Annual Report 2015-2016

Town Development
The Town Development Committee has been chaired this year by Councillor Paul Macfarlane and deals
with issues relating to the town’s infrastructure, many of which are projects requested by residents. It
is the parent committee of the CCTV and Neighbourhood Plan working groups. The Neighbourhood Plan
for Warminster was submitted to Wiltshire Council in December
2015 following revisions made to the draft Plan as a result of the
consultation in March–May 2015. The issues that had caused most
concern were to ensure that the West Urban Extension was limited
to 900 homes, that there should be no link road through The Avenue
to the west end of the Central Car Park and that no suggestion
should be made of moving the library. Wiltshire Council consulted
on the submitted plan from 8th December 2015 to 11th March 2016
and an inspector has now been appointed for the next stage of the
process.
In response to concerns from residents about traffic problems in various parts of the town, waiting
restriction forms have been submitted to Wiltshire Council to restrict parking in Chapel Street, Boreham
Road at the junction with Chain Lane, Masefield Road at the junction with Victoria Road, Grovelands
Way at the junction with West Street, and Station Road in the vicinity of Homeminster House.
Following an accident at the steps from Glovers Lane to Broadwood
Close, handrails were installed in March.
The Town Council now owns more of Warminster’s bus shelters than
Wiltshire Council so has opted to take on all of the shelters in the
town under its maintenance programme. A request to install a new
bus shelter at the Grovelands has been agreed in principle but has
been put on hold pending the outcome of Wiltshire Council’s bus
consultation which may result in alteration to the bus route.
Imber Road has been moved up to the top five priorities at CATG and residents are being asked to assess
whether they want white lining or yellow.
Residents of West Street met with councillors to discuss the increasing traffic problems in West Street
due to double parking and heavy goods vehicles using the street to access the town. A meeting is being
arranged with highways officers from Wiltshire Council to establish what measures can be taken to
alleviate the problem.
Two speed indicator devices (SIDS) have been acquired for the benefit of the community area. They will
be deployed in areas where there is a perceived speeding problem. The first Warminster locations will
be the lower end of Boreham Road and West Street/Victoria Road including the Luxfield Road junction.
Resources and costs will be shared with surrounding parishes.
Proposals from the Lesley Fudge of the Royal British Legion to ‘yarn bomb’ the town
in the two-week period of remembrance in November were welcomed. Knitting or
crochet patterns are available from the Civic Centre or ‘Think Outside the Box’, who
are collecting the completed poppies.
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