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...
Winterbourne Stoke
Winterbourne Stoke Cut Off From The (Digital) World: The Dark Ages Return
The irony of this post is not wasted upon us, as those it is of most interest to are the ones least likely to be able to read it at the moment. Over the last couple of weeks, BT Openreach...
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...
Putting In The Ducting
Anyone who has been looking for signs of BT activity on the Shrewton road over the last couple of weeks would have found it hard to spot anything at all. However, today there were a few signs that...
The Village Events Committee
Thanks largely to the organisational efforts of Steve Fair, the Events Committee was given a new lease of life back in June, with the election of a new committee at a very well attended meeting...
Broadband News: An Unfortunate Delay
The Wiltshire Online-BT plan to deliver fibre broadband to Winterbourne Stoke has, as mentioned in previous updates, hit some barriers to progress; particularly a crop being planted in one of the...
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...
Onboard and Online: Volunteers Needed For The Old Rectory Garden Opening on 25th June
STOP PRESS - The Dutton's have just advised that they will waive any entry charge for residents of Winterbourne Stoke for the NGS garden event on 25th June Just a reminder to all that Jonathan and...
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...