Press Release Salisbury Civic Society New Buildings Awards Scheme 2017 12th January 2018

Published on: 12th January 2018

 A capacity audience of 155 people attended the Salisbury Civic Society New Buildings Awards and New Year party at the Guildhall on Thursday 11th January 2018. The new buildings awards party is a highlight event in the Society’s calendar, promoting high standards of contemporary design in all aspects of the built environment within Salisbury and […]

The Maltings Redevelopment: Report on our Annual Open Meeting

Published on: 22nd November 2017

Press Release 22 November 2017 The Maltings Redevelopment: First Public Presentation and Consultation Held on Tuesday November 21st Alamein Suite, City Hall, Salisbury A capacity audience of some 140 people heard speakers from the developers and Wiltshire County Council present their emerging studies and ideas for the redevelopment of the Maltings and Central Car Park […]

The Maltings Redevelopment: First Public Presentation and Consultation

Published on: 10th November 2017

Press Release 10 November 2017 Annual Open Meeting The Maltings Redevelopment: First Public Presentation and Consultation Tuesday November 21st Alamein Suite, City Hall, Salisbury.  Times: 6.30pm pre-meeting drinks and displays; Talks start 7.30pm; Close 9.15pm Admission & Drinks: free of charge, all are welcome   Salisbury Civic Society’s aims include enhancing the built environment and […]

The Shoe, Mere

Published on: 3rd October 2017

THE SHOE, MERE The Secretary of the Development Committee, Richard Deane,  reported that a current application sought to render a house in the Mere conservation area, but gave no information whatsoever on the proposal. There was no indication what the house looked like, or what its walls were currently. He had had to go to […]

Press Release – CIVIC DAY on Saturday 17th June

Published on: 19th June 2017

Salisbury’s First Civic Day a Great Success Over 300 people came to the Salisbury Guildhall on Saturday 17th June to celebrate Salisbury’s first ever Civic Day. Peter Dunbar chair of Salisbury Civic Society which organised the event said “We are delighted with the public response and keen interest in Salisbury’s first Civic Day. The day […]

Changes to applications for Civic Society Visits

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In order to reduce costs and improve our service to members, we have decided to change the method for applying for places for visits as follows: Please either email or phone Brenda Hunt to apply for a place: brendahunt@clara.co.uk T. 07774348789. If the visit is fully booked Brenda will let you know, if you are […]

Britford Lane Fields

Published on: 15th June 2017

The long-awaited Wiltshire Council consultation document on the search for further housing sites, setting out its preferred options, has finally been published (slightly ahead of the most recent predictions). It shows that the highly contentious Britford Lane fields site has not been included among those options. From the Society’s point of view this is a […]

Our next event will be the Planning Forum: Conservation Areas

Published on: 3rd April 2017

The Society’s Annual Planning Forum will take place on at 6.30 pm on Thursday 6th April at The Methodist Church, St Edmund’s Church Street, Salisbury SP1 1EF. This year’s forum will be on the theme of conservation areas, and Civic Voice suggests a focus on them for Civic Days. The Society’s own Civic Day on […]

Applications for visits to Longford Castle and Norrington Manor

Published on: 10th March 2017

Application forms are available to download for the visits to Longford Castle on Saturday 25th March: Longford Visit 2017 and the visit to Norrington Manor on Thursday 1st June: Norrington Visit 2017 or please contact the organiser Brenda Hunt on brendahunt@clara.co.uk.  Please note that priority will be given to members, but non-members are also welcome […]

Wiltshire Living – Unveiling of latest Blue Plaque

Published on: 26th January 2017

Nice double-spread of photographs from the event in Wiltshire Living – the glossy magazine that comes with the Salisbury Journal – see pages 56-57