Conservatives Increase Majority Following Local Election

Of the 19 seats up for election, just one changed hands leaving the Conservatives with 31 seats, Labour with 24 and the Liberal Democrats with two seats. The Conservatives gained their only seat in Penhill and Upper Stratton with Oladapo Ibitoye (1,086) being elected ahead of the Labour Party candidate Kate Linnegar (785), Independent candidate… read more

Community Engagement in the Planning Process

The Borough Council has reviewed the 2013 version of the Statement of Community Involvement in Planning. The purpose of this document is to advise how the Borough Council will engage with the community in the planning process. The review was carried out in order to bring the SCI up to date and to take account… read more

Welcome to our new Parish Cllr, Ian Kearsey

The Parish Council are delighted to welcome our new Parish Cllr, Ian Kearsey to the council. Ian was co-opted on Monday and we are really pleased to have him on board. Ian introduces himself as follows: “I relocated to Swindon in 1984 joining WH Smith’s IT department (left in 2000), and have lived in Chiseldon… read more

Chairman’s annual report 2019

At the recent Annual Parish meeting there were a number of presentations which will be uploaded to this site. For more information, read the outgoing Chair’s report. All reports will be in the annual meetings sections once published.

Chairs Annual Speech

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT – The Annual Assembly of the Parish Meeting for CHISELDON will be held at The Recreation Hall, off Norris Close, Chiseldon on Monday 13th May 2019 at 7.30pm Local Government electors for the Town will be entitled to vote at the Meeting which will be open to the public. For… read more

Vacancy for Councillors

Notice is hereby given that by reason of an uncontested election on 2nd May 2019, a number of vacancies has occurred among the members of the Parish Council. Any person willing to fill this vacancy should apply to the Clerk in writing (email is acceptable) on or before Friday 10th May 2019. Applicants should be… read more

Notice of Uncontested Election Chiseldon

Election of a Parish Councillor for both Chiseldon and Badbury Ward on Thursday 2 May 2019. Notice of Uncontested Election Chiseldon – Chiseldon (9KB PDF) Notice of Uncontested Election Chiseldon – Badbury (7KB PDF) For more information, see the May 2019 Local Elections page.

Annual Parish Meeting

Annual Parish meeting. The annual meeting will be Monday 29th April this year at the Chiseldon House Hotel from 7.30pm. All residents are invited to attend this meeting which is designed to give residents an update of the past 12 months activities and the plans for the next 12 months. We have 2 guest speakers… read more

Where does your council tax go?

This year’s council tax information booklet, which tells people exactly how their council tax is spent, is being delivered with all council tax bills in Swindon. It includes updates on the Council’s budget for this year and how it will be spent, as well as what your council tax helped to achieve for Swindon. Read… read more

New financial year

On 1st April the Parish Council’s new financial year starts. As well as all the regular works we have to attend to, we have set aside some funds for specific projects in the parish. For the year 2019/20 they are: New metal gate at the entrance to the Sir Henry Calley Memorial Garden to replace… read more

Swindon Waste Strategy Specials

Last night the Council’s Cabinet agreed Swindon’s 10 year Waste Strategy. The document sets out the principles for how we will deal with waste over the coming years and also proposes actions to start to achieve the strategy in the first year. We have created a website to explain the strategy which you can access… read more