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Celebration of 100 Years of Village Hall
Hi everyone. Just a quick post to say that we have around 20 tickets left for the Celebration nite on Saturday 11th October. As you will see from the below .. there’s a fantastic schedule and it’s great value for money at just £15 a head including your first drink, canapés, the superb Kitty and a series of casino tables and other great options for having fun if you don’t want to gamble. Tickets are on sale in the Village Shop .. first come first served:
Steve Hunt
Sep 30, 20251 min read


Village hall AGM
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.

Nigel Fairley
Sep 23, 20251 min read


VILLAGE HALL UPDATE – 31 AUG 25
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

Nigel Fairley
Aug 30, 20251 min read


Village Hall Update (6 Aug 25):
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!).

Nigel Fairley
Aug 5, 20251 min read


TIMETABLE FOR THE NEW VILLAGE HALL REBUILD PROJECT
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

Nigel Fairley
Jul 18, 20251 min read


SUPPORT THE VILLAGE HALL REBUILD PLANNING APPLICATION
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

Nigel Fairley
Jul 15, 20251 min read


Village Hall update
A planning application for ‘Option 3’, the clear favourite resulting from public consultations earlier this year, was officially submitted to Wiltshire Council on 2 July 2025. The proposal seeks to takedown the existing timber frame and corrugated iron hall, rebuilding on the existing footprint leaving in place the existing store and toilet block with a minor extension to fill the space between the store and toilet block (this is a resubmission of our previous application (PL

Nigel Fairley
Jul 14, 20251 min read



Nigel Fairley
May 24, 20250 min read


Village Hall Survey Results - 20 May 2025
Nigel Fairley There was a magnificent response to the Village Hall Survey. 140 surveys returned from 280 distributed; sadly, three had to...

Nigel Fairley
May 20, 20251 min read


Village Hall Survey now closed
A fantastic response! The results will be promulgated after the Village Hall CIO Board Meeting on Monday 19 May.

Nigel Fairley
May 16, 20251 min read


Village Hall open meeting
Reminder: Village Hall 14 May at 1930 hrs - see you there!

Nigel Fairley
May 8, 20251 min read


Village Hall rebuild options survey
Hi all I wanted to post a personal request for people to complete the Village Hall Re-Build Options Survey. The deadline is a week today....
Steve Hunt
May 8, 20252 min read



Nigel Fairley
May 5, 20250 min read


Next Steps
Village Hall Next-Steps .. have you had your say?

Nigel Fairley
May 1, 20251 min read


Village Hall survey
The final delivery of the village hall rebuild booklet / survey was completed this afternoon. 295 copies were delivered. If any household...

Nigel Fairley
May 1, 20251 min read


CM VILLAGE HALL - THE NEXT STEPS:
CM VILLAGE HALL - THE NEXT STEPS:

Nigel Fairley
Apr 22, 20251 min read


Village Hall open meeting
The Village Hall was packed with 70 villagers who listened to a presentation which clearly explained the current situation regarding our...

Nigel Fairley
Apr 18, 20251 min read



Nigel Fairley
Apr 4, 20250 min read


REMINDER - VILLAGE HALL OPEN MEETING
REMINDER - VILLAGE HALL OPEN MEETING - 16 APR 25 @ 7pm in the VILLAGE HALL

Nigel Fairley
Apr 1, 20251 min read
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