Ansty Village Notice Board

Parish Notices

Notice of Elections – 1st May 2025 ( posted 16th March 2025 – updated 24th March 2025)

Wiltshire Council has posted its notice of elections. Local elections will be held on the 1st May 2025. There will be elections for Division Councillors and Parish Councillors. Should you wish to stand in the election, nomination papers must be hand delivered to the Returning Officer or her appointed staff at Bourne
Hill, Salisbury, SP1 3UZ on any working day after the date of this notice (excluding weekends),
between the hours of 10am and 4pm, but no later than 4pm on Wednesday 2 April 2025.

Unitary Councillor Notice of Election – South

Parish Councillors Notice of Election – South

Consultation on the 20MPH zone (16th March 2025)

Wiltshire Council has now begun it’s consultation on the 20MPH zone in Ansty. You can see more on the council website. Comments must be submitted by 7th April 2025.

Ansty May Day 2025 – Bank Holiday Monday May 5th – 1pm until 5pm, Ansty High Street (16th March)

All are welcome to join the festivities around the Maypole to watch the talented young Maypole dancers and the procession and crowning of the May Queen and her attendant. Enjoy live music, Morris dancers, stalls, a raffle, a licensed bar and hot food. More details can be found on the Ansty May Day page.

Previous notices

Update on 20MPH zone (28th November 2024)

As discussed in our Parish Council Meeting on 7th November, and as part of our efforts to make Ansty High Street and the surrounding lanes safer for all, plans for a 20mph restriction are at an advanced stage with implementation scheduled for early in the New Year. A consultation on the plans will be published in due course.

Carols by Candlelight (28th November 2024)

Carols by Candlelight will be health on 22nd December this year in The Commandery. More details can be found on our event page.

St James’s Church Closed for 6 months ( 28th November 2024)

From Monday, 25th November 2024, St James’ Church will be closed for six months whilst our contractor works on essential repairs, required by the architect following our five-yearly inspection. The PCC is also pleased to reveal that an important expert will be working on the tiled floor, to make it good, reconstruct and refresh the existing Victorian tiles. As custodians of the Grade II church, this project is our gift to the village for future generations. The designs and plans will be on display for all to see at the Carol Service

The total cost to the PCC of this important project is £80,000, which includes £25,000 towards the expert repair of the tiled floor.

We would be very grateful for any donations that you could contribute to the Fabric Fund to help to preserve our iconic parish church.

Footpaths report (posted 7th Nov 2024)
Find our autumn report on Ansty’s footpaths here.

Vacancy for clerk of Ansty Parish Council (posted 26-10-2024)

We are looking for a new clerk for Ansty Parish Council. If you are interested in the position, and have previous clerking experience, please contact us.

The Salisbury River Park project (ongoing)

The removal of trees in Salisbury and temporary difficulties within the main car park area has left some residents and visitors concerned and confused, but this is the starting point for the Salisbury River Park project which was unanimously endorsed in July 2021. Click on the image to find out how things are progressing. Click here to read the very latest details from the Salisbury Journal.

Check out our latest item on our Ansty Chronicles page! (posted 13-10-2023)

Occasionally you can find a few picture gems of your local area on the internet or from old postcards or personal photos that highlight just how some things stay the same whilst others change beyond recognition! Most people are fascinated by how their town or village looked in the past when compared to the here and now. A single picture can impart as much information as a small book if you peruse it carefully! Click on the image to locate a few pictures of Ansty and its landscape to enjoy!

Changes are afoot for St James Church. (posted 04-10-2022)

The latest Quinquennial Inspection Report (looking at the internal and external fabric of St James’s Church building highlighted a whole list of issues one might associated with such an old building. A schedule of works has been drawn up to try and rectify some of the problems and detailed architect plans drawn up to show the areas of most concern. Lesley Simm was visiting an architect on 4th November 2022 to discuss the schedule of works and tendering a contract. Lesley stated this will take some time but is hoping that work may start in the summer of 2023. Lesley added that it will be quite a big undertaking and at some stage the church will have to be emptied because all the lower concrete rendering inside the church has to come off and be replaced. Perhaps some of the services will be held in the open air!

