Category Archives: Politics

The A-road through West Lavington has been renewed and the finished surface is a huge improvement. Last week, following scrutiny of the resurfacing schedule for the wider Devizes area, I asked for Market Lavington’s B3098 to be re-prioritised. The stretch between the West Lavington crossroads and Lavington School is particularly bad and whilst I appreciate […]

Wiltshire Council agreed its budget for 2024/25 at the mammoth 10-hour Full Council meeting on Tuesday 20th February. I am pleased that the Council plans to continue with its focus on prevention and early-intervention; this has proved to work fantastically well in Children’s Services which was recently graded Outstanding by Ofsted. As an example, Wiltshire […]

2024 started with a bang and sparked lots of ideas for change, including proposals in Highways and Planning which will be of interest to us all. Poor funding from central government has led to less gully and drain clearances by Wiltshire Council. Likewise, there has been no incentive for landowners to reduce water run-off from fields, […]

By the time you read this there is a good chance you will have your Christmas tree up! If you haven’t, there is still time, although you will be WAY behind Shaun and Kelly at The Churchill Arms who got theirs up at the beginning of November! I once decided to put a tree up […]

Another crash at Black Dog crossroads this month, thankfully, this one was relatively minor and nobody was injured. I wish to thank one of the drivers involved for contacting me and supplying me with photos and details. Yet again, just as those completing my survey have said unanimously, the accident was caused by a car […]

Planning is the one subject sure to fill a Parish Council meeting because, as residents, we care about what is being built around us. A starting point for decision making is a document called the Local Plan which has been revised by Wiltshire Council and is out for consultation from Wednesday 27th September. The Local […]

If like me you live close to Black Dog Crossroads you will be very familiar with the dangers of traversing it. Accidents are not uncommon but thankfully are usually without injury. It is important we build a clear picture of the number of accidents at the junction, however, we face a challenge in doing so. […]

I hope you had a lovely Summer! It wasn’t quite the sun-filled July and August we were hoping for but we had a few good days interspersed by rainy ones. Plenty of people across Southern Europe and further afield would have gladly swapped their weather for ours. It’s always important to keep some perspective. With […]

I wanted to provide all of the documents that have been published by Wiltshire Council’s Highways team concerning their proposal for waiting restrictions in West Lavington and Littleton Panell. Please find below links to all of the documents with a rough description in each case. Specific drawings are not produced for each of the ten […]

The primary and secondary school winners of Wiltshire Youth Council’s Eco Week competition have been announced and I am very pleased to say my first school won the Primary category!   Wiltshire schools took on the challenge during Eco Week between 6th and 10th March 2023, to create and share eco-friendly project ideas that would […]