Welcome to the Broad Chalke Parish Council Website.
You can use this site to access agendas and minutes, accounts and other formal documents as well as other useful information.
Use the 'Pages' tab on the tool bar above to navigate around the website.
You can also keep track of council events & local news by following us on Facebook & Twitter.
26 April 2024 UPDATE
The next Parish Council meeting is on Wednesday 8 May at 7.45pm, Broad Chalke Village Hall.
Draft Minutes of the April 2024 Parish Council have been published in the Minutes Section.
The Annual Parish Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 8 May 2024 at 7.00pm. There is to be discussion on the Neighbourhood Plan Update and on village projects and initiatives. Please make a note in your diary. If you don't raise issue of concern or suggestions for improvements nothing will get done about them.
COUNCIL TAX
You will now have received you Council Tax bill for 2024/2025. This includes a one off Special Precept that the Chairman wrote about in the December 2023 Broadsheet to help fund key village initiatives.
PARISH COUNCILLOR VACANCY
Anyone interested should contact the Clerk. clerkbroadchalke@gmail.com
VILLAGE VOLUNTEER GROUP
Are you interested in helping to look after our village, its community facilities and the landscape in which we are so fortunate to live by investing a few hours each year volunteering.
Our first project was Friday 22 March 0930-11.30- LOW LANE FOOTPATH- to help maintain the drainage ditches we upgraded last year. If you would be interested in being involved in future activities please contact the Clerk.
ANNUAL GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN 2023-2024
Previous years are published under the AGAR section of this website. See Annual Governance Statement tab on the header of this page.
The 2023/2024 Statement is currently with the Internal Auditors and will be presented to the Annual Council Meeting on 8 May 2024 before going to the external auditors for review.
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME AND SELECTA DNA PROPERTY MARKING
Anyone interested in being part of a Neighbourhood Watch for Broad Chalke should initially contact the Clerk. A Neighbourhood Watch Group has been formed and small grant received for notices and information. The Coordinators are Cllr Tim Kimber, and Chris Rothwell.
The Scheme is free to join and you can find details by going to www.ourwatch.org.uk/join, putting in your postcode in the box that says Find my nearest Scheme and select Broad Chalke. Once you have activated your membership the coordinators will arrange to get a window sticker to you.
The Scheme is also promoting the Selecta DNA scheme- a forensic property marking scheme in conjunction with Wiltshire Police.
PARISH PRECEPT
2024/2025: The Council have discussed and agreed a 3% increase for 2024/25 and a Special Precept of £10,000 for key projects and priorities in the 12 -18 month ahead. See the December 2023 Broadsheet for more information in the Chairman's letter.
FRIENDS OF BROAD CHALKE PLAYGROUND
Mrs Victoria Pickford and Cllr Martin Altham have set this Group up. Find out more on the Facebook page or via www.friendsofbroadchalkeplayground.co.uk
and on the news of grant funding from the National Lottery and other funders.
The Project is set to start in mid May 2024.
SECTION 137 GRANTS
These are available to charitable and community organisations in Broad Chalke. Please contact the Clerk.
NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN
The Parish Council is starting the process of updating the Plan in readiness for the new Plan period 2026-2038 in line with Wiltshire Council's Local Plan. If you have any thoughts on the current Plan (copy available in the Neighbourhood Plan section of this website) or have new ideas how you would like the village to respond and develop to the challenges of the next 15 years, please contact the Clerk or Councillor Steve Carter.
Alongside the Neighbourhood Plan, Village Priorities will be considered for a new Action Plan
There will also be an opportunity to discuss both these at the Village Meeting on 8 May.
If you would like to know more about the process of Neighbourhood Plans there is a Guide at the Neighbourhood Plan secrion of this website.
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You can use this site to access agendas and minutes, accounts and other formal documents as well as other useful information.
Use the 'Pages' tab on the tool bar above to navigate around the website.
You can also keep track of council events & local news by following us on Facebook & Twitter.
26 April 2024 UPDATE
The next Parish Council meeting is on Wednesday 8 May at 7.45pm, Broad Chalke Village Hall.
Draft Minutes of the April 2024 Parish Council have been published in the Minutes Section.
The Annual Parish Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 8 May 2024 at 7.00pm. There is to be discussion on the Neighbourhood Plan Update and on village projects and initiatives. Please make a note in your diary. If you don't raise issue of concern or suggestions for improvements nothing will get done about them.
COUNCIL TAX
You will now have received you Council Tax bill for 2024/2025. This includes a one off Special Precept that the Chairman wrote about in the December 2023 Broadsheet to help fund key village initiatives.
PARISH COUNCILLOR VACANCY
Anyone interested should contact the Clerk. clerkbroadchalke@gmail.com
VILLAGE VOLUNTEER GROUP
Are you interested in helping to look after our village, its community facilities and the landscape in which we are so fortunate to live by investing a few hours each year volunteering.
Our first project was Friday 22 March 0930-11.30- LOW LANE FOOTPATH- to help maintain the drainage ditches we upgraded last year. If you would be interested in being involved in future activities please contact the Clerk.
ANNUAL GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN 2023-2024
Previous years are published under the AGAR section of this website. See Annual Governance Statement tab on the header of this page.
The 2023/2024 Statement is currently with the Internal Auditors and will be presented to the Annual Council Meeting on 8 May 2024 before going to the external auditors for review.
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME AND SELECTA DNA PROPERTY MARKING
Anyone interested in being part of a Neighbourhood Watch for Broad Chalke should initially contact the Clerk. A Neighbourhood Watch Group has been formed and small grant received for notices and information. The Coordinators are Cllr Tim Kimber, and Chris Rothwell.
The Scheme is free to join and you can find details by going to www.ourwatch.org.uk/join, putting in your postcode in the box that says Find my nearest Scheme and select Broad Chalke. Once you have activated your membership the coordinators will arrange to get a window sticker to you.
The Scheme is also promoting the Selecta DNA scheme- a forensic property marking scheme in conjunction with Wiltshire Police.
PARISH PRECEPT
2024/2025: The Council have discussed and agreed a 3% increase for 2024/25 and a Special Precept of £10,000 for key projects and priorities in the 12 -18 month ahead. See the December 2023 Broadsheet for more information in the Chairman's letter.
FRIENDS OF BROAD CHALKE PLAYGROUND
Mrs Victoria Pickford and Cllr Martin Altham have set this Group up. Find out more on the Facebook page or via www.friendsofbroadchalkeplayground.co.uk
and on the news of grant funding from the National Lottery and other funders.
The Project is set to start in mid May 2024.
SECTION 137 GRANTS
These are available to charitable and community organisations in Broad Chalke. Please contact the Clerk.
NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN
The Parish Council is starting the process of updating the Plan in readiness for the new Plan period 2026-2038 in line with Wiltshire Council's Local Plan. If you have any thoughts on the current Plan (copy available in the Neighbourhood Plan section of this website) or have new ideas how you would like the village to respond and develop to the challenges of the next 15 years, please contact the Clerk or Councillor Steve Carter.
Alongside the Neighbourhood Plan, Village Priorities will be considered for a new Action Plan
There will also be an opportunity to discuss both these at the Village Meeting on 8 May.
If you would like to know more about the process of Neighbourhood Plans there is a Guide at the Neighbourhood Plan secrion of this website.
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