PL/2025/07622 – Site Address: 79, ANSTY HIGH STREET, SALISBURY, SP3 5QD – Proposal: Dead Cherry tree to be felled to ground level.
Work is due to start on the 1st September re-fencing the fields surrounding Ansty Coombe so that the fields can be reinstated for grazing. ANSTY 14, the footpath running from the entrance to Keeper’s Cottage to Basil’s is also due for an upgrade. Following on from the permissive footpath that runs through Keeper’s Cottage lower paddock, the footpath will return to its original route alongside the hedge, then running directly to the kissing gate at the back of Basil’s Cottage.
Update! Plans for implementation of a 20 mph speed limit throughout Ansty has now been given outline approval by Wiltshire Council and the new Speed Indicator Device has been installed opposite the Maypole, set at 30 mph for the time being.
Wiltshire Council has posted its notice of elections. Local elections will be held on the 1st May 2025. There will be elections for Division Councillors and Parish Councillors. Should you wish to stand in the election, nomination papers must be hand delivered to the Returning Officer or her appointed staff at Bourne
Hill, Salisbury, SP1 3UZ on any working day after the date of this notice (excluding weekends),
between the hours of 10am and 4pm, but no later than 4pm on Wednesday 2 April 2025.
Wiltshire Council has now begun it’s consultation on the 20MPH zone in Ansty. You can see more on the council website. Comments must be submitted by 7th April 2025.
All are welcome to join the festivities around the Maypole to watch the talented young Maypole dancers and the procession and crowning of the May Queen and her attendant. Enjoy live music, Morris dancers, stalls, a raffle, a licensed bar and hot food.
As discussed in our Parish Council Meeting on 7th November, and as part of our efforts to make Ansty High Street and the surrounding lanes safer for all, plans for a 20mph restriction are at an advanced stage with implementation scheduled for early in the New Year. A consultation on the plans will be published in due course.
Carols by Candlelight will be health on 22nd December this year in The Commandery.
From Monday, 25th November 2024, St James’ Church will be closed for six months whilst our contractor works on essential repairs, required by the architect following our five-yearly inspection. The PCC is also pleased to reveal that an important expert will be working on the tiled floor, to make it good, reconstruct and refresh the existing Victorian tiles. As custodians of the Grade II church, this project is our gift to the village for future generations. The designs and plans will be on display for all to see at the Carol Service
The total cost to the PCC of this important project is £80,000, which includes £25,000 towards the expert repair of the tiled floor.
We would be very grateful for any donations that you could contribute to the Fabric Fund to help to preserve our iconic parish church.
We are looking for a new clerk for Ansty Parish Council. If you are interested in the position, and have previous clerking experience, please contact us.
The removal of trees in Salisbury and temporary difficulties within the main car park area has left some residents and visitors concerned and confused, but this is the starting point for the Salisbury River Park project which was unanimously endorsed in July 2021. Click on the image to find out how things are progressing. Click here to read the very latest details from the Salisbury Journal.
Occasionally you can find a few picture gems of your local area on the internet or from old postcards or personal photos that highlight just how some things stay the same whilst others change beyond recognition! Most people are fascinated by how their town or village looked in the past when compared to the here and now. A single picture can impart as much information as a small book if you peruse it carefully! Click on the image to locate a few pictures of Ansty and its landscape to enjoy!
Wiltshire Draft Climate Strategy 2022-2027
Everybody knows that one of the biggest emergency the whole planet is facing right now is how to tackle the ‘climate change’ crisis that is now upon us. Some of the damaging elements of it are already irreversible. Most of us know and understand the causes but finding the solutions quickly is proving to be a formidable barrier. It is going to be costly for all of us and we are all going to be well ‘out of our comfort zone’ in the way we do things. But tackling the issues we must.
Wiltshire Council was one of the first to acknowledge that there was a climate emergency back in July 2019 and committed itself to become carbon neutral as an organisation by 2030. This is a great start and now a new draft carbon reduction strategy has been prepared and the Wiltshire public are being given an exclusive opportunity to ‘have their say’ to help shape the draft to take Wiltshire Council’s action on climate change forward for the next 5 years.
Click to view: Wiltshire Council Climate Strategy Consultation page and progress so far…
Wiltshire Climate Strategy Delivery Plan 2022-2024
Click to view the Wiltshire Draft Climate Strategy 2022-2027. It is a wordy document but rightly so since the catastrophe that is about to unfold if we don’t get this right is unimaginable – and good on Wiltshire Council for getting this underway. Please give this some thought and ‘have your say’!
Click here to view the progress of Wiltshire Councils ‘Green and Blue Infrastructure’ (GBI). Great downloads to read!
The joint public consultation on the Climate Strategy and the GBI has now closed but keep an eye on this page for further developments. More downloads to scrutinise!