Neighbourhood Plan

NOTICE OF REFERENDUM

Referendum on the Parish of Brinkworth with Grittenham Neighbourhood Development Plan
for the parish area listed below:
Brinkworth

A referendum will be held on the following question:

Do you want Wiltshire Council to use the Neighbourhood Development Plan for Brinkworth and Grittenham to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?

1.	The poll will take place on Thursday 17 July 2025.
2.	Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Tuesday 1 July 2025. Applications can be made online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
3.	Applications for postal and postal proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Electoral Services, Wiltshire Council, County Hall, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 8JN by 5pm on Wednesday 2 July 2025. Applications can be made online at www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote.
4.	Amendments or cancellations to existing postal, postal proxy and proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 2 July 2025.
5.	Applications for a Voter Authority Certificate or an Anonymous Elector’s Document valid for this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 9 July 2025. Applications can be made online at www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate.
6.	Applications to vote by proxy must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 9 July 2025. Applications can be made online at www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-vote.
7.	A person can apply to vote by emergency proxy if they learn they cannot go to the polling station because of their occupation, service or employment, or a medical condition, illness or disability arises, after 5pm on Wednesday 9 July 2025. Applications must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Thursday 17 July 2025.
8.	Full details of upcoming polls including timetables, forms to register to vote and results can be found by scanning the code.

Parish of Brinkworth with Grittenham Neighbourhood Development Plan Information Statement

A referendum relating to the Parish of Brinkworth with Grittenham Neighbourhood Development Plan will be held on 17^th July 2025.

The question which will be asked in the referendum is ‘Do you want Wiltshire Council to use the Neighbourhood Development Plan for Brinkworth and Grittenham to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?’

The referendum area is identified on the map which is included with this information statement. The referendum area reflects the area that has been designated as the Brinkworth and Grittenham Neighbourhood Area.

A person is entitled to vote in the referendum if:-

He or she is entitled to vote in an election of any Councillor of Wiltshire Council whose area is in the referendum area; and
His or her qualifying address for the election is in the referendum area. A person’s qualifying address is, in relation to a person registered in the register of electors, the address in respect of which he or she is entitled to be so registered.

The referendum expenses limit that will apply in relation to the referendum is £2426.62. The number of persons entitled to vote in the referendum by reference to which that limit has been calculated is 1077.

The referendum will be conducted in accordance with procedures which are similar to those used at local government elections.

A copy of the specified documents, that is those documents listed below, may be inspected during normal opening hours at:

Village Hall, The St, Brinkworth, Chippenham SN15 5AS
Three Crowns Public House, The St, Brinkworth, Chippenham SN15 5AF
St Michael and All Angels Church, 1 School Hill, Brinkworth, Chippenham SN15 5BA

The documents are also available for public viewing on Wiltshire Council’s website at:

http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/planning-neighbourhood-latest-news

The specified documents are:-