Plans are underway to “boost the potential” of community life in Warminster. Warminster Town Council have made a series of changes to help revitalise their town centre, as decided upon in a meeting this week. They have requested a Community Asset Transfer (CAT) for Warminster’s Community Hub building, which is located in the Central Car Park. The CAT process allows the transfer of a publicly owned asset, usually land or buildings, to a community organisation at substantially less than the market value. The hub was built back in 1992 by the West Wiltshire District Council, before it was later inherited by Wiltshire Council.
COUNCILLORS in Warminster have voted to back proposals to block or delay the sale of the town s old police station. The move follows the Wiltshire and Swindon Police and Crime Commissioner s decision to open talks with a prospective buyer. Former Warminster mayor, Cllr Tony Nicklin, had proposed that the council try to buy the redundant building in Station Road. Members of the council s finance and audit committee meeting were told on Monday the building was already sold subject to contract. Cllr Nicklin said: “I am very disappointed because the police did write to us and say they were about to put the property on the market and would we be interested in talking to them.
A SCHEME to help restore Warminster’s Victorian Athenaeum Centre has been backed by members of the town council’s finance and audit committee. They voted on Monday to give £10,000 towards plans to restore the Grade 2 listed centre in Warminster High Street. Members recommended that the full council should also support the £400,000 scheme when it meets on Monday, March 22. Cllr Tony Nicklin, chairman of the Warminster Athenaeum Centre Trust, asked for the cash for a first stage proposal to ask the National Lottery Commission for a community grant towards the project. He told the committee the Trust wants to pay the fees of professionals to move forward with its plans to completely restore the centre and build a new extension.
A SCHEME to help restore Warminster’s Victorian Athenaeum Centre has been backed by members of the town council’s finance and audit committee. They voted on Monday to give £10,000 towards plans to restore the Grade 2 listed centre in Warminster High Street. Members recommended that the full council should also support the £400,000 scheme when it meets on Monday, March 22. Cllr Tony Nicklin, chairman of the Warminster Athenaeum Centre Trust, asked for the cash for a first stage proposal to ask the National Lottery Commission for a community grant towards the project. He told the committee the Trust wants to pay the fees of professionals to move forward with its plans to completely restore the centre and build a new extension.
COUNCILLORS in Warminster have voted to back proposals to block or delay the sale of the town s old police station. The move follows the Wiltshire and Swindon Police and Crime Commissioner s decision to open talks with a prospective buyer. Former Warminster mayor, Cllr Tony Nicklin, had proposed that the council try to buy the redundant building in Station Road. Members of the council s finance and audit committee meeting were told on Monday the building was already sold subject to contract. Cllr Nicklin said: “I am very disappointed because the police did write to us and say they were about to put the property on the market and would we be interested in talking to them.