Agenda item

To receive updates from any of the following partners:

·       Wiltshire Police

·       Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

·       Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (ICB)

·       Warminster and Villages Community Partnership

·       Warminster Community Police Task Group (CPTG)

·       Warminster Health and Wellbeing Forum

·       Local Youth Network

·       Town and Parish Councils Nominated Representatives

Updates were received from the following partners:

·       Wiltshire Police

The Area Board noted a written update attached to the agenda.

·       Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

The Area Board noted a written update attached to the agenda which contained a link to a 10-minute video which showed notable incidents that the force had attended and the good work that was achieved across the Service in the last three months

·       Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (ICB)

The Area Board noted a written update attached to the agenda.

·       Warminster Health and Wellbeing Forum

David Reeves, Secretary of the Warminster Health Wellbeing and Social Care Forum provided the Area Board with a verbal update, in addition to the written update attached to the agenda pack. The update covered the following points:

·       Work is being done to organise the Health Fair for April 2023, with 29 confirmed attendees so far including the Ukulele Club and Dogs for Help. It was stated that the Fair would include activities wider than Health and Wellbeing, such as pursuits and hobbies. The Health Fair is set to take place at the Warminster Civic Centre.

·       David had recently met with Cllr Parks and Cllr Newbury to discuss reaching out to rural communities as well as digital inclusion.

Following the verbal update the following points were raised by those in attendance:

·       Cllr Parks stressed the importance of taking messages out to those in rural and remote areas and hoped that the Health and Wellbeing Social Care Forum would be able to improve self-help.

·       Cllr Andrew Davis raised the point that residents in Warminster sometimes get the choice of going to either Bath or Salisbury hospital for their treatment, however it seems though there isn’t as much communication between the two hospitals. David Reeves agreed to feed this back and noted that the Forum had representatives from both Bath and Salisbury within its membership.

·       Town and Parish Councils

The area board noted that a written update had been attached to the agenda from Sutton Veny Parish Council.

The Area Board received a verbal update from Cllr Steve Jeffries on behalf of Warminster Town Council, which noted that an audition for the Town Crier had recently taken place in the park with the position set to be offered to a successful applicant. Community litter picking was also discussed, with it noted that though the amount of litter seems to have dramatically reduced, there has been a decline in interest from the public since the pandemic.

The Area Board received a verbal update from Sarah Jeffries, which covered the following points:

·       Chitterne Parish Council – Work is being done to better re-engage with the community as well as organising community events. Flooding issues have recently been investigated and the MOD has a liaison officer to implement the clearing of their part of Salisbury Plain. Community meetings have also taken place to discuss traffic problems brought forward from Maiden Bradley.

·       Horningsham Parish Council – The Parish Council has a couple of items which have been added to the LHFIG work plan which they hope will be taken forward.

·       Maiden Bradley Parish Council – The weight limit and budgeting for next year is currently being considered. There is set to be a new build settlement which will change the village with around 8 new homes set to be developed. The Parish Council was pleased to receive some section 106 money from highways.

Cllr Neil Carpenter provided a verbal update on behalf of Corsley Parish Council, which covered the following points:

·       A police liaison meeting recently took place with concerns raised that more HGVs were driving the wrong way through Corsley. Last Friday work was conducted to monitor the number of trucks, with it noted that there were around 4 trucks at lunch time that were overweight and heading towards the quarry. Work is being done with residents to get letters sent out to owners to voice discontent.

·       Work has taken place on footpaths and bridal paths, with tribute paid to Nigel Linge. The key part left to work on has been identified as the bridal path behind Cley Hill.

·       It was raised that the recent footpath and cycle path consultation did not mention rural travel and that there are many residents who would cycle to the train station from villages but have no way to do it,

Following the verbal update the following points were raised by those in attendance:

·       It was suggested that it would potentially be positive to have a bridge over the A36 in order to allow those who live in Warminster to cycle to Longleat and Centre Parcs.

·       Reference was made to a recent application which had been taken to the Strategic Planning Committee around the Longleat and Centre Parcs area.

·       Cllr Parks stated that it would be positive to establish a cycling and walking group in order to greater improve connectivity with the villages.