Coombe Bissett and Homington Parish Council
The Parish Council meets in the Homington Room at Coombe Bissett and Homington Village Hall on the 2nd Tuesday of January, March, May, July, September and November.
Details of the latest Parish Council Meeting are on the Agenda tab.
Details of the latest Parish Council Meeting are on the Agenda tab.
PARISH CLERK WANTED
Coombe Bissett & Homington Parish Council is looking for a new Parish Clerk to assist in a varied range of duties, without which the council could not operate. If you would like to become the most important member of the Parish Council team, please contact us for a full job description, rates of pay and more details before 20th October 2021.
Email parishclerkcoombebissett@gmail.com
Email parishclerkcoombebissett@gmail.com
Radical New Housing development proposed for the Chalk Pit site.
The Parish Council have been informed of this radical new development for the remaining part of the Chalk Pit which is behind the new Council Houses on the A354 Blandford Road. Access would be via the Old Blandford Road. The plans are available on the Wiltshire Council Website by clicking here.
These simulations are provided by the applicants.
Comments should be made to Wiltshire Council by 19th January 2021
The Parish Council have been informed of this radical new development for the remaining part of the Chalk Pit which is behind the new Council Houses on the A354 Blandford Road. Access would be via the Old Blandford Road. The plans are available on the Wiltshire Council Website by clicking here.
These simulations are provided by the applicants.
Comments should be made to Wiltshire Council by 19th January 2021
View from the south facing north. Chalk PIt Cottage nearby.
View towards the south
overlooking the village, the school, the recreation field and the nature reserve.
View looking towards the village, school and recreation field. Council houses, rear and gardens close by.
View towards east and the Church
Above : Viewed from Blandford Road without the existing extensive mature shrubbery, foliage and trees outside of the proposal site. The applicants say they they not proposing to remove any foliage outside of the site.
Do you want improvements to bus services?
How about an early evening 29 bus arriving around 18.40
and a late return around 22.30 or 22.45? Fridays and Saturdays?
Wiltshire Council have informed us that there is some funding to improve rural bus services, and they would like to have ideas about how our service can be improved. Suggestions can be emailed to buses@wiltshire.gov.uk
Wiltshire Council ask that suggestions reflect that use of this money will need to be spread around the county and so requests for small improvements to existing services are likely to be more successful than those for completely new all-day services, which could cost in the region of £150,000 per annum to operate and be difficult to resource.
How about an early evening 29 bus arriving around 18.40
and a late return around 22.30 or 22.45? Fridays and Saturdays?
Wiltshire Council have informed us that there is some funding to improve rural bus services, and they would like to have ideas about how our service can be improved. Suggestions can be emailed to buses@wiltshire.gov.uk
Wiltshire Council ask that suggestions reflect that use of this money will need to be spread around the county and so requests for small improvements to existing services are likely to be more successful than those for completely new all-day services, which could cost in the region of £150,000 per annum to operate and be difficult to resource.
£200 reward for reporting flytippers.
If you report fly tippers to Wiltshire Council and the result is a successful prosecution you will get £200. For details please click here.
If you report fly tippers to Wiltshire Council and the result is a successful prosecution you will get £200. For details please click here.
Tree Planting Policy
Click here for the policy that the Parish Council has adopted.
Click here for the policy that the Parish Council has adopted.
Neighbourhood Plan
Please refer to the main menu for the latest information.
Please refer to the main menu for the latest information.
Highways Issues
Did you know that you can report any highways issues to Wiltshire Council ?
Click here to use the My Wiltshire Council website.
Give precise details of location. A photo is useful, especially of potholes, but make sure the location is shown in the photo as well as the pothole.
Or phone 0300 456 0105
Did you know that you can report any highways issues to Wiltshire Council ?
Click here to use the My Wiltshire Council website.
Give precise details of location. A photo is useful, especially of potholes, but make sure the location is shown in the photo as well as the pothole.
Or phone 0300 456 0105
Flood Information
Click here for advice in preparing for this winter.
Contact Abigail Bird who is our Flood Warden.
Or email floodwessex@environment-agency.gov.uk.gov.uk
Click here for advice in preparing for this winter.
Contact Abigail Bird who is our Flood Warden.
Or email floodwessex@environment-agency.gov.uk.gov.uk
Parish Recreation Ground is now closed to dogs from 1st April until 30th September every year.
At the Parish Council meeting on 8th May 2018, regretfully, it was decided to close the Parish Recreation Ground to all dogs from 1st April until 30th September each year. Repeated requests in the Express, on signage on the recreation ground, on this website and in the minutes of council meetings, to the general public to pick up their dogs' excrement have been ignored by some members of the community. The amount of poop has been a danger to children and to the groundman . We thank those responsible members of the public who have picked up over the years, but there are just too many others who do not seem to care.
Who are the Chavs? What do they do?
Coombe Bissett and Homington Active Volunteers are a group of villagers who tackle jobs around the Parish that would otherwise cost the Parish Council to carry out. Their first job was to resurface part of the footpath to Stratford Toney with old road planings to eliminate the mud in wet weather, shown below. They have tackled a number of jobs around the villages since. If you would like to join them, contact the Webmaster whose details are at the bottom of this page.
Coombe Bissett and Homington Active Volunteers are a group of villagers who tackle jobs around the Parish that would otherwise cost the Parish Council to carry out. Their first job was to resurface part of the footpath to Stratford Toney with old road planings to eliminate the mud in wet weather, shown below. They have tackled a number of jobs around the villages since. If you would like to join them, contact the Webmaster whose details are at the bottom of this page.
Click on photos to enlarge
