As part of the Bus Back Better Strategy Wiltshire Council has received a grant for £ 671,000 to improve bus services across Wiltshire. This obviously isn’t a huge amount when spread across the whole county. A consultation has already taken place last year (long before I was elected!) and apparently ideas were received. However with […]
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Jun
Jun
The Full council meeting this Wednesday 16th June is an important one for me as it contains two Councillor motions that I strongly support… To declare an Ecological Emergency – a carefully thought out motion that includes specific measurable actions to protect and enhance biodiversity in Chippenham To write to the Secretary of State and […]
05
May
May
So this is it, my final post before election day. I’d like to draw together my positive ideas for Chippenham’s future. This isn’t a manifesto and i’m not promising I can do all of these things, but if I can work with like minded people I will shoot for the moon! Ideas for the Town […]
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Apr
Apr
It’s interesting to see that on the Wiltshire Conservatives candidates leaflets delivered this week they say under the environment section… Pledged to become Carbon Neutral by 2030 with a tick. Well actually, that was the Conservative led councils original pledge – to make the County of Wiltshire Carbon Neutral by 2030. Unfortunately they have now […]
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Apr
Apr
A couple of days ago I listened to a fantastic and informative zoom talk given by the Friends of the River Marden hosted by Avon Needs Trees. The talk described the fascinating aquatic ecosystems in the River Marden, and the River Avon at Chippenham. At the end of the talk I asked the question – […]
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Apr
Apr
For almost all of us we rarely have the opportunity to change the fabric of our home or business premises. But given we need to be carbon neutral by 2050 and ideally a lot quicker, the new buildings we construct today, be they homes or business premises will last a very long time. We also […]
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Apr
Apr
I’ve lived in Chippenham since 2006 and with the new ward boundaries my house now sits snuggly on the border between Monkton, Hardenhuish, and Hardens & Central Wards. I chose to stand for Hardens & Central ward partly because it covers the town centre area. As Liam Neeson might say what I do have are a very […]
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Mar
Mar
Another day another planning application in Chippenham. It seems that at the moment there is a concerted effort to build on all of Chippenham’s historic farmland and bury it under concrete as fast as possible ignoring the voice of local residents. So now we have a planning application for Barrow Farm, Chippenham. An historic farm […]
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Mar
Mar
I was recently asked by a resident how I would approach decision making and communicating with constituents if I were elected. It’s a really good question. For the resident the question had arisen following a decision by the town council last year to prevent dogs being allowed off the lead in John Coles Park. This […]
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Mar
Mar
I’ve recently come across the work of philosopher Roman Krznaric and his excellent book The Good Ancestor. An idea that particularly struck home was the concept of Seventh Generation Decision making and the value of Deep Stewardship. In our fast moving world if you were to ask a career politician to make major policy decisions […]