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Wiltshire Council, known between 1889 and 2009 as Wiltshire County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Wiltshire in South West England. Since 2009 it has been a unitary authority , being a county council which also performs the functions of a district council .
Wiltshire is a unitary authority area [2] [3] in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, [4] South West England. It was formed in April 2009 following the abolition of Wiltshire County Council and the districts of Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, and West Wiltshire. They were all replaced by Wiltshire Council, [5] which is based at County Hall ...
With increasing problems of town centre congestion, and demand for on-street parking, coupled with the pressures on police resources, and the low priority given by some police forces to the enforcement of parking regulations, the Road Traffic Act 1991 permitted local authorities to apply for the legal powers to take over the enforcement of on-street, as well as off-street, car parking ...
In the 19th century the judicial functions of the county were discharged at Devizes Assize Court in the Summer [1] and at Salisbury Assize Court in the Lent. [2] Following the implementation of the Local Government Act 1888, which established county councils in every county, there was a need to find a meeting place for Wiltshire County Council, [3] and the Victoria County History infers that ...
Until 2009, the ceremonial county of Wiltshire was divided into the unitary authority of Swindon and four local government districts, Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, and West Wiltshire, with Wiltshire County Council providing strategic services outside Swindon.
When the joint parish council was formed, sometime before 2011, it was called Charlton and Wilsford Parish Council. [2] During consultation for a community governance review in 2021–2022 it was proposed that St Peter should be added to the name, to reflect local usage and make a distinction from the Charlton parish in north Wiltshire.
Ramsbury has an elected parish council [25] and also falls within the area of the Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all of the most significant local government services. The parish was part of Ramsbury Rural District from 1894 until 1934, Marlborough and Ramsbury Rural District until 1974, and Kennet District until ...
The civil parish elects a parish council. It is in the area of Wiltshire Council , a unitary authority , which performs most significant local government functions. An electoral ward with the same name exists, consisting of the parishes of Luckington , Sherston, Sopworth , Easton Grey , Norton , St Paul Malmesbury Without , and Brokenborough .