A decision has also been taken to reduce the number of services being held at St James’ to two per month. It is sad. Over the winter the cost of heating the church is a cost they can’t take just now. Next summer the situation will be reviewed. The new service rota starts on January 1st 2023.

We hope to have more for you in the coming weeks and months.

Keep checking for local flood alerts on the River Nadder and tributaries catchment area.

When groundwater levels remain high even modest amounts of rain can cause problems. If the Ansty stream alongside the High Street is looking coloured with silt and mud that usually indicates that flooding in the lower Nadder valley is imminent: hence there is usually a flood alert alert in force. The last half of December was exceptionally wet and another spell of heavy rain is due tonight. So it is always wise to be prepared for flooding if you are near a local watercourse.

If any resident is concerned please contact the Ansty Flood Warden – Councillor Mark Norris. During prolonged wet weather click on the image for current Environment Agency information and updates. Sometimes there can be flooding before the problems are flagged up – so ‘be ‘flood’ aware’.

Ansty Village Flood Alerts. Click here for up to date official flood alerts for the River Nadder and its tributaries

Some items of wider interest:

The Wiltshire Community Environmental Toolkit shows the way!

The Wiltshire Community Environmental Toolkit has been developed in partnership with Natural England to allow communities to take the lead in defining and restoring biodiversity in their community. Designed for use by community groups, local landowners, Parish and Town Councils, schools and youth groups it provides a structure for how local communities can better understand what they already have in terms of biodiverse habitats as well as how to plan for developing greater biodiversity and nature-based carbon sequestration in the future. How might this be of use to Ansty? Click on the image to find out more!

Time Travellers of Cranborne Chase – use the AR app!

‘Time Travellers of Cranborne Chase’ is an exciting new AR (augmented reality) app to help you delve into the historical secrets of the past in the Chase and Chalk landscape of Cranborne AONB. The Chase & Chalke Landscape Partnership area is full of fascinating history, and their exciting, free new AR app will guide you through some of these amazing stories and intriguing historic sites from the past. Download to your phone via the Apple App Store or Google Play! Click on the image for further information.

Visit The Salisbury Museum!

Did you know that the Salisbury Museum, located in the medieval King’s House in Salisbury’s famous Cathedral Close has a fantastic range of collections, exhibitions and events bringing to life the history of our local landscape and the people who shaped it. Tap on image for the latest information.

Wiltshire Council’s ‘Parish Steward Scheme’ had its successful origins back in the 1990s. However after a break in the late 2000s the scheme was reintroduced in 2016 where ‘parish stewards’ liaise directly with parishes to carry out local minor highways work ‘swiftly and efficiently’. Click here for more information: The Parish Steward

MyWilts online reporting/booking

You can now easily book a variety of Wiltshire Services. You can also easily report issues in Wiltshire ranging from fly tipping, abandoned vehicles, weather emergencies, dog mess, graffiti and many more. Click on the image to find out how to access this ‘online portal’

Click here to download the app for your phone.

Click for Information Local and National and other Community Notices from Wiltshire Council.

Other items of interest are posted below:

Local Surgery News

For more information click tisburysurgery.nhs.uk and go to Tisbury Surgery News or Hindon Surgery

Village Events Archives

If you want to catch up with all of our village events and other items of interest (since 2017) then visit: Archived Documents or find ‘past village events’ at the bottom of this page.

QUICK ACCESS LINKS TO WILTSHIRE COUNCIL SERVICES AND OTHER LOCAL INFORMATION

Wiltshire Council Services

Current Flood Alerts for Wiltshire

Local Community Matters

Here are just some of the issues you can report using ‘My Wiltshire’: Highways and Street Scene issues, Environmental Enforcement, Trading Standards, Car parks, Weather emergencies, Waste, Fraud:

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What to do in an emergency

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