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Contractors working on behalf of Virgin Media have started to install new infrastructure in Firsdown. The timetable of work is below. Work takes place in approximately 100 yard sections along the pavement on one side of the road, before continuing on the opposite side. Each 100-yard section takes approximately 3 days. Day 1 – diamond saw cutting of pavement surface, day 2 – excavation of a trench, duct install, and backfill, day 3 – reinstatement of tarmac surface.

Inevitably there will be dust and noise associated with these works. Access to driveways will be maintained with bridging plates across uncompleted work. Residents are asked to park their cars clear of the work sections by 0800 each morning.

Great Croft                         29^th April – 15^th May

Firs Close                             7-24^th May

Maple Drive                       14^th May – 3^rd June

Juniper Road                      24^th May -13^th June

Ilynton Avenue                 31^st May – 7^th June

Firs Road                              7^th June – 11^th July

Notice of consultation on a masterplan for the redevelopment of The Maltings and Central Car Park, Salisbury

Wiltshire Council is consulting on a draft masterplan for The Maltings and Central Car Park, Salisbury, which is being prepared to guide the redevelopment of the site.

The Maltings and Central Car Park is allocated for redevelopment by the Wiltshire Core Strategy. The Wiltshire Core Strategy requires that the redevelopment will be led by a masterplan for the whole of the site, which will establish an agreed blueprint for the detailed phases of development that will follow.

In order to ensure that the public have a meaningful input into the production of the masterplan, Wiltshire Council are carrying out a public consultation on a draft masterplan that has been prepared.

Consultation documents

The draft masterplan for The Maltings and Central Car Park and information on how to make comments will be published on Monday 15^th April 2019 via the Wiltshire Council’s Consultation Portal.

Paper copies of these documents will also be available during normal opening hours at:

• Salisbury Library
• Wilton Library
• Downton Library
• Amesbury Library
• Durrington Library
• Five Rivers Leisure Centre, Salisbury
• Wiltshire Council offices in Salisbury (Bourne Hill)
• Wiltshire Council offices in Trowbridge (County Hall)

How to comment

Comments are invited on the draft masterplan for The Maltings and Central Car Park from 9:00am Monday 15^th April until 5pm Friday 24^thMay 2019.

Comments can be made:

• Online via Wiltshire Council’s Consultation Portal
• By email to 
• By post in writing to: Major Projects, Wiltshire Council, The Council House, Bourne Hill, Salisbury, SP1 3UZ.

Public exhibition

A public exhibition will be held on Tuesday 23^rd April from 9:30am – 6:45pm at Salisbury Guildhall. Wiltshire Council officers will be available during this time to answer questions about the draft masterplan.

Next steps and further information

All comments received during the consultation period will be taken into consideration before the masterplan is finalised and presented to the Council’s Strategic Planning Committee for endorsement.

Should you require further information on the consultation, please email:  or telephone 01722 434354.

Housing and Commercial Development

Wiltshire Council

Openreach has now fully commissioned the 2^nd broadband cabinet in the village. Residents who have not yet upgraded to an FTTC service (which is delivered over their telephone line), should contact their Internet Service Provider to order an FTTC service. Residents in Firs Close are able to order the superior FTTP service (a new fibre line is run to the property) and this type of service is also available to some properties on Firs Rd between Ilynton Ave and Firs Close.

Virgin Media

Contractors will start to install underground ducting for cabling for Virgin Media, from the end of June until mid-August. Works will be mostly in pavements but will include some road crossings and also verge work (i.e. Firs Rd). Underground chambers and equipment cabinets will also be constructed.

Mobile Library

The library visits Firsdown every 28 days at two venues in Firsdown and every 14 days at Winterslow Village Hall.

Firsdown Great Croft:  1135 to 1150 and top post box Firs Road 1155 to 1210.

Winterslow: 1330 to 1615.

Firsdown residents may prefer to use Winterslow because of the extended hours.

Next visit to all three sites, Tuesday 2 April.

The Mobile Library stops
on Tuesdays at
Firsdown, Great Croft
11.35-11.50am

http://services.wiltshire.gov.uk/MobileLibrary/