Notice of Time and Place

REFERENDUM ON THE SUTTON BENGER AND DRAYCOT CERNE NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN

DATE: Thursday 27 February 2025

Count and Postal Vote Information Sheet

Postal Votes Opening Sessions:

If you wish to observe the opening of postal votes, please arrive 10-15 mins before the start of the session.  Please make your way to the reception and ask the staff to contact the Electoral Services team who will meet you and escort you to the opening session.

Any subsequent postal votes received during Polling Day at the County Hall Office and at the Polling Station will be taken to the Count Centre and opened after 10pm.

Count Centre

The Count will take place shortly after 10.15pm on Thursday 27 February 2025

As the Count Centre is also a Polling Station, the Polling staff will need to close the polling station and complete the paperwork before the premises can re-open as a Count Centre.

We, therefore, recommend that you do not arrive until around 10.15pm.

The Count Centre location is:

Sutton Benger Village Hall

Chestnut Road

Sutton Benger

Chippenham

Wiltshire      SN15 4RP

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Precept – as a Parish Council, we are funded by a Precept – an amount of money we receive from your council tax – to cover our annual budget. It’s the main source of income for us and it has been necessary to increase it by £5.12 (per Band D household) to cover cost of living expenses, lower reserves, increased staffing costs from 1-Apr-2025, support for the Parish News and funding for the VE80 event in May 2025.

On 17th January 2025, the following length of road shall be closed, for 1 day between 09:00 and 16:00, to all traffic in the interests of public safety to enable Wiltshire Council to carry out urgent Bobcat Patching works and other associated works.
Mauds Heath Causeway (Part), Langley Burrell; from its junction with Crossing Lane to its junction with Sutton Lane.
Alternative route: via Sutton Lane, B4069, Mauds Heath Causeway (Unaffected length) and vice versa.
The closure and diversion route will be clearly indicated by traffic signs. Access will be maintained for
residents and businesses where possible, although delays are likely due to the nature of the works.

Wiltshire Council and Octavius we are pleased to inform you that the works on the Lyneham Banks B4069 are shortly due to start – please see Newsletter for more information.

Meet the Contractor

Wiltshire Council and Octavius will be hosting a Meet the Contractor event on 15July 2024 between 4–7pm and are keen to meet local residents and answer any questions you may have. The location for the event is Bradenstoke Village Hall, Bradenstoke, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 4ES. We would be very pleased to meet with you to discuss any concerns or offer you further information on our works.

(2020 – 2035) Regulation 16 Consultation

Wiltshire Council is currently consulting on the proposed Sutton Benger and Draycot Cerne Neighbourhood Development Plan, which has been formally submitted by Sutton Benger Parish Council.

The consultation starts on Monday 20^th May 2024 and responses must be received no later than 5pm on Monday 8^th July 2024.

Please be aware that all representations will be publicly available and may also appear on the Wiltshire Council website.

Further information including the submitted draft neighbourhood development plan and how to comment can be found online via http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/planning-neighbourhood-consultations

Where possible, please provide any comments using the Consultation Portal. Alternatively, an editable representation form can be downloaded from the Supporting Files section on the consultation portal, and completed forms can either be emailed to neighbourhoodplanning@wiltshire.gov.uk or sent by post to:

Neighbourhood Planning

Strategic Planning

Wiltshire Council

County Hall

Bythesea Road

Trowbridge

BA14 8JN

If you have no access to the internet and you wish to view the Draft Neighbourhood Development Plan, a copy can be sent to you on request by calling Neighbourhood Planning on 01225 713698 or can be viewed at:

• The Wellesley Arms, 10 High Street, Sutton Benger, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 4RD
• Sutton Benger Village Hall, Chestnut Road, Sutton Benger, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 4RP
• All Saints Church, Sutton Benger, Chippenham, SN15 4RP

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Following this consultation, the comments received will be passed to an independent examiner, to be appointed by the council, who will consider the representations and recommend whether the draft Neighbourhood Development Plan should be put to a community referendum.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Neighbourhood Planning on Tel: 01225 713698 or by email to neighbourhoodplanning@wiltshire.gov.uk

B4069 Road Closure (Sutton Benger to River Avon Bridge) – Monday 8 April 9:30 AM – Thursday 11 April 2:30 PM for carriageway retexturing and other associated maintenance works.  Diversions will be in place.

Further details on One.Network website.