next council meeting will be in the village hall starting at 7.30pm
The meeting is in the committee room which is situated on the first floor of the village hall in Whaddon Lane.
At the start of the meeting, there will be an opportunity for members of the public to address the council about any item on the agenda.
Members of the public are asked not to arrive before 7.20.
If you have any items you would like placed on a future agenda please contact the parish clerk or any parish councillor.
The agenda will be posted here
The Village has recently acquired more land for use as allotments adjoining the playing field in Whaddon Lane. A small parcel of this land has been set aside to create a Village Orchard and two Parish Councillors: Wolsey Jameson and Pam Fisher along with resident expert Mark Newbery have been asked to get this project up and running.
We are actively seeking ideas and knowledge to help us make this a successful venture, so if anyone has experience of similar projects or knowledge of particular varieties of fruit trees that they can recommend please get in touch, we would love to hear your ideas.