Alzheimer’s Support is based in Wiltshire and provides practical advice and specialist support for those living with any form of dementia and also their carers. If you think this could be of benefit to those in Firsdown who may need this help, please pass these details on. The Alzheimer’s Support website is here.
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.
On 8th May 2025, the Annual Parish meeting which is a review of the work of the Parish Council over the previous year, took place. All town and parish councils are legally required to hold one such meeting a year – but it is not a meeting of the Parish Council.
The video is available to watch here.
Notice is given that the Annual Members’ Meeting of Pitton Community Store Ltd will be held on Wednesday 28th May 2025 at Pitton Village Hall, White Hill, Pitton, Salisbury at 7:00pm.
The agenda is available here.
The formal launch and opening of the new permissive bridleway along the margin of the RSPB Roundbarrow site will occur on 23rd May 2025.
There will up an update in mid-May with details such as time, format and meeting point.
We would be delighted to invite you and as many members of the community to this opening, which will celebrate the opening the first off-road link between the villages of Pitton and Firsdown.
The Annual Parish meeting will take place in the committee room of the Winterslow Village Hall on Thursday 8th May 2025 at 7.30pm.
All town and parish councils are legally required to hold one such meeting a year – it is not a meeting of the Parish Council.
The meeting will be a review of the work of the Parish Council over the last year. This is also an opportunity for electors to raise any issues of their choice.
View and download the agenda here.
The MOD section of Winterslow Road that crosses Porton Down Ranges will be closed to all traffic from the junction of the A30 to Blackbarn Road on the following dates – and during the prescribed hours as displayed in the table below. Diversions will be in place.
| Dates of road closure | Times |
| Monday 28 April to Friday 2 May | 10:00 to 15:00 |
| Tuesday 6 May to Friday 9 May | 10:00 to 15:00 |
| Monday 12 May to Friday 16 May | 10:00 to 15:00 |
| Monday 19 May to Friday 23 May | 10:00 to 15:00 |
| Tuesday 26 May to Friday 30 May | 10:00 to 15:00 |
The following update has been provided by PCSL.
The runners and riders are ready for the off on Saturday 10th May
Come and join us at the village hall on Saturday 10th May at 6:15pm for an exciting night at the races!
You can bet on the horses, win cash on the Tote or just watch the race while enjoying a cheese and pate supper with Pitton puddings and a raffle.
All funds raised go to the Pitton Community Shop project.
In advance, you can buy a horse and be its owner at £5 for each horse you buy So, if you would like to be a racehorse owner with your own named horse(s)and to collect a prize if your horse wins – please let me know by 1st May.
You could also sponsor a complete race for £20 with your company/clubname or any old name – just for fun.
For this you will receive a package of advertising:
– Your club/company name as a sponsor on the race card
– Your club/company name announced before and after your race
– Reminder emails to local residents will include the name of race sponsors
– A poster/advert/business card (of your design) left on each table on the evening
The bad news is that all eights races have now been sponsored.
The good news is that there are still spaces available to attend the event (at £9 each) and still horses left to be owned (at £5 each). Don’t forget that if your horse wins their race you will receive a prize.
I am welcoming early bookings so that we can organise numbers for the cheese and pate ploughman’s (and the renowned Pitton puddings) in good time.
So please get your name down as soon as you can to cheer on your horses in races that include:
Barclay & Phillips Architect Stakes
Five Rivers Fostering Derby
The Rib-Eye Stakes
The Clarendon Stakes
The Solstice Park Gold Cup
For Race Night tickets (£9 each) and further information.
Contact Brian Cudby on 01722 712600 or email moc.liamg@8ybducnairb
The soft plastics recycling bin at Great Croft will be removed on Good Friday for approximately 10 days as the Parish Council are unable to resource the collection over the Easter period.
Residents can still recycle their soft plastics at supermarkets in Salisbury such as Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and Tesco. The Parish Council will restart our scheme at the end of April.