Broad Town Parish Council – Inspection of Accounts 2023-2024

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As per the provisions of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015, Broad Town Parish Council has made its Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) for the year 2023-24 available for inspection by any interested person, together with all accounting records; books; deeds; contracts; bills; vouchers; receipts and other documents relating to these records.
If you have any issues to raise or wish to see the full accounts, please contact the Parish Clerk at . In accordance with the guidelines, the full accounts are available to view between the 12th June and the 21st July 2024.
The full Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) documents and internal audit reports can be found here under the financial year 2023-24
Broad Town Parish Council qualifies for an exemption from an external audit, due to it having income/expenditure below £25,000 in 2023-24. The completed and signed Certificate of Exemption for 2023-24 can be found below.

Defra’s Property Flood Resilience Repair Grant Scheme – Storm Babet (Oct 2023) & Storm Henk (Jan 2024) June Update

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See below communication from Wiltshire Council about Defra’s Property Flood Resilience Repair Grant Scheme.

 

As you may know, Wiltshire experienced 3 named storms, over 100 communities affected, 300+ properties internally flooded and, until very recently, we were unfortunately still experiencing flooding events.

We apologies for not getting around to all communities affected, unfortunately with the storm events and continuous flooding issues we have not been able to get around to all areas affected.

We would like to thank those who have provided information on the flooding events and for your patience whilst we process the PFR Grant Scheme.

A good number of cluster sites have been prepared for the surveyors to visit, information will be shared with them shortly and details of visits will be agreed. We do not currently have provisional dates to share.

If you have already completed a survey, undertaken by a suitably qualified survey, please send the report with all supporting information to

Records of the flooding events are still being received and data collated, any additional information, photos and video can be emailed to the address above.

Further information on the OFWG can be found on our website: Operational flood working groups – Wiltshire Council

 

Wiltshire Briefings

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See below the latest Briefing Notes from Wiltshire Council.

White Horse cantering into Spring!

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Huge thanks to the team of volunteers who worked hard last Sunday weeding and re-liming Broad Town’s White Horse.  The horse looks magnificent and a credit to our village.

We were accompanied by two reporters for the BBC Tadio 4 programme “Open Country” which will air on 6 June and on BBC Sounds thereafter.

Particular thanks to:

Rupert for conveying our equipment to the top.

The Hortons for procuring the lime on our behalf and transporting it to the Horse.

Paul Olsen for his drone photos.

Jason for arriving over the hill like the US cavalry with beer supplies. Horse3

 

Andrew Law

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Briefing Note 24-09, Defra Simpler Recycling Update

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Below see attached a copy of briefing note 24-09, Defra Simpler Recycling update; this provides an update following a recent announcement from Defra on their Simpler Recycling Policy.

Annual Parish Meeting Monday 20th May 2024

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Dear all,

Just a note to remind that the Annual Parish Meeting is to be held Monday 20th May 2024, at 6.30 in the Village Hall, where all are warmly welcomed to attend and hear what the Parish Council and its working groups has been doing over the last year, plans for the coming year, and welcoming questions and queries from our residents.

Best wishes,

Caroline White,

Parish Clerk

Temporary Traffic Regulation Order for Broad Chalke History Festival commencing 24th June 2024

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Section 16A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
Various Temporary Traffic Restrictions: Chalke Valley History Festival, Broad Chalke
(Ref: TTRO 9537)
Notice is hereby given that the Wiltshire Council has made an Order to:
Temporarily introduce a One-Way traffic restriction on the following roads in the specified
directions:
a) Howgare Road (Part), Broad Chalke; from the county boundary in a northerly direction
to its junction with Newtown. Direction of permitted travel northbound only.
b) Newtown, Broad Chalke; from its junction with C12 High Road to its junction with
Howgare Road. Direction of permitted travel south westbound only.
c) UC Road (Bury Orchard), Broad Chalke; from its junction with Howgare Road to its
junction with C65 The Causeway. Direction of permitted travel northbound only.
And to close temporarily to all traffic (access will be maintained for residents):
d) Knighton Road, Broad Chalke; from its junction with Newtown for its entire length.
e) Bulls Lane, Broad Chalke; from its junction with Howgare Road to its junction with C65
South Street.
And to close temporarily to all traffic, including pedestrians:
f) Bridleway 6, Broad Chalke; from its junction with Hogware Road to its junction with
Footpath 39, Broad Chalke.
g) Footpath 9, Broad Chalke; from its junction with Bridleway 6, Broad Chalke to its
junction with Footpath 10, Broad Chalke.
h) Footpath 10, Broad Chalke; from its northern junction with Footpath 9, Broad Chalke to
its southern junction with Footpath 9, Broad Chalke.
The Order is made to ensure public safety during the period of Chalke Valley History
Festival. The restrictions will be clearly indicated by traffic signs.
This Order will come into operation on 24 June 2024 and it is anticipated that the restrictions
will be in operation until 01 July 2024. Closures f) – h) will come into operation on 29 June
2024 and will be required between the hours of 12:00 and 17:00 for 2 days.
For further information please contact Rachel Holland (CVHF) on 07776380784.

D-Day Anniversary event 6th June

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Wootton Basset Town Council are hosting a D-Day 80th Anniversary event that we are hosting on Thursday 6th June 2024 from 6.30pm – 9.30pm, at Royal Wootton Bassett Rugby Football Club, Ballard’s Ash, Malmesbury Road, Royal Wootton Bassett, SN4 8DS.

This is a FREE Community outdoor event for all the family to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day landings.

41 Degrees will be headlining the event, also featuring The Wessex Male Choir, and Cantanti Choir. Scarrotts will have a small selection of fairground attractions for the children, there will be vintage cars on display. Drinks will be available to purchase from the Rugby club’s mobile bar.
The food available to purchase will be lovely fish and chips, for a very specific reason. This is a nod to the significant role fish and chips played to ensure the safety of our troops on foreign soil. Soldiers aware of others in the vicinity, and not knowing if friend or foe, called out ‘Fish’. If the response was ‘Chips’ he was certain the unseen person was a friend.   It is also National Fish and Chips Day!

The lighting of the Beacon is taking place throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and UK Overseas Territories and will be lit at 9.15pm, which is when we will be lighting ours after a tribute is read by the mayor.

Local area priorities consultation

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Wiltshire Council is running an online survey gathering information about what local people feel are the important themes and priorities for their area.  The short survey asks people to choose their key themes and then, for their top three, tell us further detail about those issues.  It shouldn’t take any longer than 10mins to complete.

The responses we get back will help to inform Wiltshire Council’s planning for the coming years and also help to shape RWB&C Area Board’s priorities for the coming year.  We really want to hear about the issues that are important to local people so we can channel resources into making changes where they’re wanted.

It’s available for the next two weeks and will close on 7th May: https://surveys.wiltshire.gov.uk/s/ad7x4r

Village Tidy Up Saturday 27th April 10am Village Hall

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It’s the time of year for us to give the village a spring clean.

Meet at the Village Hall from 10am for a village tidy and litter pick up. We will be providing litter picker tongs, gloves, bin bags and Hi-Viz vests to teams of willing helpers. We are also looking for volunteers with spades/shovels and buckets to weed the pavements.

~ There will be bacon butties / refreshments provided as a reward! ~