Cllr Clare Cape
Email: clare.cape@wiltshire.gov.uk
Council: Wiltshire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
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Chippenham and Villages Area Board - Monday 2 June 2025 6.30 pm
The Chippenham and Villages Area Board met to discuss funding for local initiatives, updates from partner organisations, and key issues within the community. The board approved grants for various projects, including the Teen Takeover 2025, Zero North Wiltshire Community Energy website, Wilts and Berks Canal Trust, Sheldon Student Opportunity Fund, and Sheldon Road Methodist Church. Councillors also discussed community engagement, appointments to outside bodies, and updates from Wiltshire Police and other partners.
Council - Tuesday 20 May 2025 10.30 am
The annual meeting of Wiltshire Council saw Councillor Laura Mayes elected as the new chairman, and Councillor Ruth Hopkinson elected as vice-chairman. Councillor Ian Thorne was appointed leader of the council for 2025-2029, and he announced his cabinet. Councillors also voted to delegate decisions on committee appointments to a later meeting, and to authorise work to establish a new financial scrutiny committee.
Extraordinary - On the rising of Full Council, not before 11am, Chippenham and Villages Area Board - Tuesday 20 May 2025 11.00 am
The Chippenham and Villages Area Board met to appoint a chair, vice-chair, and representatives to the Local Highways and Footpath Improvement Group (LHFIG). Councillor Liz Alstrom was appointed as Chairman, Councillor Ross Henning as Vice-Chairman, and Councillors Ross Henning and Adrian Foster were appointed as the Chippenham and Villages Area Board representatives on the LHFIG.
Northern Area Planning Committee - Wednesday 16 April 2025 2.00 pm
The Northern Area Planning Committee were scheduled to meet on 16 April 2025 to discuss planning appeals, and consider planning applications for a site in Lydiard Millicent.
Northern Area Planning Committee - Wednesday 26 March 2025 2.00 pm
Decisions from Meetings
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Chippenham Avon Project
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 11 November 2025 10.00 am - November 11, 2025
...to facilitate the Chippenham River Avon Project, the Cabinet increased the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) allocation to £1.8 million, delegated expenditure approval to the Director of Planning, Economy, and Regeneration, and authorized contract agreements with the Environment Agency, contingent on Defra funding.
Recommendations Approved
Report on Treasury Management Strategy 2025/26 Half Year ended 30 September 2025
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 11 November 2025 10.00 am - November 11, 2025
...to note the report on the Treasury Management Strategy 2025/26 Half Year ended 30 September 2025, confirming its alignment with the existing strategy and the performance of investments and borrowings against established parameters.
Recommendations Approved
Financial Year 2025/26 - Quarter Two Capital Budget Monitoring
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 11 November 2025 10.00 am - November 11, 2025
...the Cabinet approved budget virements for Facilities Management and Integrated Transport, and noted additional budgets, budget removals, budget reprofiling, and the revised 2025/26 Capital Programme forecast.
Recommendations Approved
Financial Year 2025/26 - Quarter Two Revenue Budget Monitoring
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 11 November 2025 10.00 am - November 11, 2025
...to approve drawdowns from various reserves to fund specific initiatives in supporting families, children's social care prevention, and adult care, while also noting a forecast revenue budget overspend of £6.658m and an overspend against Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) budgets of £12.892m.
Recommendations Approved
West Wiltshire Nursing Home Provision
From: Extraordinary, Cabinet - Wednesday 15 October 2025 11.30 am - October 15, 2025
...to approve the recommendations outlined in a Part II report concerning nursing home provision in West Wiltshire.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 59
Average per Month: 2.6
Decisions Recorded: 64