CHRISTIAN MALFORD VILLAGE HALL UPDATE (14 OCT 25) Christian Malford Village Hall CIO held its first Annual General Meeting on Monday, 13 October 2025. The Charitable Trustees presented their annual report and accounts, which showed a healthy profit (c.£20k). All seven Trustees stood down in accordance with the constitution and were re-elected to serve for a further year. Wiltshire Council planners have delayed the planning decision for the new Village Hall for a second time.

Christian Malford Village Hall CIO held its first Annual General Meeting on Monday, 13 October 2025. The Charitable Trustees presented their annual report and accounts, which showed a healthy profit. All seven Trustees stood down in accordance with the constitution and were re-elected to serve for a further year.

Volunteers required to join the team delivering the new Village Hall for Christian Malford; a worthwhile project to secure a key community asset for future generations!

In line with Articles 17.3, 18.1 & 18.2 of the Christian Malford Village Hall Charitable Incorporated Organisation’s Constitution (16 April 2024) you are invited to attend the 1st AGM (it’s an ‘open’ meeting) in the Village Hall on Monday 13 October 2025 at 7pm. If you wish to raise a matter under AOB please inform me by 10 October 2025.

We had expected the planning decision by 1 Sep 25; however, the Planning Officer has requested an extension to 8 Oct which we have agreed. Currently we only have the Ecology department to satisfy before Planning approval can be granted. There are currently 3 items outstanding: Ø Preliminary Ecology Assessment (PEA Ø Bio-diversity Net Gain Report (BNG) Ø Bat survey Two quotes have been requested; we are reasonably confident that we can get both the PEA and the BNG completed be

Wiltshire Council has closed the consultation phase on our planning application. They have calculated the latest date for a decision on our application is 1 Sep 25. There were no objections from the public - we do not anticipate any problems (fingers crossed!).

Below is a structured timetable for the New Village Hall Rebuild project, based on our milestones and standard UK planning processes. This assumes all goes to plan with Wiltshire Council and any relevant statutory bodies. We are hopeful, even with a minor slippage in granting planning approval by Wiltshire Council, that we will be able to start the rebuild in February 2027 ... that's just 18 months away! We have allowed 18 months in order to minimise the requirement for any p

It is important to demonstrate the community's support for our planning application to rebuild the Village Hall. The 'Consultation Deadline' is 4 August 2025; so, please submit your support to Wiltshire Council by that date. Please follow the following steps: 1. Find the Planning Application Go to Wiltshire Council’s planning portal: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/ You can search by: a. Planning application number: PL/2025/05635 b. Address: Village Hall, Christian