We've been deliberately slow to react to the news last Thursday (12/11/2020) from the Department for Transport that Secretary of State, Grant Shapps, had decided to approve the Development Consent...
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Government Looking at Private Finance to Improve the A303 – Delays Seem Inevitable
Villagers may be very interested to made aware of the 2017 Annual Report on the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA), published yesterday...
A303: Latest Comments from UNESCO/ICOMOS On The Highways England Proposals
A second UNESCO/ICOMOS Advisory mission to consider the emerging proposals on the Stonehenge to Berwick Down Scheme occurred in February 2017. The mission report acknowledges the responses to the...
The Day of the Triffids?
Well, no, not really. Nothing to do at all with John Wyndham's post-apocalyptic novel from 1951 coming to life in Winterbourne Stoke, but those of you around and about in the village and the A303...
Online and Onboard: URGENT – 1. Non-Motorised User Stakeholder Engagement 2. Wiltshire Council Cabinet Papers
1. Non-Motorised User Stakeholder Engagement The following email should have been sent to the Parish Council two weeks ago. The Chairman was sent a copy of it by a private individual whilst away...
Parish Council Response to the A303 Stonehenge Scheme Public Consultation
The Parish Council has today uploaded its response to the A303 Stonehenge Scheme Public Consultation to the Documents section of this website. This has had to be split into two parts because of...
A Lot of Furious Paddling
It has been almost a week since we held the Meeting for the Parish to discuss concerns about the proposed A303 bypass routes around Winterbourne Stoke. If everything seems to have gone quiet, rest...
An Evening at St Peter’s
Thank you to the Churchwardens of St Peter's Church for allowing the Parish Council to host a meeting for parishioners to discuss their concerns about the Highways England route proposals last night...
A “Meeting of the Parish” To Discuss Concerns About Bypass Routes + STOP PRESS – Broadband News!!!!!
A "Meeting of the Parish" will be held in St Peter's Church on Thursday 26th January. The idea is to capture the concerns of villagers about both of the two routes proposed for the Winterbourne...
The Highways England Response To Our Request For More Detailed Information
Following the A303 Consultation Meetings of 13th and 14th January, and comments received, Highways England were asked for more detail. A lot more detail: ...when you scratched away at the surface,...