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There will be a public meeting on Saturday 13th September at 1530 in the Pitton Village Hall to outline the current status of the project. Details of a community share offer will be provided to secure the remaining funding – pledges of £100k have already been received.

More details are on the PCSL website or email moc.l1777048766iamg@17770487668ybdu1777048766cnair1777048766b1777048766

A newsletter is available: PCSL update August 25

The soft plastics recycling scheme that is run by the Parish Council is for plastic bags and plastic wrapping only. It is not for general hard plastics, many of which can be recycled via your blue top Wiltshire Council bin.

In the last few weeks the following items have been found in the soft plastics bin – on numerous occasions.

• Old toothpaste tubes
• Plastic fruit containers
• Dirty yogurt pots
• Plastic netting – such as used for oranges.

The first 3 items can go in your blue bin. Yogurt pots should be washed out. Unfortunately fruit netting cannot be recycled at present and should be placed in your household waste bin.

The Parish Council requests only soft plastics are placed in our bin.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) are carrying out maintenance works in Firs Road on 15th July. This will mean the electricity will be switched off for part of the day. Those areas within Firsdown that will be affected have already been delivered a letter by SSEN explaining what households should do in advance of the power switch off.

Those households who have vulnerable people or those that require power for medical equipment should register with SSEN here.

A new permissive bridleway now links Firsdown and Pitton. It connects with the existing PIFA43 footpath that links to the A30 at Clearway garage. The bridleway follows the boundary of the Roundbarrow Farm conservation area and passes the new community orchard at Pitton.

The new route offers stunning views of the countryside. A map is available to download from our Local Walks page.

Statute requires all town and parish councils to arrange for an independent internal audit examination of their accounting records and system of internal control and for the conclusions to be reported each year in the Annual Governance & Accountability Return (AGAR).

This report sets out the audit undertaken in relation to the 2024-25 financial year, which took place on 14th April 2025.

The Annual Accounting Statements for 2024/2025 are now available to view on the website – go here to view this information, and to learn more about your rights to inspect the accounts.

Please be aware that the Accounting Statements are unaudited, and the Accounting statements as published may be subject to change following their referral to PKF Littlejohn LLP, the FPC’s external auditors.

Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of AGAR, and the accounting records for the financial year to which it relates. For the year ending 31/04/25, these documents will be available on reasonable notice, between the period of 03/06/25 and 14/07/25.

The AGAR notice is available here.

The summary of public rights is available page 1 and page 2.

The full audit report and finance documents are available to download and view on our website here.