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Parish of Collingbourne Ducis

This website is maintained by the Parish Council for the benefit of the residents of Collingbourne Ducis and anyone with an interest in the village.

Welcome to Collingbourne Ducis on the North East corner of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, U.K.

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Regular Groups and Societies meetings: Table Tennis Club meets three times a week, Tuesday & Wednesday at Kingston Village Hall between 10-12pm and at Ducis Village Hall on a Monday between 7-9pm. All welcome and further can be obtain from Terry Greenwood on 01264 852776 or greenwt@hoymail.co.uk Brownie Guides: meet every Tuesday between 5:45 - 7:15 (in term time) at Collingbourne Kingston Hall. It is for girls aged between 7 - 101/2 years. More details at collingbourne7@yahoo.com Cubs: are now meeting regularly on Mondays at 6.30 in Collingbourne Kingston village hall. For more information please email cubs@collingbournescouts.org.uk. Beavers: Monday evenings at Kingston Village Hall from 17.45 until 18.45 during term-time. The sessions are for boys and girls aged 6 to 8 years. More details at beavers@collingbournescouts.org.uk. The Collingbournes & Everleigh Society of Ringers, The band practice every Monday 7.30 - 9 pm, at Ducis on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month. COLLINGBOURNE PETANQUE CLUB Play at the Barleycorn Collingbourne Kingston on Tuesday evenings from 6pm For a taster contact Larry Read on 850598 or Peter Bell on 852779 TAI CHI and QIGONG Thursdays from 7- 8 pm at Collingbourne Ducis Village Hall. The Collingbourne Quilters first and third Wednesday of each month from 7 pm to 9 pm. Main Hall of Collingbourne Kingston Village Hall.

Notice Board

The next Parish Council meeting will be 7pm on the 3rd November 2016 at Collingbourne School.

September’s Diary of Events

3rd 2 - 5pm St Andrew’s Summer Fete, Collingbourne Ducis Village Hall 3rd 1pm Collingbourne Cricket Club v Potterne 3rds, Collingbourne Ducis recreation ground 4th 1.30pm Collingbourne Cricket Club v Avon Valley, Collingbourne Ducis recreation ground 4th 9.30am Matins, St. Mary's, Collingbourne Kingston. 6th 9.30am - 12.30pm Age UK Advice Bus, Tidworth Tesco’s car park. 8th Antiques road show - a Talk by G Brockman on ceramics, Kingston Village Hall 10th 1.30pm Collingbourne Cricket Club v Ladies & Lads Matches,Collingbourne Ducis recreation ground 11th 11am Family Worship at Ducis- Archdeacon Sue Groom , St Andrew’s, Collingbourne Ducis 11th 1.30pm Collingbourne Cricket Club v Great Bedwyn Away 14th 11am Family Worship at Ducis- Archdeacon Sue Groom , St Andrew’s, Collingbourne Ducis 17th 1pm Collingbourne Cricket Club v Keevil, Collingbourne Ducis recreation ground 18th 9.30am Cluster Holy Communion, St. Mary's, Collingbourne Kingston. 18th 1am Collingbourne Cricket Club v Potterne Away 19th 7pm Burbage & District Model Railway Club, Legion Hall, Burbage 20th 9.30am - 12.30pm Age UK Advice Bus, Tidworth Tesco’s car park. 21st 7:30pm Burbage & District Video & Camera Club, Legion Hall, Burbage 22nd 7:30pm Collingbournes & Everleigh Gardening Club, Ted Perren talk on Dahlias. Kingston Village Hall 24th 1100am Collingbourne Cricket Club Wicket renovation/Winter prep, Collingbourne Ducis recreation ground 25th 6pm Evensong, St. Mary's, Collingbourne Kingston. 25th 1pm Collingbourne Cricket Club v Kennett Valley, Away 30th 7:30 “Florence Foster Jenkins” at the Film Place, Collingbourne Ducis Village Hall

Collingbourne Ducis Audited Accounts for 2015-16

Minutes for the council meeting held on the 8th September 2016 can be found here.

Council’s current financial situation.

We have heard in that in the next financial year 2016/17 the A338 will be re-surfaced between the Tipple Inn roundabout to the roundabout at Collingbourne Kingston. When we say resurfaced we mean a proper job and not just a patch up. More details of the re-surfacing of the A338 through the Collingbournes.

Minutes for the 2015/16 Annual Parish meeting:

The system has been changed and improved in the following ways:  The old Clarence number has been replaced by 0300 456 0105.This feeds direct into the Customer Care Centre and avoids problems that used to arise for mobile phone callers.  Reports may now be made online to  It is now possible to track progress in real time on resolving road maintenance issues that have been reported online.  Issues that can be reported include council signs, car parks, fly-tipping, potholes, playgrounds, street lighting, roads and drains and manholes, traffic lights, dead animals on a public road, trees and many others. There is now a new procedure for Reporting Highways Issues. also an app is available for smart phone and pad users who can download it from the online reporting website. www.wiltshire.gov.uk/mywilts

Road Notices and Updates Temporary Closure of: A345 (Part), Figheldean and Netheravon; from its junction with C290 High Street, Figheldean to a point approximately 500m north of its junction with Chestnut Avenue, Netheravon to all traffic. To enable carriageway patching and associated lining works. Alternative route: via A345 (unaffected length) – A303 – A338 – A342 – A345 (unaffected length) and vice versa. This Order will come into operation on 30 August 2016 and it is anticipated that the closure will be required daily between the hours of 07.00 and 18.00 until 2 September 2016. For further information please contact Atkins on 01225 730360 (office hours) or Tarmac on 07803 953739 (outside of office hours).

Wiltshire will be restricting the dumping of rubbish and recyclable materials delivered to its Household Recycling Centres from September, and details of the new free permit system that will apply from September by clicking on more details link below. It will apply to trailers over 3 metres long and large vans. Information about how to apply for a permit will follow. The background to this is that some other neighbouring counties no longer allow large trailers and vans, often owned by contractors, to dump at HRCs and they are coming in to Wiltshire to do so. These measures by Wiltshire Council are designed to prevent that happening. New rules for large vans and trailers at Everleigh Household Recycling Centre (and other Wiltshire sites).

The refusal of permission to build 15 houses on Station Yard has been appealed by the developers. More details can be found here.

Wessex Water has finished relining of the main sewer pipe through the village. The work took a week and does not entailed no disruption to the use of the system. It was a bigger operation than envisaged in respect of amount of equipment used and the effect on traffic. We should now avoid the problem of the manholes lifting and sewage running in the street as has happened in the past. Thanks Wessex Water. Sewage maintenance work completed.

Grants for projects that benefit the community. There are a number of sources of financial help to assist new schemes as well as improvements to existing ones. This support can be either for capital expenditure or assistance in running costs. The two major sources are the Tidworth Area Board and Collingbourne Ducis Parish Council