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The following has been provided by PCSL.

Planning permission granted
As many of you already know we gained planning permission from Wiltshire Council – a huge milestone!

A big thank you is due to the architects at Barclay Phillips who developed the plans and responded quickly to any queries or suggested amendments.  We are also grateful to those of you who left supportive comments on the planning portal, as it demonstrated that there is a good deal of community support for the project.

Donations from Pitton and Farley and Firsdown Parish Councils

We have received donations to our project from both local Parish Councils.

Their support is very much appreciated.

Legal work

Legal work is progressing well and both Pitton Community Store and Pitton Village Hall have appointed and instructed solicitors to work towards agreeing the lease for the land on which the shop will be built.

Fundraising

We have now raised over £65,000 and are very grateful to everyone who has contributed through donations or share purchases.  Thankyou to all who contributed to the very successful fundraising Race Night at the village hall.  This raised a magnificent £1,000 towards the capital building costs and provided  an evening of fun for all.

Capital funding

Capital funding to cover the main build cost remains a challenge.  The new government has still not indicated their plans for the Community Ownership fund.  Our bid, developed with help from Plunkett, has been ready to go since before the election, but we are now treading water waiting to hear if those grants will still be available.   In the meantime we continue to investigate other funding streams, such as crowdfunding, lottery and smaller grants.  We plan to bid for anything where we meet the criteria so if you hear of something that might fit or know of companies who may help sponsor us, do please let us know.

This week is National recycling week.

https://www.recyclenow.com/news-and-campaigns/recycle-week

Make a difference and recycle more of your waste. The link above provides details of where just about anything can be recycled.

Details are here of the Wiltshire kerb side recycling scheme.

The Parish Council has a bin for recycling of soft plastics by the Great Croft post box.

Our Environment Pages on our website have even more details for recycling – you can even recycle your wine bottle corks!

Come along to the village hall on Saturday 12th October for all the excitement of a night at the races!
You can bet on the horses and win money on the Tote or just watch the races while enjoying a light supper, quiz and raffle.

All the funds raised will go to the Pitton Community Shop project.

In advance, we are ‘selling’ horses to owners at £5 for each horse you buy, so if you would like to be a racehorse owner with your own named horse(s), and the opportunity to win a prize if your horse wins – please get in contact by 9th October. Please note however that all the races have now been sponsored.

For tickets and further information, see the attachment or contact Brian Cudby on 01722 712600 or email

Update: All tickets now sold but we still have five horses available for you to own for the night.

The bus times through Firsdown of the 87/88 and the R7 park and ride service have been amended. On Saturdays, most of these services will be run by Stagecoach. The timetable is available here and a summary is below.

Sept2024 87 88

The Salisbury Winchester service 68 that runs during school/college term time is also slightly revised. A summary is below and for download here.

Sept2024 68

In the first 2 weeks since the soft plastic recycling bin was installed by the Parish Council, 5kg was collected. A great result.

The bin is for clean soft plastics such:

Carrier bags

Bubble wrap

Bread bags

Crisp bags

Fruit and vegetable packing

No polystyrene or plastics bottles, or other rubbish please.