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Clarification about Chippenham Town Council’s involvement in Wilshire Council’s bid to the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF BID) In the interests of clarity and transparency, the Town Council would like to clarify the speculation about communication(s) between Wiltshire Council and the Town Council and the Town Council’s involvement in the HIF BID process to date. In …

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Chippenham Town Council offers to support the COVID 19 vaccination programme The Town Council has recently contacted both Wiltshire Council and the local Clinical Commissioning Group, the NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire CCG to offer the availability of the Neeld Community & Arts Centre as a venue for the roll out …

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Volunteer to help the NHS NHS Volunteer Responders are currently looking for individuals to assist their programme and help volunteer and be apart of the Coronavirus vaccination programme. If you would like to join and become an NHS Volunteer Responder then you must: Live in England and be over the age of 18. Use a …

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  Saturday 16 January 2021 We are aware of an incident which took place this afternoon in John Coles Park where a dog has bitten children and adults in the park. The Police attended he scene and the dog was caught.  We will issue further information soon.

Chippenham Town Council increases precept by just 70p per month for an average Band D household At the Full Council meeting on Wednesday 13 January 2021, Councillors voted in favour of a minimal increase to the precept. This was previously unanimously approved by the Council’s Strategy and Resources Committee on the 9 December 2020, with …

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Chippenham Town Council is delighted to announce that Rhys Evans aged 4 has received the Community Choice Award in The Joy of Christmas Trail. The Chippenham community were invited to put pens to paper to share the joy of Christmas. 24 artworks featured in an online advent calendar and town trail, with all entrants receiving …

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 Join us as we delve into the history behind some of Chippenham’s impressive array of over 70 pubs past and present.   Put your local knowledge to the test this New Year’s with 30 questions, all shared in this video produced by our team at Chippenham Museum. Pause as you go, with answers at …

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2020, What a Year! We would like to say thank you to you all for showing support to others and helping when you can. We also give thanks to our Councillors and staff for adapting to changing circumstances throughout the year and still delivering our services to the Chippenham community. 2020 has been an extremely …

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17 December 2020 Following an incident of theft overnight we have had to close John Coles Park this morning whilst investigations take place. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and will reopen the park as soon as possible. 17 December 2020 12:45pm We are pleased to report that John Coles Park is now …

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New CCTV Cameras fitted at Bath Road Car Park as part of recent upgrade to Chippenham Chippenham Town Council are delighted to announce the latest upgrade to the CCTV system in the town. Two new static cameras and one dome camera have been successfully fitted at Bath Road Car Park which is a known area …

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