The Parish Council is funded through a portion of your council tax charge. A ‘precept’ is issued to Swindon Borough Council who add the charge to your base council tax, much as the police and fire services do.
How the funding is changing
In 2016, Swindon Borough Council embarked upon a project to reduce expenditure in a number of non-essential areas in order for it to be redirected towards duties such as adult social care and child protection. As a result, the Parish Council agreed to take on the responsibility of a package of services such as grass cutting, shrub maintenance, and litter picking in public areas. Please visit Finance, Policies/Contracts & HR – Chiseldon Parish Council to find out more about the budget and precept.
Looking to the future
The Council is also working to improve the facilities it provides in the Parish. Most significantly the council intends to improve the playing fields and changing rooms while at the same time putting money to one side to replace the recreation hall, which will be nearing its end of life soon, with a multi-purpose building which will become the heart of the Parish.
It is hoped that these improvements will open up income-generation opportunities for the council which will reduce its reliance on the precept alone.
Parish Size in 2017
Swindon Borough Council performed a Community Governance Review in 2015 which resulted in the formation of new Parish Councils within Swindon and the surrounding area. As part of that review, two areas that were within Chiseldon Parish, namely Coate and Badbury Park were moved into the Central Swindon South Parish Council area. The resultant effect being a decrease in the number of residences sharing the burden of the Chiseldon precept. The number of Band D equivalent homes was reduced from 1144.4 to 996.40 due to this change.
Use of S106 funds
At our August 2023 full council meeting, the council voted to request the following S106 funds be allocated for use in Chiseldon for our own projects, from funds held with SBC.
| C381, C376 | Commonhead – Badbury Park | Off site provision of sports facilities. | To be used for Chiseldon PC for their project to create a new sports/community hub, with open spaces on its land off Norris Close in Chiseldon. |
| C271, C330 and C353 | Commonhead – Badbury | Road safety improvements, Traffic regulation orders and Traffic management measures. | To be used for Chiseldon PC to create a new footpath from Hodson Road Chiseldon, to the T junction at Burderop Park. From our emerging Neighbourhood plan. |
Update, October 2024 – The Parish Council’s requests for these funds were refused by SBC
Contact us
If you want to discuss any aspect of the Council’s finances, then please contact the Parish Clerk or feel free to attend one of our meetings which have a dedicated public recess.